Culture Change RX

Capstone Leadership Solutions

Embark on a journey to the heart of healthcare, where we dissect the driving force behind every thriving organization: its culture. Drawing on her executive background and extensive work as a strategic coach, Capstone’s co-founder Sue Tetzlaff and guests will share actionable insights and practical steps for successfully navigating the people side of the business of healthcare. Join weekly to be equipped and inspired to uplevel the culture and unlock the next level of potential in your healthcare organization.

  1. vor 5 Tagen

    Culture Bytes: Strategy Development: Four Areas of Untapped Potential

    Send us a Message In this solo Culture Byte episode of Culture Change RX, I share a strategy development insight from Capstone Leadership Solutions' recent Healthcare Executive Forum: Identifying and Unlocking Untapped Potential. Drawing from years as a rural healthcare executive and my work with hospitals across the country, I challenge leaders to stop asking, "What should we add next?" and instead begin asking: "What's already inside our organization that we're not fully using?" I dig into why many rural hospitals overlook opportunities that already exist—in their patient experience, employee experience, market, operational capacity, and frontline employees—and why unlocking these opportunities is often faster, less expensive, and far less risky than launching something new. If your organization is preparing its next strategic plan or searching for meaningful growth despite limited resources, this episode offers a practical framework for discovering the opportunities already sitting beneath your feet. [FREE Webinar] A 5-Step Approach to Achieving Nursing Excellence in Rural Hospitals:  Aug 11 at Noon ET Many rural hospitals need a proven approach for creating and sustaining nursing excellence. Join Capstone for a special 1-hour webinar where we will overview our proven 5-step approach for achieving nursing care improvements that take hold and last. Register here: https://capstoneleadership-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/gCRrqIc2QeK7mj-1gzIJsg Hi! I’m Sue Tetzlaff. I’m a culture and execution strategist for small and rural healthcare organizations - helping them to be the provider and employer-of-choice so they can keep care local and margins strong. For decades, I’ve worked with healthcare organizations to navigate the people-side of healthcare, the part that can make or break your results. What I’ve learned is this: culture is not a soft thing. It’s the hardest thing, and it determines everything. When you’re ready to take your culture to the next level, here are three ways I can help you: 1. Listen to the Culture Change RX Podcast Every week, I share conversations with leaders who are transforming healthcare workplaces and strategies for keeping teams engaged, patients loyal, and margins healthy. 2. Subscribe to our Email Newsletter Get practical tips, frameworks, and leadership tools delivered right to your inbox—plus exclusive content you won’t find on the podcast. 📩 Subscribe here 3. Break through to the next level of greatness in your organization with help from my team and me. When you’re ready to be the provider and employer-of-choice, we’ll help you implement proven frameworks that strengthen culture, improve experience and ensure your organization thrives. You can email me at info@capstoneleadership.net and put “BREAKTHROUGH” in the subject line and I’ll get you all the details.

  2. 15. Juli

    Why Rural Hospitals Must Define Their Unique Value (Doug Morse)

    Send us a Message In this episode of Culture Change RX, Sue welcomes back Doug Morse, Principal of Strategic Planning at Capstone Leadership Solutions, for a conversation about a different approach to strategy. Rather than trying to be slightly better than the hospital down the road, Doug challenges organizations to ask a much bigger question: What unique value can only your organization provide? Together, Sue and Doug explore why differentiation isn't enough, why rural hospitals must identify their unique value, and how strategic clarity creates the focus, alignment, and momentum needed for long-term success. The conversation also introduces one of Doug's most powerful questions: "What are you willing to promise your patients?" For leaders feeling overwhelmed by competing priorities, long to-do lists, and initiative fatigue, this episode offers a refreshing perspective on strategy, execution, and the future of rural healthcare. Doug’s past podcast episodes: Growth and Culture Accelerators:  Nimble Planning and Continuous Learning Clarity Over Chaos: Making Strategy Work in Rural Healthcare Connect with Doug: Doug@CapstoneLeadership.net Doug’s LinkedIn [FREE Webinar] A 5-Step Approach to Achieving Nursing Excellence in Rural Hospitals:  Aug 11 at Noon ET Many rural hospitals need a proven approach for creating and sustaining nursing excellence. Join Capstone for a special 1-hour webinar where we will overview our proven 5-step approach for achieving nursing care improvements that take hold and last. Register here: https://capstoneleadership-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/gCRrqIc2QeK7mj-1gzIJsg Hi! I’m Sue Tetzlaff. I’m a culture and execution strategist for small and rural healthcare organizations - helping them to be the provider and employer-of-choice so they can keep care local and margins strong. For decades, I’ve worked with healthcare organizations to navigate the people-side of healthcare, the part that can make or break your results. What I’ve learned is this: culture is not a soft thing. It’s the hardest thing, and it determines everything. When you’re ready to take your culture to the next level, here are three ways I can help you: 1. Listen to the Culture Change RX Podcast Every week, I share conversations with leaders who are transforming healthcare workplaces and strategies for keeping teams engaged, patients loyal, and margins healthy. 2. Subscribe to our Email Newsletter Get practical tips, frameworks, and leadership tools delivered right to your inbox—plus exclusive content you won’t find on the podcast. 📩 Subscribe here 3. Break through to the next level of greatness in your organization with help from my team and me. When you’re ready to be the provider and employer-of-choice, we’ll help you implement proven frameworks that strengthen culture, improve experience and ensure your organization thrives. You can email me at info@capstoneleadership.net and put “BREAKTHROUGH” in the subject line and I’ll get you all the details.

    Why Rural Hospitals Must Define Their Unique Value (Doug Morse)
  3. 8. Juli

    Culture Bytes: From Whack-a-Mole to Strategic Momentum

    Send us a Message In this episode of Culture Change RX, Sue Tetzlaff explores why many healthcare organizations aren’t lacking effort — they’re lacking integration, sequencing, and coordinated systems. Sue shares why disconnected initiatives often create fragmented energy, initiative fatigue, and temporary improvements that fail to strengthen the organization as a whole. She explains how truly strong and agile healthcare organizations move beyond reactive “whack-a-mole” improvement efforts and instead build reinforcing systems that create sustainable momentum over time. This episode is especially valuable for leaders of small and rural healthcare organizations who are working hard to improve culture, engagement, patient experience, leadership effectiveness, strategy execution, and long-term organizational vitality — but still feel like progress is harder than it should be. [FREE Webinar] A 5-Step Approach to Achieving Nursing Excellence in Rural Hospitals:  Aug 11 at Noon ET Many rural hospitals need a proven approach for creating and sustaining nursing excellence. Join Capstone for a special 1-hour webinar where we will overview our proven 5-step approach for achieving nursing care improvements that take hold and last. Register here: https://capstoneleadership-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/gCRrqIc2QeK7mj-1gzIJsg Hi! I’m Sue Tetzlaff. I’m a culture and execution strategist for small and rural healthcare organizations - helping them to be the provider and employer-of-choice so they can keep care local and margins strong. For decades, I’ve worked with healthcare organizations to navigate the people-side of healthcare, the part that can make or break your results. What I’ve learned is this: culture is not a soft thing. It’s the hardest thing, and it determines everything. When you’re ready to take your culture to the next level, here are three ways I can help you: 1. Listen to the Culture Change RX Podcast Every week, I share conversations with leaders who are transforming healthcare workplaces and strategies for keeping teams engaged, patients loyal, and margins healthy. 2. Subscribe to our Email Newsletter Get practical tips, frameworks, and leadership tools delivered right to your inbox—plus exclusive content you won’t find on the podcast. 📩 Subscribe here 3. Break through to the next level of greatness in your organization with help from my team and me. When you’re ready to be the provider and employer-of-choice, we’ll help you implement proven frameworks that strengthen culture, improve experience and ensure your organization thrives. You can email me at info@capstoneleadership.net and put “BREAKTHROUGH” in the subject line and I’ll get you all the details.

    Culture Bytes: From Whack-a-Mole to Strategic Momentum
  4. 1. Juli

    The Why Behind the Work (Greg Opseth)

    Send us a Message In this episode of Culture Change RX, Sue Tetzlaff welcomes Greg Opseth, COO of Highland Medical Staffing, Executive Director of the Iowa Nurses Association, and a Capstone Transformational Expert, for a meaningful conversation about the importance of staying grounded in purpose as healthcare leaders. Drawing from insights gained at the Iowa Organization for Nursing Leadership (IONL) conference, Greg shares reflections on “the power of the pause” and the importance of anchoring ourselves in our “why” — especially during seasons of stress, complexity, and leadership fatigue. Greg also shares powerful personal stories about becoming a nurse, entering leadership, and creating meaningful culture through simple but intentional leadership practices — including asking caregivers to reconnect with and share their “why.” Resources mentioned in this episode: Watch D.O.G.S. — a national program supporting student success: https://dadsofgreatstudents.com/Connect with Greg: Greg@CapstoneLeadership.netLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-o-a80384171/ Coming soon from Capstone: August 11, 2026 | 12p Virtual Webinar: 5-Step Process for Nursing Excellence https://capstoneleadership-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/gCRrqIc2QeK7mj-1gzIJsg September 15-16, 2026 | 8:30am - 12:30pm Virtual Nursing Bundle Boot Camp — evidence-based practices and transformational nursing leadership [FREE Webinar] A 5-Step Approach to Achieving Nursing Excellence in Rural Hospitals:  Aug 11 at Noon ET Many rural hospitals need a proven approach for creating and sustaining nursing excellence. Join Capstone for a special 1-hour webinar where we will overview our proven 5-step approach for achieving nursing care improvements that take hold and last. Register here: https://capstoneleadership-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/gCRrqIc2QeK7mj-1gzIJsg Hi! I’m Sue Tetzlaff. I’m a culture and execution strategist for small and rural healthcare organizations - helping them to be the provider and employer-of-choice so they can keep care local and margins strong. For decades, I’ve worked with healthcare organizations to navigate the people-side of healthcare, the part that can make or break your results. What I’ve learned is this: culture is not a soft thing. It’s the hardest thing, and it determines everything. When you’re ready to take your culture to the next level, here are three ways I can help you: 1. Listen to the Culture Change RX Podcast Every week, I share conversations with leaders who are transforming healthcare workplaces and strategies for keeping teams engaged, patients loyal, and margins healthy. 2. Subscribe to our Email Newsletter Get practical tips, frameworks, and leadership tools delivered right to your inbox—plus exclusive content you won’t find on the podcast. 📩 Subscribe here 3. Break through to the next level of greatness in your organization with help from my team and me. When you’re ready to be the provider and employer-of-choice, we’ll help you implement proven frameworks that strengthen culture, improve experience and ensure your organization thrives. You can email me at info@capstoneleadership.net and put “BREAKTHROUGH” in the subject line and I’ll get you all the details.

    The Why Behind the Work (Greg Opseth)
  5. 24. Juni

    Culture Bytes: You May Already Have the Time and Money to Transform Your Organization

    Send us a Message In this episode of Culture Change RX, Sue Tetzlaff explores one of the most common objections healthcare organizations face when considering transformational change: “We don’t have enough time or money.” Drawing from decades of experience leading and supporting transformation in small and rural healthcare organizations, Sue challenges the assumption that meaningful improvement always requires more resources. Instead, she introduces a different perspective: A successful transformation should not be designed as an “add-on” to already overwhelmed leaders and teams. Rather, transformational work should replace ineffective activities, outdated systems, and resource allocations that are not producing meaningful results. And Sue offers up some questions to ponder: What are we spending time on today that is not actually moving the needle?What are we spending money on today that is not actually moving the needle?What would happen if we stopped doing those things and replaced them with proven systems and approaches?Interested in exploring what a time-neutral and budget-neutral transformation approach could look like for your healthcare organization? Schedule a complimentary discovery call series with the Capstone team: CapstoneLeadership.net/Contact-Us -- Or email:  info@capstoneleadership.net [FREE Webinar] A 5-Step Approach to Achieving Nursing Excellence in Rural Hospitals:  Aug 11 at Noon ET Many rural hospitals need a proven approach for creating and sustaining nursing excellence. Join Capstone for a special 1-hour webinar where we will overview our proven 5-step approach for achieving nursing care improvements that take hold and last. Register here: https://capstoneleadership-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/gCRrqIc2QeK7mj-1gzIJsg Hi! I’m Sue Tetzlaff. I’m a culture and execution strategist for small and rural healthcare organizations - helping them to be the provider and employer-of-choice so they can keep care local and margins strong. For decades, I’ve worked with healthcare organizations to navigate the people-side of healthcare, the part that can make or break your results. What I’ve learned is this: culture is not a soft thing. It’s the hardest thing, and it determines everything. When you’re ready to take your culture to the next level, here are three ways I can help you: 1. Listen to the Culture Change RX Podcast Every week, I share conversations with leaders who are transforming healthcare workplaces and strategies for keeping teams engaged, patients loyal, and margins healthy. 2. Subscribe to our Email Newsletter Get practical tips, frameworks, and leadership tools delivered right to your inbox—plus exclusive content you won’t find on the podcast. 📩 Subscribe here 3. Break through to the next level of greatness in your organization with help from my team and me. When you’re ready to be the provider and employer-of-choice, we’ll help you implement proven frameworks that strengthen culture, improve experience and ensure your organization thrives. You can email me at info@capstoneleadership.net and put “BREAKTHROUGH” in the subject line and I’ll get you all the details.

    Culture Bytes: You May Already Have the Time and Money to Transform Your Organization
  6. 17. Juni

    AI Innovations That Improve Patient Care (Darrell Bodner)

    Send us a Message In this episode of Culture Change RX, Sue Tetzlaff welcomes Darrell Bodnar, Chief Information Officer for North Country Healthcare in New Hampshire, for a fascinating conversation on innovation, artificial intelligence, patient safety, and high reliability in rural healthcare. Darrell shares how North Country Healthcare — an independent rural healthcare system serving the northern third of New Hampshire — is leveraging AI, technology, leadership, and cross-functional teamwork to improve patient care, reduce harm, strengthen workflows, and support healthcare providers. This episode provides a hopeful and practical look at how rural healthcare organizations can use innovation and collaboration to create safer systems, stronger cultures, and better patient outcomes. [FREE Webinar] A 5-Step Approach to Achieving Nursing Excellence in Rural Hospitals:  Aug 11 at Noon ET Many rural hospitals need a proven approach for creating and sustaining nursing excellence. Join Capstone for a special 1-hour webinar where we will overview our proven 5-step approach for achieving nursing care improvements that take hold and last. Register here: https://capstoneleadership-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/gCRrqIc2QeK7mj-1gzIJsg Hi! I’m Sue Tetzlaff. I’m a culture and execution strategist for small and rural healthcare organizations - helping them to be the provider and employer-of-choice so they can keep care local and margins strong. For decades, I’ve worked with healthcare organizations to navigate the people-side of healthcare, the part that can make or break your results. What I’ve learned is this: culture is not a soft thing. It’s the hardest thing, and it determines everything. When you’re ready to take your culture to the next level, here are three ways I can help you: 1. Listen to the Culture Change RX Podcast Every week, I share conversations with leaders who are transforming healthcare workplaces and strategies for keeping teams engaged, patients loyal, and margins healthy. 2. Subscribe to our Email Newsletter Get practical tips, frameworks, and leadership tools delivered right to your inbox—plus exclusive content you won’t find on the podcast. 📩 Subscribe here 3. Break through to the next level of greatness in your organization with help from my team and me. When you’re ready to be the provider and employer-of-choice, we’ll help you implement proven frameworks that strengthen culture, improve experience and ensure your organization thrives. You can email me at info@capstoneleadership.net and put “BREAKTHROUGH” in the subject line and I’ll get you all the details.

    AI Innovations That Improve Patient Care (Darrell Bodner)
  7. 10. Juni

    Culture Bytes: Improvement Is Not the Same as Sustainability

    Send us a Message In this episode of Culture Change RX, Sue Tetzlaff explores one of the most common - and costly - mistakes organizations make during change efforts: declaring victory too soon. Drawing from John Kotter’s work on organizational change, Sue explains why early improvement is not the same as long-term transformation and why organizations often regress when new behaviors and systems are not fully embedded into the culture. Using a powerful analogy about her own orthodontic experience with braces, Sue illustrates how visible progress can happen relatively quickly - but permanent, sustainable change requires more time, consistency, and structure. [FREE Webinar] A 5-Step Approach to Achieving Nursing Excellence in Rural Hospitals:  Aug 11 at Noon ET Many rural hospitals need a proven approach for creating and sustaining nursing excellence. Join Capstone for a special 1-hour webinar where we will overview our proven 5-step approach for achieving nursing care improvements that take hold and last. Register here: https://capstoneleadership-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/gCRrqIc2QeK7mj-1gzIJsg Hi! I’m Sue Tetzlaff. I’m a culture and execution strategist for small and rural healthcare organizations - helping them to be the provider and employer-of-choice so they can keep care local and margins strong. For decades, I’ve worked with healthcare organizations to navigate the people-side of healthcare, the part that can make or break your results. What I’ve learned is this: culture is not a soft thing. It’s the hardest thing, and it determines everything. When you’re ready to take your culture to the next level, here are three ways I can help you: 1. Listen to the Culture Change RX Podcast Every week, I share conversations with leaders who are transforming healthcare workplaces and strategies for keeping teams engaged, patients loyal, and margins healthy. 2. Subscribe to our Email Newsletter Get practical tips, frameworks, and leadership tools delivered right to your inbox—plus exclusive content you won’t find on the podcast. 📩 Subscribe here 3. Break through to the next level of greatness in your organization with help from my team and me. When you’re ready to be the provider and employer-of-choice, we’ll help you implement proven frameworks that strengthen culture, improve experience and ensure your organization thrives. You can email me at info@capstoneleadership.net and put “BREAKTHROUGH” in the subject line and I’ll get you all the details.

    Culture Bytes: Improvement Is Not the Same as Sustainability
  8. 3. Juni

    Retention Starts with Recruitment (Julie Coneset)

    Send us a Message Most healthcare leaders think about retention as something that happens after someone is hired. But what if your hiring process itself is either building or quietly eroding your culture? In this episode, Sue Tetzlaff sits down with Capstone Transformational Expert Julie Coneset to talk about one of the most consequential — and often most stressful — responsibilities healthcare leaders carry: hiring the right people. Julie brings decades of experience in rural healthcare human resources and organizational transformation to a candid conversation about what separates strategic hiring from desperation hiring, and why that distinction matters more than most leaders realize. You'll hear practical wisdom on: Why lowering your hiring bar during a staffing shortage almost always costs more than it savesHow behavioral-based interview techniques help you predict fit and performance before day oneWhy peer panel interviews can transform how your team shows up for onboarding — and beyondWhat employer-of-choice organizations do differently when it comes to attracting and selecting candidatesHow your hiring decisions today directly shape your overtime costs, burnout levels, and traveler reliance tomorrow Interested in strengthening retention, culture, leadership, and hiring practices in your organization? Schedule a complimentary discovery call series with the Capstone team at CapstoneLeadership.net/Contact-Us [FREE Webinar] A 5-Step Approach to Achieving Nursing Excellence in Rural Hospitals:  Aug 11 at Noon ET Many rural hospitals need a proven approach for creating and sustaining nursing excellence. Join Capstone for a special 1-hour webinar where we will overview our proven 5-step approach for achieving nursing care improvements that take hold and last. Register here: https://capstoneleadership-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/gCRrqIc2QeK7mj-1gzIJsg Hi! I’m Sue Tetzlaff. I’m a culture and execution strategist for small and rural healthcare organizations - helping them to be the provider and employer-of-choice so they can keep care local and margins strong. For decades, I’ve worked with healthcare organizations to navigate the people-side of healthcare, the part that can make or break your results. What I’ve learned is this: culture is not a soft thing. It’s the hardest thing, and it determines everything. When you’re ready to take your culture to the next level, here are three ways I can help you: 1. Listen to the Culture Change RX Podcast Every week, I share conversations with leaders who are transforming healthcare workplaces and strategies for keeping teams engaged, patients loyal, and margins healthy. 2. Subscribe to our Email Newsletter Get practical tips, frameworks, and leadership tools delivered right to your inbox—plus exclusive content you won’t find on the podcast. 📩 Subscribe here 3. Break through to the next level of greatness in your organization with help from my team and me. When you’re ready to be the provider and employer-of-choice, we’ll help you implement proven frameworks that strengthen culture, improve experience and ensure your organization thrives. You can email me at info@capstoneleadership.net and put “BREAKTHROUGH” in the subject line and I’ll get you all the details.

    Retention Starts with Recruitment (Julie Coneset)

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Embark on a journey to the heart of healthcare, where we dissect the driving force behind every thriving organization: its culture. Drawing on her executive background and extensive work as a strategic coach, Capstone’s co-founder Sue Tetzlaff and guests will share actionable insights and practical steps for successfully navigating the people side of the business of healthcare. Join weekly to be equipped and inspired to uplevel the culture and unlock the next level of potential in your healthcare organization.