Leadership in Action: A Question of Leadership - In What Ways has the Challenge of Improving Health and health Care Informed Your Understanding and Practice of Leadership?

In what ways has the challenge of improving health and health care informed your understanding and practice of leadership?

JON C. ABELES

Abeles is senior vice president for leadership, talent management, and diversity at Catholic Healthcare Partners, one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the United States, providing services in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. He holds an Ed.D. degree from Columbia University.

Probably the biggest challenge for my organization—which is the continuation of a health ministry started more than 150 years ago—is finding out how to most effectively and efficiently operate a complex health care delivery system in an environment that is constantly in flux because of rapid changes in ...