Episodes

This week we hear from Susan Spear, a Facility Administrator in Newport News, Virginia. Her tip is simply to lead with kindness. How? Take a deep breath, remain calm, and speak softly. This will have a positive impact on both your teammates and patients. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Village. This bi-weekly listener mail showcasing is a fantastic way to hear from our listening leaders. SUBMIT YOUR LISTENER MAIL! Share your leadership advice here. HOSTED BY: Gra...

This week we hear from Susan Spear, a Facility Administrator in Newport News, Virginia. Her tip is simply to lead with kindness. How? Take a deep breath, remain calm, and speak softly. This will have a positive impact on both your teammates and patients. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Village. This bi-weekly listener mail showcasing is a fantastic way to hear from our listening leaders. SUBMIT YOUR LISTENER MAIL! Share your leadership advice here. HOSTED BY: Gra...

This week we hear from Susan Spear, a Facility Administrator in Newport News, Virginia. Her tip is simply to lead with kindness. How? Take a deep breath, remain calm, and speak softly. This will have a positive impact on both your teammates and patients. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Village. This bi-weekly listener mail showcasing is a fantastic way to hear from our listening leaders. SUBMIT YOUR LISTENER MAIL! Share your leadership advice here. HOSTED BY: Gra...

This week, Chief Financial Officer Joel Ackerman shares some insight into his comfort zone and how he has stretched outside of it to learn more about himself as a person and a leader. A self-identified introvert and highly analytic person, Wall Street felt more within his comfort zone than DaVita, where our strong culture has put him into his “learning zone” on more than one occasion. However, Joel has learned to recognize when he is outside of his comfort zone, and use it as an opportunity to ...

This week, Chief Financial Officer Joel Ackerman shares some insight into his comfort zone and how he has stretched outside of it to learn more about himself as a person and a leader. A self-identified introvert and highly analytic person, Wall Street felt more within his comfort zone than DaVita, where our strong culture has put him into his “learning zone” on more than one occasion. However, Joel has learned to recognize when he is outside of his comfort zone, and use it as an opportunity to ...

This week, Chief Financial Officer Joel Ackerman shares some insight into his comfort zone and how he has stretched outside of it to learn more about himself as a person and a leader. A self-identified introvert and highly analytic person, Wall Street felt more within his comfort zone than DaVita, where our strong culture has put him into his “learning zone” on more than one occasion. However, Joel has learned to recognize when he is outside of his comfort zone, and use it as an opportunity to ...

This week we hear from Joseph Scalercio, a Facility Administrator in Torrington, Connecticut. His tip is to regularly "re-recruit" high performers on your team. Especially if you are going through a leadership transition, he encourages us to make it a point to build relationships with your team, and learn what they need for self-improvement and fulfillment. By doing this, you can help them re-commit to the Village and your team. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Vill...

This week we hear from Joseph Scalercio, a Facility Administrator in Torrington, Connecticut. His tip is to regularly "re-recruit" high performers on your team. Especially if you are going through a leadership transition, he encourages us to make it a point to build relationships with your team, and learn what they need for self-improvement and fulfillment. By doing this, you can help them re-commit to the Village and your team. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Vill...

This week we hear from Joseph Scalercio, a Facility Administrator in Torrington, Connecticut. His tip is to regularly "re-recruit" high performers on your team. Especially if you are going through a leadership transition, he encourages us to make it a point to build relationships with your team, and learn what they need for self-improvement and fulfillment. By doing this, you can help them re-commit to the Village and your team. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Vill...

Have you ever been told that you need to work on your "executive presence"? This week, Katie Swanzy, VP of Clinical Enterprise, defines what executive presence means to her and her team, and shares some important lessons she learned about this topic early on in her career. In the beginning of her career, Katie was the only female in an engineering environment, and to get ahead, she had to practice using her voice, awareness of her body language, and being prepared. Katie's one tip is to figure ...

Have you ever been told that you need to work on your "executive presence"? This week, Katie Swanzy, VP of Clinical Enterprise, defines what executive presence means to her and her team, and shares some important lessons she learned about this topic early on in her career. In the beginning of her career, Katie was the only female in an engineering environment, and to get ahead, she had to practice using her voice, awareness of her body language, and being prepared. Katie's one tip is to figure ...

Have you ever been told that you need to work on your "executive presence"? This week, Katie Swanzy, VP of Clinical Enterprise, defines what executive presence means to her and her team, and shares some important lessons she learned about this topic early on in her career. In the beginning of her career, Katie was the only female in an engineering environment, and to get ahead, she had to practice using her voice, awareness of her body language, and being prepared. Katie's one tip is to figure ...

This week we hear from Dan Krzysik, a Group Hospital Services Administrator in Team Fusion, serving Wisconsin and Minnesota. He encourages us to commit to finding time in the day for ourselves. Whether that is early in the morning, like Dan, or some other time you can take just for yourself. This will help you be more present and productive for your team and your family. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Village. This bi-weekly listener mail showcasing is a fantastic...

This week we hear from Dan Krzysik, a Group Hospital Services Administrator in Team Fusion, serving Wisconsin and Minnesota. He encourages us to commit to finding time in the day for ourselves. Whether that is early in the morning, like Dan, or some other time you can take just for yourself. This will help you be more present and productive for your team and your family. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Village. This bi-weekly listener mail showcasing is a fantastic...

This week we hear from Dan Krzysik, a Group Hospital Services Administrator in Team Fusion, serving Wisconsin and Minnesota. He encourages us to commit to finding time in the day for ourselves. Whether that is early in the morning, like Dan, or some other time you can take just for yourself. This will help you be more present and productive for your team and your family. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Village. This bi-weekly listener mail showcasing is a fantastic...

This week, Steve Phillips and Mahesh Krishnan, Vice Presidents of DaVita Venture Group, are breaking down the buzzword of innovation, and how the art of innovation is practiced in the Village. Through some funny, personal anecdotes, they describe the difference between incremental innovation and transformational innovation. Steve's one tip is to celebrate your past struggles and the incremental learnings that you can apply moving forward. Mahesh's one tip is to hypothesize what creates value fo...

This week, Steve Phillips and Mahesh Krishnan, Vice Presidents of DaVita Venture Group, are breaking down the buzzword of innovation, and how the art of innovation is practiced in the Village. Through some funny, personal anecdotes, they describe the difference between incremental innovation and transformational innovation. Steve's one tip is to celebrate your past struggles and the incremental learnings that you can apply moving forward. Mahesh's one tip is to hypothesize what creates value fo...

This week, Steve Phillips and Mahesh Krishnan, Vice Presidents of DaVita Venture Group, are breaking down the buzzword of innovation, and how the art of innovation is practiced in the Village. Through some funny, personal anecdotes, they describe the difference between incremental innovation and transformational innovation. Steve's one tip is to celebrate your past struggles and the incremental learnings that you can apply moving forward. Mahesh's one tip is to hypothesize what creates value fo...

This week we hear from Regina Domenici, Clinical Services Specialist for Pacific Gold in Northern Nevada and California. She reminds us how important it is to build trust with your teams, patients, and family. While it may seem hard to do, building trust really just takes a lot of small steps that add up to deep trust. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Village. This bi-weekly listener mail showcasing is a fantastic way to hear from our listening leaders. SUBMIT YOUR...

This week we hear from Regina Domenici, Clinical Services Specialist for Pacific Gold in Northern Nevada and California. She reminds us how important it is to build trust with your teams, patients, and family. While it may seem hard to do, building trust really just takes a lot of small steps that add up to deep trust. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Village. This bi-weekly listener mail showcasing is a fantastic way to hear from our listening leaders. SUBMIT YOUR...

This week we hear from Regina Domenici, Clinical Services Specialist for Pacific Gold in Northern Nevada and California. She reminds us how important it is to build trust with your teams, patients, and family. While it may seem hard to do, building trust really just takes a lot of small steps that add up to deep trust. Mini-insights come from our teammates far and wide around the Village. This bi-weekly listener mail showcasing is a fantastic way to hear from our listening leaders. SUBMIT YOUR...

For this episode on leading virtual teams, we hosted two guests live in our Casa del Mundo studio! Paige Hosler, Vice President of the Insurance Management Team (IMT), and Geoff Burgess, a director on the IMT team, are full of tips for how to lead virtual team, as well as ideas for how to be intentional, fun, and effective as a remote teammate. Paige’s one tip is to be intentional about bringing connection to the team, and she shares some great ways to do this. Geoff’s one tip is to turn on vid...

For this episode on leading virtual teams, we hosted two guests live in our Casa del Mundo studio! Paige Hosler, Vice President of the Insurance Management Team (IMT), and Geoff Burgess, a director on the IMT team, are full of tips for how to lead virtual team, as well as ideas for how to be intentional, fun, and effective as a remote teammate. Paige’s one tip is to be intentional about bringing connection to the team, and she shares some great ways to do this. Geoff’s one tip is to turn on vid...

For this episode on leading virtual teams, we hosted two guests live in our Casa del Mundo studio! Paige Hosler, Vice President of the Insurance Management Team (IMT), and Geoff Burgess, a director on the IMT team, are full of tips for how to lead virtual team, as well as ideas for how to be intentional, fun, and effective as a remote teammate. Paige’s one tip is to be intentional about bringing connection to the team, and she shares some great ways to do this. Geoff’s one tip is to turn on vid...