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Case study and the questions at the last end of the case study. 6 Ellen Zane - Leading Change at Tufts-NEMC It was a difficult decision to take this job. But there was something about the history of Tuts-NEMC and its importance to so many stakeholders that really grabbed me as the epitome of what one could do in one's career. d also learned not to be adverse to risk. You have to take risk, not stupid risk but you have to take risk - Ellen Zane, CEO, Tufts-NEMC Ellen Zane brought a cup of coffee into her home office. It was 4:30 a.m. and she was, as usual, starting the day early. She fired off a few emails to her senior staff and looked over the Women's Business magazine on her desk. Her photograph was on the cover highlighting the article on the turnaround she was attempting to execute at Tufts-New England Medical Center (Tufts-NEMC). It was the summer of 2006 and it had been an incredibly rough two and a half years since she accepted the CEO position at the ailing Boston hospital. Since then the hospital had survived the worst of This case was made possible by a grant from The Patrina Foundation. The authors Cynthia Ingols and Lisa Brem of Simmons College, developed this case solely as the basis for class discussion Cases are not intended to serve as endorsements, sources of primary data, or illustrations of effective or inetiective management Copyright 2006 Cynthia Ingols and Lisa Brem. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, used in a spreadsheet, or transmithed in any form or by any means- electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise - without the permission of Dr. Cynthia Ingols, (cynthia ingols simmons.edu) Simmons School of ManagementExplanation / Answer
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