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Stories for Sharing 61 my first reaction was to feel a little stung because I didn’t know anything about either issue. And then I
thought, “Well, what have you been wanting for all this time, big boy?”
Everybody on the household team was driven by our shared values, and the decisions had been made where and by whom they were supposed to be made. The household team sought out resources and the resource bearers did their job. So, what is the problem?
There was no problem. At that moment, I was the problem. The reality sunk in and I almost started dancing in the car seat. Had I been involved, I would only have screwed it up and the changes would never have happened. I probably would have killed it by asking for a “Critical Pathway Checklist.”
Plus, if there was any doubt whether “they” could do it...well, I was put in my place. Nailed to the wall. It’s not that “they” can’t do it. It’s really that “we” can’t.
The truth is, when “we” and “they” become “us” and align around a common purpose, great things happen. Jerrie and her self-led team broke through two barriers that 99.99 percent of health care executives in America couldn’t pull off.
Now we’re talkin’.