What are the primary virtues of an effective leader and why is virtue in a leader so crucial to a linear service model? In our initial attempts to ascertain what it was that drove executives that led organizations that performed better than others, what made them so different, we noticed that there were no obvious
Transparency, Integrity, and Full Disclosure: Due to the political, passionate and divisive nature of abortion women facing unplanned pregnancy are often the victims of biased information and sales tactics at abortion clinics and elsewhere. It is our belief based on serving thousands of abortion-minded women across the country every year that women need to be
An issue has recently come up within the CompassCare OT network of PRCs regarding employee compensation. Namely when is it right to determine if an employee should be paid for holidays and whether or not that employee should be salaried and therefore exempt from being paid overtime? Regarding holidays and paid time off it is
What do therapy dogs have to do with pregnancy care centers? Therapy dogs have proven to raise morale of long term hospital patients which in turn improves the patient’s overall health. But are their times when there are NO DOGs ALLOWED? If you don’t know your ethical standards anything goes and it will become increasingly
Its coming . . . more and more attempts to regulate pregnancy centers with State legislation. So far most of them have failed but the abortion industry is getting better at figuring out our internal weaknesses in an effort to limit women’s access to pregnancy centers. Some think that negative regulatory legislation aimed at Pregnancy
Learn how to safe-guard your organization’s future through setting positive and appropriate expectations between the board and the executive.
Recently I responded to a question about developing a new mission statement by an executive director in upstate New York on www.PCCTalk.org. Below is my response to that question with some modifications. A mission statement is 1 of 5 primary elements in a strategic plan. Drafting a good mission statement is a two step process;
Recently one of CompassCare’s Executive Coaches, Mary Rutherford, wrote an email to an executive in training. I asked for permission to represent it here so that everyone could catch a brief glimpse into the specific mechanics of how a medical PRC becomes optimized within the reality of our hectic lives as PRC executives. Mary writes: One of the most brilliant
Now that we have identified the most common and most damaging vulnerabilities in the medical pregnancy resource center (PRC) what should we do? What is the next best step? Listen to Jim Harden teach PRC executives about the paradigm shift required to move from our current global services format to a step by step linear service
Have you ever felt out of control not knowing what your counselors are saying in the counseling room or on the helpline? Do your nurses feel insecure regarding what is being said or not said by the counselors? What you may be experiencing is a lack of organizational accountability. And often a lack of accountability can
