Journal

Birmingham Unites Around Healthcare and Food – CareHealth

It has been encouraging to see this city’s many responses to this pandemic result in positive outcomes. CareHealth is just one of the ways Birmingham has come together over the last several weeks.

Running Toward The Fire

As leaders run to the front lines to address the drastically different environment they are discovering new strength in their team members with Compassion and Grace. Leaders in health are dipping into numerous wells amidst Covid-19 to inspire hope and confidence and to communicate calm in the midst of turbulent times.

JP Morgan Healthcare Conference 2020

From Market Street to The Embarcadero, The Parnassus Group sent a team of their Analyst to the 2020 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference to provide observations and commentary

Kate Harris: Living A Centrifugal Life

What’s her source of inspiration? Other people. “My inspiration when I was younger, was self-motivated – I wanted to go do things, acquire achievements, and be impressive. Along that path, my sources of inspiration and creativity have shifted and as I've grown up and out, I've felt more motivated by others...

Kathleen Stengel – Driving Change in Behavioral Health

The Parnassus Group recently came across Kathleen Stengel and her story, a career dedicated to children with developmental disabilities. Her work spans more than 20 years of developing programs around the treatment of these individuals through her expertise in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). She has degrees in both Psychology and Behavior Analysis, but in talking with Kathleen, the role she’s played in this part of healthcare clearly goes far beyond academics.

Snapshots From San Francisco

The Parnassus Group looks at the trends that are emerging in the dozens of conversations each day with providers, technology leaders and investors that will fuel the emerging innovation

John Donlan – The Practice of Peace Amidst Ambition For Change

Inspiring justice through thoughtful action has long been a formula for international peacemakers. The time has come for America to lean into this recipe and maybe some of the leadership that has ushered in fundamental justice around the globe. We believe John Donlan is one of the leaders to watch.

Misha Palecek – Culture Leads Care In Life And In Healthcare Innovation

Misha Palecek is the Chief Development Officer of a multi-billion dollar healthcare innovator and daily taps into his family and a very personal loss to keep his focus and deepen his perspective

Oculus Window Session II

Corbin Petro – Pursuing Patient Dignity From Medicaid to Population Health

A leader that has traversed the sphere's of the US Senate and a statewide Medicaid agency, Corbin is taking her pragmatic views on earning public trust into population health as CEO of Benevera

Leadership Lessons Learned From The Navy Seals and the Army Rangers

Mike Foley, former CIO for Mass Mutual considers leadership through the lens of the US Navy Seals and Army Rangers

Jitin Asnaani: CommonWell Health Alliance, Executive Director

We met Jitin when we partnered with the CommonWell Health Alliance and all of its members in their strategic planning process for finding the best Executive Director for their organization.

Rock and Roll Notes That Move Mountains

We talked with Brad Corrigan from the band Dispatch which was started 20 years ago, has sold out Madison Square Gardens for multiple nights and packed Red Rocks and 30 other venues in summer of 2017. This band is credited with beginning the Indie band movement and Brad has an amazing story to tell about his work in Nicaragua in the trash dump communities.

JP Morgan Healthcare Conference

The Parnassus Group will be joining investment bankers and growth executives from biotech as well as innovative provider service companies from around the industry.

Entrepreneurship Series – Pouring Your Loves Into Your Life and Work – Chocolate Maya

Like so many great leaders and innovators, you find their roots have more to do with their success than any unique pathway of study or discipline.

Anonymity – The Quiet Battles And Hidden Heroics

What are your quiet and subtle stories that will reverberate through the lives of the people you affect? We are grateful to pose such a question to the people in our community of leaders.

The Way Forward – Pivotal Affections

With summer upon us, take the time to enjoy some time of self-awareness. The collective that depends on us to be strong leaders will be energized as our lives are re-animated with a new level of clarity.

The Parnassus Group Welcomes Jitin Asnaani – New Executive Director of Commonwell Health Alliance

We would like to start of the 2015 HIMMS Annual Conference by welcoming Jitin Asnaani as the newly placed Executive Director for the CommonWell Health Alliance.

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The Oxford Exchange – Tampa’s Coolest Meeting Spot Among Books and Breakfast

Some books truly cannot be judged by their cover but this one seems to take the initial impression and spread it across every page.

Interview With Lee Ellis – Author and Patriot

The Parnassus Group recently spoke with Lee Ellis about his experience as a POW during the Vietnam War where he was in the same camp with John McCain.

Interview With Jeff Thull – Author and Speaker

The Parnassus Group spent time with Jeff Thull to talk with him about his years of advising business leaders on the way that they study value and the assimilation of meaningful metrics that can be applied inside the realities of any healthcare or other type of client relationship puzzle.

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Part Two of Leadership Lessons Learned from The Navy Seals And Army Rangers

In an earlier article we explored a generalized ethos combining the respective creeds of the Navy Seals and the Army Rangers and began to explore the personal imperatives for leadership suggested by them. We are going to move deeper into that consideration

An Interview With Terry Pearce – Author of Leading Out Loud

Terry Pearce has been a leader on the world stage during the Reagan and Bush era's and in corporate America and international policy for over four decades. His ability to interact with senior leaders and explore the things that form their personal story and show them how to take those things into inspirational strategy development is the source of several books.

Antico Pizza – Atlanta Moves Into Top Ranks of Pizza Parlors Nationwide

Not far from the roar of a football crowd at Georgia Tech, this little pizza empire has quickly become one of Atlanta's newest hot spots. The line out front makes you think that it has been discovered and overrun but the hordes that wait outside are quick to tell you to be of good cheer.

The Parnassus Group Joins With Urban Avenues To Energize Economic Renewal

As of late, there has been a sort of renaissance in Birmingham. The urban center is becoming attractive with new businesses as well as a new ballpark for the local Birmingham Barons.

San Francisco’s Newest Common Table – Cora Jean’s Old Skool Cafe

The stark realities of years of urban strain in the Bayview Community melt away as the door opens and the artful atmosphere gives you a hint of a transformation that is underway. The menu is topically southern with a San Francisco seasoning and includes specialty breads, seafood and an amazing macaroni and cheese (Gouda). Experiencing the food surprises your palette, experiencing the staff restores your soul.

Parnassus Profile: Madison Kerns

Most often the first contact for The Parnassus Group, Madison Kerns sets the right tone for clients engagement with the firm. There is a maturity and warmth that comes from her own root system as a leader that sees the importance of individual stories and gives everyone the presence and attention that amplifies their enjoyment of the time with her.

Passing A Torch

We are celebrating yet another year of freedom for the people of the United States. The stories are never further away than a cousin, grandparent maybe even a spouse or sibling. They have all put their own lives on hold or given them up altogether to bring us freedom, pathways to hope and foundations for a future free of despotism within our borders and around the world. For me, the stories include my own father who served during the Berlin Crisis and another man, Wayne Alderson featured in the book Stronger Than Steel.