Critical Competencies
Accountable Care News, Jan 2012 By Don Hutton & Mike Deegan
"Successful passage of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act has thrust the United States into a multi-faceted, multi-year journey whose outcome remains uncertain..."

Easing the Transition
Trustee Magazine, Nov 2011 By Don Hutton & Linda Chapin
"A lot of health care executives don't know how to retire, but this is one of the more meaningful things I've done in my career..."

The Verdict Is In ... Executive Coaching Pays
Ashhra e-News Brief, Jan 2010
"Executives sometimes do things that inhibit positive change. Some lack self-awareness, fail to listen to feedback, and struggle with making necessary changes. Failure among these executives is predictable..."

Succession Planning & Management
Action Insight, 2009 By Donald H. Hutton, FACHE and Steve Moulton
"To identify the characteristics of the effective leader in the Health Care System..."

Implementing Succession Management
HR Pulse, Fall 2005 By Donald H. Hutton, FACHE and Steve Moulton
"'Succession Management - A CEO's View', we have interviewed some healthcare executives to find some practical ideas for implementing a succession management process. All of the individuals that we interviewed have spent years developing their processes..."

Succession Management - A CEO's View
HR Pulse, Summer 2005 By Donald H. Hutton, FACHE and Steve Moulton
"With so many baby boomers in senior management preparing to retire in the next 5-10 years, what is being done to prepare talent for succession? Is succession management an important function?..."

Competencies You Can't Afford to Ignore
Healthcare Executive, Nov/Dec 2004 By Donald H. Hutton, FACHE
"According to executive coaches, behavioral competencies are desperately needed to be a top performer..."

Behavioral Competencies for Health Care Leaders
H&HN Online, October 2004 By Donald H. Hutton, FACHE and Steve Moulton
"The right leaders will find a way to get the job done. But how do you know when you have the right leader?"

The Third Age: Transforming Successfully to Retirement
ACHE CEO Circle Newsletter, Fall 2004 By John S. Lloyd, CHE
"Retiring CEOs must face the question, 'What will I do for personal fulfillment now that I am no longer a CEO?'"

Succession Planning-Dress Rehearsal for the Understudies
Trustee Magazine, November 2003 By Donald H. Hutton, FACHE
"Health care organizations worried about replacing CEOs should consider succession planning, an intentional and deliberate process of preparing promising executives for greater responsibilities."

Selecting an Executive Coach
Health Forum Journal, July 2003 By Donald H. Hutton, FACHE
"It's important to find a good listener who will give you straightforward feedback when you're looking for an executive coach."

Help for CEOs
Health Forum Journal, Summer 2003 By Donald H. Hutton, FACHE
"Executive coaching can assist even experienced health care leaders in developing their skills."

Improving Performance with an Executive Coach
Healthcare Executive, May/June 2003 By Donald H. Hutton, FACHE and David Angus
"One effective tool available to senior level healthcare executives is executive coaching. Executive coaching can enhance both individual and organizational results."

The Making of a Physician CEO
American College of Physician Executives Magazine, March 2003 By Donald H. Hutton, FACHE and Martin Hickey MD, MS, CPE, FACPE
"Having the passion and desire to be a physician CEO is not enough, even if you have invested in the time and training to continue your education and learn about the field of management."

Become One of Healthcare's New Leaders
ACHE's CEO Circle Newsletter, Fall 2002 by Donald H. Hutton, FACHE
"The talents and strengths that made CEOs successful in the past may not be enough to handle tomorrow's challenges."

Executive Coaching: Employing Trusted Advisors to Improve Performance
Health TRENDS, August 2002 by Donald H. Hutton, FACHE and Russell C. Coile, Jr.
"The concept of executive coaching emerged in the 1990s in response to increasing demands on executives for sustained growth in increasingly complex markets with international competitors and investors demanding sustained double-digit growth."

The Trusted Advisor: "Pinnacle Relationships" With Executive Coaches
Health TRENDS, August 2002 Editor: Russell C. Coile, Jr.
"At the top of the pyramid of 10,000 executive coaches are those who have become 'trusted advisors' to their clients. In a high-trust relationship, the advisor has an intimate knowledge of both the client's business and his or her personal life."

Should the Executive Coaching Process Be Invisible?
Health TRENDS, August 2002 Editor: Russell C. Coile, Jr.
"Executive coaching is seldom visible. Most coaches prefer to work behind the scenes. Some organizations treat their coaches like team members and include them visibly in the company's activities..."

Executive Coaching Accelerates Performance to Six Sigma Levels
HealthLeaders.com, July 2002 by Donald H. Hutton, FACHE and Chip Caldwell
"Trained professional executive coaches have been used in many industries over the last decade with astounding success. One need only hear leaders such as Jack Welch to get a sense of the power and significance executive coaches have had in other industries."

Personal Best: Coaches Help CEOs Reach New Heights
Trustee Magazine, June 2002 by Dede Henley and Donald H. Hutton, FACHE
"Because health care administration is increasingly complex, many CEOs are turning to a tool that has long been used successfully by business leaders and sports figures - professional coaches."

Additional Resource Articles For Development
Annals of Medicine: The Cost Conundrum
The New Yorker, June 2009 By Atul Gawande