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# Brent Wallace

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 October 22, 2021

### [Referent Power is Critical in Healthcare Leadership](https://blog.medileadership.org/referent-power)

 I recently retired from a Chief Medical Officer position in a large integrated health system and have been able to focus more on executive coaching. In coaching, we have to build trust and rapport quickly so we may...

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Brent Wallace

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 March 18, 2021

### [9 Steps to Build a Culture for Better Clinical Outcomes (Part 2)](https://blog.medileadership.org/culture-for-clinical-outcomes-part-2)

 Culture permeates all your organization produces. Whatever your culture prioritizes (or neglects) inevitably shows up in clinical, financial and satisfaction outcomes. All organizations have a culture, of course, but is...

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Physician Alignment, Leadership Development, Team Development, How To

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 March 18, 2021

### [9 Steps to Build a Culture for Better Clinical Outcomes (Part 1)](https://blog.medileadership.org/culture-for-clinical-outcomes-part-1)

 We have a belief at MEDI Leadership: culture eats strategy for lunch. You may consider this quote from Peter Drecker overused, but most likely you sense some truth in it. If you’re not sure you agree with Mr. Drecker’s...

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Physician Alignment, Leadership Development, Team Development, How To

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