Connect to the C-Suite
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How can you strengthen your connection to the C-Suite—the top leaders at your facility or company? Take advantage of these resources to strengthen your connection and advance your department and career.
- Speaking to the C-Suite (video) What’s the best way to address the C-Suite? Watch someone who did it—Paul Kelley of the Washington Hospital Healthcare System.
- Promoting the Profession (pdf) Print copies of this handy brochure to educate your C-Suite about the value of healthcare technology management.
- Opening Doors (pdf) How can you increase your recognition in the C-Suite? Check out tips included in this BI&T cover story.
- What Does the C-Suite Care About? (pdf) Get advice from someone who knows: Tom Dolan, president and CEO of the American College of Healthcare Executives
- Communicating Effectively with the C-Suite (ppt) Learn practical tips in this PowerPoint presentation developed by Ken Maddock of Baylor Health Care System
- Don’t Talk Like This Guy! (video) A humorous look at how "tech speak" fails to communicate a message
10 Tips for Getting Noticed by Your Organization's C-Suite |
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Get things done. Nothing opens doors faster than gaining a reputation as someone who |
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Don’t force it. Don’t demand involvement with high-level committees or responsibilities |
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Understand the organizational structure and be able to speak to the big picture. |
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Participate, don’t just show up. In management meetings, committees, task forces, and project teams, submit relevant technology management agenda items. |
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Follow the money. Try to understand what clinical areas make money for the organization
and be very aware that what works for lower-level devices in break-even departments
might not work for high-volume, high-revenue departments. |
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Recommended Reading to Help You Connect |
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