Prisoner of Your Own Organization - Thoughts on Community Health Center Governing Boards and Executive Directors

Prisoner of Your Own Organization - Thoughts on Community Health Center Governing Boards and Executive Directors

When you are the Community Health Center Executive Director, you're the prisoner of your organization. The moment you're in the office, everybody comes to you and wants something, and it is useless to lock the door. They'll break in.

You have to get outside the office.

Ask the question, "What needs to be done?" Develop your priorities and don't have more than two. No one can do three things at the same time, and do them well. Do one task at a time or two tasks at a time. Two works better for most.

When you are finished with two jobs or reach the point where it's futile, make the list again. Don't go back to priority three. At that point, it's obsolete.

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