Healthcare's Keeping Problem: Executive Retention in Healthcare Leadership

Kimberly Cook
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Healthcare's Keeping Problem: Executive Retention in Healthcare Leadership is a show for the people who hire healthcare leaders — CHROs, chief people officers, COOs, CEOs, and boards — and for those who live with the consequences when a hire doesn't last. Host Kimberly Cook, MPH spent more than a decade inside healthcare organizations watching good leaders arrive qualified and leave sooner than anyone expected. Now she gets honest about why it happens. Every episode digs into the real story of executive retention in healthcare: why being qualified is only the price of admission, what actually predicts whether a leader stays, why retention was never all on the leader, and what the search industry won't tell you. And in a recurring segment you won't find anywhere else — The Exit Interview — real healthcare leaders share, anonymously, what they would have said on the way out. If anyone had asked. If you've ever watched a good leader walk out the door, or been the leader who walked sooner than anyone expected, you already know why this matters. New episodes weekly.

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    Episode 2: Paid To Leave

    Every search has a finish line. But what if the finish line is in the wrong place? Kimberly Cook explores the overlooked incentive structure behind executive search—and what it reveals about the difference between making a healthcare leadership placement and making it last.

  2. Sep 8

    Episode 1: Being Qualified Is Not Enough

    The most qualified candidate is rarely the one who stays. In this first episode, Kimberly Cook makes the case that staying power leaves evidence long before the offer — and gives you the one question to ask before you open your next search.

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    You made the hire everyone was thrilled about. Within the year, they were gone. This is the show about why that keeps happening in healthcare and what you can do about it. Start here. Follow the show.

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Healthcare's Keeping Problem: Executive Retention in Healthcare Leadership is a show for the people who hire healthcare leaders — CHROs, chief people officers, COOs, CEOs, and boards — and for those who live with the consequences when a hire doesn't last. Host Kimberly Cook, MPH spent more than a decade inside healthcare organizations watching good leaders arrive qualified and leave sooner than anyone expected. Now she gets honest about why it happens. Every episode digs into the real story of executive retention in healthcare: why being qualified is only the price of admission, what actually predicts whether a leader stays, why retention was never all on the leader, and what the search industry won't tell you. And in a recurring segment you won't find anywhere else — The Exit Interview — real healthcare leaders share, anonymously, what they would have said on the way out. If anyone had asked. If you've ever watched a good leader walk out the door, or been the leader who walked sooner than anyone expected, you already know why this matters. New episodes weekly.

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  • Creator
    Kimberly Cook
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Kimberly Cook