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From compensation studies to success stories, survey data and industry trends, you'll find detailed information of interest to clients/candidates. We encourage our clients and candidates to review the following copyrighted materials and to share them via email with their associates.

Industry Surveys/Reports

Executive Placement Study, July 2007
Each year, Witt/Kieffer provides an overview of its work in health care, education and insurance/managed care. This study features Witt/Kieffer placements by organization, job type and compensation and benefits. Six pages.

Preparing Future Leaders in Health Care: A Confidential Witt/Kieffer Study
Read more about barriers to developing future leaders in health care in this eight-page report, with an introduction by Witt/Kieffer Chairman and CEO Jordan Hadelman.

Caring for the Caregiver
Leaders: Do you champion a caring culture? Learn how in this four-page report.

Characteristics of Effective Governing Boards
CEOs at a national alliance overwhelmingly have faith in the abilities of their board members to play effective leadership roles. Twelve-page report.

Leadership and the Workforce: Megatrends for the 21st Century
Healthcare delivery, cost pressures, technology, policy and recruiting/retention are key features. Four pages.

Book a Witt/Kieffer Speaker
Book a Witt/Kieffer search consultant for your next seminar or special event.

Leaders' Profiles

Health plan president carries his commitment of accessible care for all to Texas' uninsured children.
CCHC President David Lamkin focuses on positioning the health plan to provide quality health care and improve the well-being of children.

Physician Services Executive Represents a Popular Niche
Here's a two-page profile of a chief executive of a Physician's Services Division of a prominent health system.

News Releases

James W. Gauss named new Witt/Kieffer President and CEO
Witt/Kieffer has named Jim Gauss as the firm's new president and CEO. Gauss' selection as CEO is the result of the firm's strategic three-year succession plan. Two-page news release.

Chief Nursing Officers Deliver Quality Care
CNOs believe quality care delivery is crucial for success. Two-page news release.

Health Care 'Drives Away' Future Leaders
CEOs say health care misses opportunities to mentor future leaders -- and actually drives them away from the profession. Two-page news release.

Tools to Support the Search Process

Witt/Kieffer Health Insurance/Managed Care Practice
Witt/Kieffer placements stay put -- and we respond quickly to meet your expectations. One-page overview.

Enhancing Cultural Competency in Health Care
Many of today's healthcare organizations are focusing on diversity and cultural competency issues within the workplace. Howard Jessamy, from Witt/Kieffer's Bethesda, MD office, offers his perspectives on cultural competency and offers helpful questions for healthcare providers to consider as they plan their own diversity and cultural competency programs. Two pages.

Selecting the Right CEO
When healthcare leaders need a new CEO for their hospital or system, they can turn to this brochure that offers guidelines for selecting the right CEO. 12 pages.

Questions for Evaluating Search Firms
Here's how you can evaluate search firm performance. One page.

Career Development Tools

What a Candidate Ought to Know
This candidate primer explains how to work with Witt/Kieffer consultants. Six pages.

Health Care's Top Ten Recruiting Mistakes
Healthcare employers: Enhance your likelihood for success by avoiding these 10 common pitfalls. Four pages.

Perspectives, Summer 2007
Read about Witt/Kieffer's national study on advancing diversity leadership in health care and a profile of a university and medical center CHRO in this eight-page newsletter.

Twenty Steps to Advance Your Career
Healthcare executives will find this four-page report of interest as they investigate new career opportunities.

Does Your Resume Work as Hard as You Do?
Witt/Kieffer offers these resume suggestions when you're ready to review and update your resume. Two-page document.

The Impact of Strategic Healthcare Leadership
To celebrate the firm's 30th anniversary, this white paper focuses on 10 trends for healthcare executives. 24 pages.

Executive Performance Books

Executive Excellence: Protocols for Healthcare Leaders, By Carson F. Dye, FACHE
What makes a truly good leader? This book answers that question by focusing on the effect of personal conduct on leadership. The concise text defines leadership, addresses its importance in health care today, and offers suggestions for improving and applying various qualities of leadership within health care. 176 pages, 2000, Health Administration Press. To order your copy, click here.