Higher Ground - Healthcare Leadership

Join in today to learn strategies, initiatives, and tools for building high reliable departments and organizations, specifically designed for new and emerging leaders. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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 Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

Join in today to learn about strategies, initiatives, and tools for building higher reliable departments and organizations. Specifically designed for new and emerging leaders. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

Join us on this episode of Higher Ground, where we'll discuss the benefits of employee rounding and reviews. Send us Fan Mail

Join us to explore the benefits to your department, organization, and community by implementing the 3Rs: recruiting, re-recruiting, and retention. Send us Fan Mail

Please join us as we explore the benefits of staying positively persistent to ensure your goals, dreams, and visions come to fruition. Send us Fan Mail

Join us today as we explore the aspects of ownership, autonomy, and engagement, and how these elements contribute to creating a positive culture. Send us Fan Mail

Join us today as we explore the importance of accountability, respect, and excellence, and discover how these values make a meaningful difference. Send us Fan Mail

Join in today to learn how compassion and respect help shape culture. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

On today's episode, we'll discuss tools and strategies for building a culture of trust. Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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? Send us Fan Mail

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. Send us Fan Mail

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!Send us Fan Mail