Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership
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| Higher Ground - Episode 49: 777 Your First 90 Days | 23 Sep 2026 | 00:07:06 | |
Join us today as we explore seven strategies to help you start off on the right foot with your team during your first 90 days. It’s all about pacing your leadership: learn before you change, listen before you decide, and build relationships before you need them. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 48: 777 Stop Trying to Be the Smartest Person in the Room | 16 Sep 2026 | 00:06:27 | |
Join in today as we walk through seven powerful strategies that help you let go of the need to be the smartest person in the room—and instead tap into the full strength of your team and your own leadership. They’re freeing, energizing, and take the weight off your shoulders as a leader. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 47: 777 Are we mistaking meetings for progress? | 09 Sep 2026 | 00:07:33 | |
Join us today as we dig into a critical question in modern leadership: Are we mistaking meetings for progress? We’ll explore practical, actionable ways to make meetings truly meaningful—so leaders can free up time to round, strategize, coach, improve patient and employee experiences, increase efficiency, expand access to care, and solve real problems rather than just talk about them. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 46: 777 The Things I wish Someone Had Told Me | 26 Aug 2026 | 00:06:17 | |
Join in with Higher Ground's 777 episode 46: The Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Became a Leader. Seven strategies to get off to the right start in your new leadership role. You've got this! | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 45 - 777 Peer to Leader | 19 Aug 2026 | 00:08:41 | |
Yesterday you were a co-worker; today you are a leader. Join in today as we discuss 7 strategies for successfully transitioning from peer to leader. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 44: 777 Defining the Leader You Want to Be | 12 Aug 2026 | 00:09:49 | |
Join us today as we explore seven strategies to define the leader you want to become—before your boss, your team, or your organization does it for you. This episode dives into how you can intentionally and authentically shape your leadership style, clarify your must‑haves, and establish your nonnegotiables. You’ll learn how to lead in a way that feels true to who you are, aligns with what you value, and reflects the kind of leader you’re genuinely proud to be. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 43: 777 Avoiding the New Leadership Trap | 05 Aug 2026 | 00:06:18 | |
Listen in as we discuss how to avoid the new leadership trap by highlighting the 7 common mistakes new leaders fall into and how to avoid them. If you are new to leadership or an experienced leader starting a new position, you won't want to miss this. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 42: 777 Listen First, Lead Second | 29 Jul 2026 | 00:06:09 | |
Join today's 777 to learn 7 strategies for earning trust, understanding your organization, and creating lasting success before making significant change. Whether this is your first leadership role or you've stepped into a senior executive position, this episode will help you align your first 90 days for building relationships and teams. | |||
| Higher Ground -Episode 41: 777 Building Trust in the first 90 Days | 22 Jul 2026 | 00:07:28 | |
Join in today to learn key strategies for authentically building trust in the first 90 days. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 40: 777 Supporting Frontline Teams | 15 Jul 2026 | 00:07:57 | |
On today's episode of 777 (7 strategies in 7 minutes or less for success), we'll discuss 7 ways great healthcare leaders can support their frontline teams. | |||
| Higher Ground 777: 7 Workforce Leadership Strategies | 08 Jul 2026 | 00:02:38 | |
Join in today for a short and powerful episode on 7 leadership strategies to strengthen healthcare workforce recruitment, retention, and sustainability. | |||
| Higher Ground 777 - AI Advancements for Adding Value to the Pillars of Excellence | 01 Jul 2026 | 00:04:40 | |
Listen in today on Higher Ground's 777: 7 tips on the utilization and implementation of AI tools in radiology departments (as an example) for adding value under the pillars of excellence: People, Quality, Safety, Finance, & Growth. | |||
| Higher Ground: Episode 37: Josh Block- "Technician to Leader: Oops, I Became a Leader" | 24 Jun 2026 | 00:38:06 | |
Listen in today, and welcome back to the show, special guest, Josh Block, President of Block Imaging, author of People Matter@Work, and founder of Cube Mobile Imaging. No matter how big they've grown, the company hasn't drifted from its roots--people first, purpose always. That simple conviction continues to guide every decision and relationship, reminding leaders that when people flourish, organizations do too. Josh's book and keynotes now extend that mission to encourage, equip, and empower leaders to answer one big question: What if we could create a place where people love to work and become more than they ever imagined? | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 36: 777 SBEAR | 17 Jun 2026 | 00:06:48 | |
Welcome to Higher Ground's 777: 7 tips, in 7 minutes or less, with these seven letters that spell success. On today's episode, we'll be discussing SBEAR - a communication tool that takes SBAR (situation-background-assessment-recommendation) and adds equity to the mix. As a new or emerging leader, clear communication is essential to success, and by adding the E to SBAR, we ensure we are intentionally considering all groups that may be affected. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 35: Josh Block - People Matter@Work | 10 Jun 2026 | 00:36:38 | |
Listen in today with special guest Josh Block. As President of Block Imaging, a global medical imaging company, and founder of Cube Mobile Imaging, Josh leads with a simple but radical conviction: when people matter at work, everything changes--businesses grow, families thrive, and lives are transformed. His message is shaped not by theory, but by three decades of rolling up his sleeves across every level of work, from flipping burgers and selling strawberries door-to-door to leading a company through seasons of change and growth from $30M to $215M in revenue. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 34: Lean Strategies with Master Trainer Valdez Bravo | 03 Jun 2026 | 00:53:50 | |
Join in today with a discussion on lean strategies, processes, and implementations for success with Valdez Bravo. A lifelong public servant with over 25 years in the healthcare industry, Valdez serves as Deputy Director of Operations at the Multnomah County Health Department. His insights, vision, and recommendations will add value for your patients, your teams, and your communities. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 33: Mentorship | 27 May 2026 | 00:30:02 | |
Listen in today on skills, strategies, insights, and action steps on becoming a great mentor. Mentorship should be intentional, purposeful, consistent, and psychologically safe to foster growth and understanding in those we are guiding. This comes with great responsibility as we help shape, mold, and sustain the next generation of leaders. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 32: Personal Branding with Special Guest Miranda Kelton | 20 May 2026 | 00:56:58 | |
Join today with special guest Miranda Kelton to learn strategies, skills, and insights for building your personal brand for individuals and businesses. Miranda Kelton is a Headshot & Branding Photographer based in Bend, Oregon. Through her work, Miranda has helped professionals across the West Coast showcase their expertise, connect with their audiences, and stand out in their industries. As a speaker, Miranda shares insights into branding, visibility, and the role of strategic imagery in helping entrepreneurs establish trust and expand their influence. http://www.mirandakelton.com/ | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 31: Strategies for Building Teams Through Change and Disruption | 13 May 2026 | 00:30:33 | |
Join us today as we discuss building resilient, strong, and robust teams through times of intense change and disruption. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 30: Strategies for Building Higher Reliable Organizations | 06 May 2026 | 00:25:37 | |
Join in today to learn strategies, initiatives, and tools for building high reliable departments and organizations, specifically designed for new and emerging leaders. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 29: Servant Leadership with Special Guest Eddy Maillot | 29 Apr 2026 | 01:06:52 | |
Join us today with special guest Eddy Maillot as he shares practical skills, strategies, and insights into what it truly means to be a servant leader. Eddy has built a distinguished career in healthcare leadership across the American West, the Appalachian region of North Carolina, and the Midwest. He holds a Master of Physical Therapy from Loma Linda University and an MBA in Healthcare Management from Gonzaga University—an uncommon combination that gives him something rare in the C‑suite: a deep understanding of healthcare from the bedside up. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 28 - Strategies for Recruitment, Retention, and Re-recruiting Employees | 22 Apr 2026 | 00:24:43 | |
Join us today for a discussion on effective strategies for recruitment, retention, and re-recruiting employees, grounded in culture, mission, vision, values, rounding, coaching, and team building. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 26: Crucial Accountability Conversations | 08 Apr 2026 | 00:27:36 | |
Join in today to learn how to have effective, crucial accountability conversations by utilizing key tools and strategies to create safety and respect, lead with facts, invite perspective, connect behavior to impact and purpose, co-create agreed-upon solutions, and end with clear agreements and follow-up. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 25 - Effective Strategies for Crucial Conversations | 01 Apr 2026 | 00:25:23 | |
Join in today to learn about effective strategies for having crucial conversations. As leaders, what we allow - we promote. Don't fall into this trap and unintentionally create a negative culture. Lean into hard conversations with specific tools, strategies, and support to achieve the best outcomes for the relationships, the department, the organization, and the community. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 24 - Standard Work: Improving safety, quality, and efficiency | 25 Mar 2026 | 00:24:29 | |
Join us today on Higher Ground for a discussion on standard work and how it helps improve safety, quality, and efficiency. Standard work helps us, as leaders, focus our work and purpose to achieve the best outcomes by providing tangible, actionable items in our toolbox to help frame our days, weeks, months, quarters, and years into energy that has momentum and sustainability. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 23 - Identity in Leadership with special guest Annalise Koltai | 18 Mar 2026 | 00:34:13 | |
Join in with Annalise Koltai, Executive Coach, as we explore the role of identity in leadership effectiveness, especially in the first few years of stepping into leadership. Annalise is known for helping leaders move beyond technical brilliance to develop the presence, strategic vision, and relational capacity required for true impact. "Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." -Rumi | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 22: Strategies for New and Emerging Leaders to Onboard New Caregivers | 11 Mar 2026 | 00:25:40 | |
Join us today on Higher Ground as we discuss the importance and strategy for onboarding new employees by connecting them to mission, vision, and values, departmental expectations, safety, and quality, and continuous growth. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 21: 25 Key Focus Areas for New and Emerging Leaders | 04 Mar 2026 | 00:27:20 | |
Join us today for a discussion on 25 key areas for new and emerging leaders to focus on for sustainable success, starting with the People Pillar. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 20 - Generational Differences in the Workplace Session 2 | 25 Feb 2026 | 00:35:12 | |
Join us today on Higher Ground as we continue our discussion on generational differences in the workplace. We'll discuss characteristics, cultural influences, and strategies on how to relate, lead, and create new and diverse work cultures with your multigenerational employees for best outcomes. Today's episode focuses on Millennials and Gen Z. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 27: Strategies for Building Higher Reliable Organizations | 22 Feb 2026 | 00:25:37 | |
Join in today to learn about strategies, initiatives, and tools for building higher reliable departments and organizations. Specifically designed for new and emerging leaders. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 19 - Generational Differences in the Workplace Session 1 | 18 Feb 2026 | 00:38:17 | |
Join us today on Higher Ground as we discuss generational differences in the workplace. We'll discuss characteristics, cultural influences, and strategies on how to relate, lead, and create new and diverse work cultures with your multigenerational employees for the best outcomes. | |||
| Higher Ground - Episode 18 - Reflections | 11 Feb 2026 | 00:06:01 | |
On today's episode of Higher Ground, we'll discuss my early leadership focus on accomplishments juxtaposed with what I value the most today: helping others find their path. Join me as we journey together through the trials, tribulations, and art of becoming a great leader. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership - Episode 17: Nurse Erin - Making a Difference | 04 Feb 2026 | 00:14:11 | |
Join in today to learn how Nurse Erin made such a positive impact on our lives and the lessons on how the little things can make the biggest differences. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership - Episode 16: Never Judge a Tortoise by Its Start & Bob - Making a Difference | 28 Jan 2026 | 00:07:54 | |
Join us today for two inspiring stories and lessons learned: The first, Never Judge a Tortoise by Its Start, followed by Bob - Making a Difference. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership - Episode 15: You Need to Fire Them | 21 Jan 2026 | 00:11:53 | |
On today's episode, we'll discuss tools, strategies, and action plans on how to respond to the advice - you need to fire them. By implementing these tools, you may just discover what you would have otherwise missed. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership - Episode 14: Onboarding, Operations, Net Return | 14 Jan 2026 | 00:08:45 | |
Join us for today's episode of Higher Ground, where we'll discuss the benefits of onboarding, purposeful operations, and how these lead to a net return in your department, organization, and communities. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership- Episode 13: The 4 Cs and them some | 07 Jan 2026 | 00:08:32 | |
Join us today as we explore the benefits of incorporating the 4 Cs and them some: compassion, collaboration, creativity, collective teamwork, clarity, communication, customer service, and service recovery. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership - Episode 12: Employee Rounding and Reviews | 31 Dec 2025 | 00:11:47 | |
Join us on this episode of Higher Ground, where we'll discuss the benefits of employee rounding and reviews. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership- Episode 11: 3Rs Recruiting, Re-recruiting, & Retention | 24 Dec 2025 | 00:07:55 | |
Join us to explore the benefits to your department, organization, and community by implementing the 3Rs: recruiting, re-recruiting, and retention. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership - Episode 10: Positively Persistent | 17 Dec 2025 | 00:15:42 | |
Please join us as we explore the benefits of staying positively persistent to ensure your goals, dreams, and visions come to fruition. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership - Episode 9: Ownership, Autonomy, Engagement | 10 Dec 2025 | 00:12:50 | |
Join us today as we explore the aspects of ownership, autonomy, and engagement, and how these elements contribute to creating a positive culture. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership - Episode 8: Accountability, Respect, Excellence | 03 Dec 2025 | 00:10:39 | |
Join us today as we explore the importance of accountability, respect, and excellence, and discover how these values make a meaningful difference. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership - Episode 7: Compassion and Respect | 26 Nov 2025 | 00:10:20 | |
Join in today to learn how compassion and respect help shape culture. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership - Episode 6: Culture of Trust = Culture of Safety | 19 Nov 2025 | 00:07:56 | |
Join us today to learn how a culture of trust fosters a culture of safety, beginning with the foundational elements of our mission, vision, and values, as well as our daily commitments to our patients and one another. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership - Episode 5: Building a Culture of Trust | 12 Nov 2025 | 00:12:14 | |
On today's episode, we'll discuss tools and strategies for building a culture of trust. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership- Episode 4: Assuming Positive Intent | 05 Nov 2025 | 00:09:27 | |
On this episode of Higher Ground, we'll delve into the concept of assuming positive intent and how this skill can help improve communication, strengthen relationships, and build a positive culture. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership- Episode 3: Customer Extraordinaire John - Making a Difference | 29 Oct 2025 | 00:06:36 | |
In today's episode, we'll listen to lessons learned from Customer Extraordinaire John and ask the question: if we can show compassion and care for our patients, can we do the same for each other? | |||
| Higher Ground -Healthcare Leadership- Episode 2: Mission, Vision, and Values - Servant Leadership | 22 Oct 2025 | 00:10:50 | |
In this episode of Higher Ground - the essential guide for healthcare leaders - we'll discuss the importance of mission, vision, and values, as well as servant and authentic leadership. We'll also explore the two most important aspects of huddling with your teams. | |||
| Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership- Episode 1: The Bridge Builders | 15 Oct 2025 | 00:08:34 | |
Higher Ground provides practical tools, strategies, and action steps to unlock your full potential as a healthcare leader for both emerging and experienced leaders. Join me, your host, Scott Nelson, as we venture together through the trials, tribulations, and art of becoming a great leader. Higher Ground aims to share with you the things I most wish I knew in my first two years of leadership and all the foundational elements I like to stay grounded in as an experienced leader. Episode 1 explains the why behind the podcast and a special edition called - The Bridge Makers. Listen to the podcast for essential tips, strategies, and inspiration. Consider joining our LinkedIn discussion group: Higher Ground-Brain Fever - a discussion forum on all things healthcare. Bring us your most challenging topics, biggest wins, what keeps you up at night, or any other topic you have Brain Fever about. Until then, Cheers! | |||