Here are quotes that ASC administrators look to for inspiration and suggest younger professionals heed in their careers.
Judy Harless, MBA, SMI Surgery Center (San Diego)
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." — Mahatma Gandhi
Jennifer Hunara, MBA, Surgery Center of Allentown (Pa.)
"Failing to plan is planning to fail."
"Leadership is not a position or title — it is action and example."
"If you feel like you're drowning, don't swim harder. Float, reassess and catch a different wave!"
"Love what you do."
Rick Sizemore, RN, Spartanburg (S.C.) Surgery Center
"If the plan doesn't work, change the plan but never the goal." — Anonymous
Brandon O'Dell, RN, Surgery Center of Athens (Ga.)
"Primum non nocere." (First, do no harm)
Ann Hurd, RN, Advanced Surgery Institute (Santa Rosa, Calif.)
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of becoming." — Johann Von Goethe
"The joy of leadership is helping others succeed." — Gale Smith
Bill Hazen, Surgery Center at Pelham (Greer, S.C.)
"Pigs get fat and Hogs get slaughtered." — Mr. Hazen recites this often when the board asks the center to raise its rates.
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