As healthcare organisations seek to enhance safety and quality in a changing environment, organisational learning practices can help to improve existing skills and knowledge and provide opportunities to discover better ways of working together. Leadership at executive, middle management, and local levels is needed to create a sense of shared purpose. Healthcare executive leadership has gone global. As a result, a growing number of opportunities are becoming available for individuals whose career planning efforts have prepared them for the extraordinary challenges and the long-term rewards that an international assignment offers. However, the expectations are high when it comes to making Healthcare executive leadership placements into a foreign market, and a prospective executive must be fully prepared to meet those challenges head-on.

“Well done is better than well said!” is a quote from the New England Patriots’ Tom Brady (and Ben Franklin) and it summarizes the mindset of global investors and global operators as they recruit individuals to lead foreign or multinational business entities. In other words, a successful track record delivering superior financial and operational results will help your achieve your international leadership goals far better than merely words and potential. This is why personal global career planning pays off in the long-run.

Establishing yourself as the winning executive for a global Healthcare executive leadership opportunity requires strong foundational skills, a successful track-record, solid relationships, keen industry insights, and much more. Keep pushing yourself forward in your professional growth and remember, “Well done is better than well said.”

Level 10 provides Executive Leadership in the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industry assisting with assessments, consulting, and sales management training. Jerrund Wilkerson RPh, MBA (a former Merck executive) brings his years of experience to provide the best in Executive Coaching, Sales Management & Sales Representative Development Programs.

Preventative dentistry emphasizes the importance of ongoing dental care and the daily practices used to prevent decay and other easily avoidable conditions. The techniques combine at home care with chair-side treatments and counsel from oral physicians.

Early Prevention

Daily cleanings should being as soon as a child’s first tooth can be seen. Visit a pediatric dentist in order to establish a comprehensive health program.

Preventative Strategies

At-home care: Perhaps the most important method to keeping on top of oral health is by brushing and flossing at least twice a day. This will serve to help in removing plaque deposits, which if allowed to build up, can lead to tooth decay and gum disease.

Fluoride use: Fluoride helps to strengthen teeth and prevents tooth decay. Treatments are provided in dental offices.

Diet: A balanced diet is an oral health essential. Foods which are high in sugars and carbohydrates will feed bacteria’s that produce plaque, while diets which are low in calcium greatly increase your chances of developing gum disease and deterioration of the jaw.

Regularly Scheduled Checkups: As many conditions are initially painless, those who do not regularly visit the dentist may not even be aware that a problem exists until it’s too late. To be safe, it’s recommended that individuals schedule dental checkups at least once every 6 months.

X-rays: These enable oral physicians to search for dental issues that are not easily visible to the naked eye such as cavities, and issues hidden below the gum line.

Orthodontics: A bad bite can easily impair self-confidence in addition to eating and speaking. To make matters worse, crooked teeth are much harder to maintain than straight ones. Correcting an imbalanced bite through orthodontics limits the possibility of larger problems becoming apparent down the road.

Patient Education: Knowledge is power. Patients who understand the consequences associated with poor oral health are all the more likely to take better care of their mouth, thus significantly helping to ensure a lifetime of dental health.