Can Jefferson County learn from HealthSouth’s comeback?
CEO keynote explains parallels and possibilities
Jay Grinney told attendees of the Birmingham Economic Summit Thursday that HealthSouth’s comeback can show the way for Jefferson County to solve its debt and leadership crisis. The HealthSouth chief executive officer was the keynote speaker during lunch at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex.
Included above are slides from his presentation, which show how badly the rehab company screwed up, and how nothing short of replacing all top officers and changing the culture kept the company from shutting down.
Grinney pointed out that during his travels across the country, Jefferson County was known far and wide for its convicted officials and massive sewer debt: “More people are aware of Jefferson County’s problems than they were of HealthSouth’s problems.”
He cited the Birmingham Business Alliance’s plan in the works to stimulate economic development, and the need for a combined county-city government.
The two-day summit concludes today.
What do you think? Can the county learn from HealthSouth? Should it work on cooperative or combined government?
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Sunday, November 22, 2009, 1:29 pm
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