Becker's Hospital Review

33 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP 33 CEO / STRATEGY Business leaders' role in democracy: What conversations with CEOs reveal By Hannah Mitchell D uring the presidential election, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a lead- ership expert and professor at the Yale School of Manage- ment, met with 40 top CEOs on three separate occasions to discuss the attempts to overturn election results, according to Yale Insights, a publication from the New Haven, Conn.-based uni- versity's management school. The CEOs said they felt responsible for responding to long-term threats to democracy, and many froze donations to lawmakers who voted to reject the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. According to Mr. Sonnenfeld, CEOs recognize their influence and have found their political voice. He said data shows business lead- ers are perceived as more trustworthy than journalists, academics, clergy and elected officials. "They realize they don't want to be funding societal dysfunction and divisiveness," he said. "They're going to be far more circum- spect going forward, and taking a look at how corporate dollars are spent." Mr. Sonnenfeld said businesses are increasingly playing active po- litical roles by giving employees paid time off to vote in elections. Mainstream companies like AT&T, UPS and Walmart took active roles against legislation known as "bathroom bills," which sought to affect access to gender-segregated public facilities based on the individual's gender assigned at birth. "[Business leaders] understand that it is absolutely core to under- stand the societal context — understanding that, like their voice in financial markets and labor markets and product markets, they have to be engaged in this space," Mr. Sonnenfeld said. "They can't just rely on bothsidesism or 'a plague on all their houses.' They have to have a political voice." n Cleveland Clinic taps 2 physician leaders for international roles By Kelly Gooch C leveland Clinic promoted two physician leaders to oversee international operations and Cleve- land Clinic Abu Dhabi, the health system said Feb. 15. Rakesh Suri, MD, was named president of international operations, a newly created role, and Jorge Guzman, MD, was named CEO of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Dr. Suri was named chief of staff of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in 2015 and has served as CEO of the mul- tispecialty hospital since 2017. He is also chief of tho- racic and cardiovascular surgery at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. In the new role, he will return to Ohio to lead Cleveland Clinic's international strategy and advance business de- velopment opportunities, the health system said.He will also oversee global patient services, as well as opera- tions for Cleveland Clinic Canada. Dr. Guzman most recently served as chief of staff of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and a consultant staff phy- sician in the critical care institute at the hospital. Before that, he was vice president of regional hospital medical operations in Cleveland. He was also director of the medical intensive care unit at the main Cleveland Clinic campus and director of in- tensive care unit operations for the health system. Dr. Suri and Dr. Guzman took on their new roles March 31. n 17 healthcare companies offering most remote jobs By Morgan Haefner H ealthcare continues to be one of the top industries for remote workers, according to job search site FlexJobs. Below are 17 healthcare companies offering remote work that FlexJobs named to its "Top 100 Companies with Remote Jobs in 2021" list, published in January. Note: FlexJobs included in its list the 100 com- panies that posted the most remote jobs on its site in 2020, based on an analysis of 57,000 companies. e healthcare companies below are listed by their overall ranking. 11. UnitedHealth Group 22. VocoVision 28. CVS Health 30. Aetna 33. PRA Health Sciences 35. Anthem 40. IQVIA 44. Humana 48. Philips 65. Syneos Health 72. Parexel 76. Merck 77. Change Healthcare 86. Stryker 94. Soliant Health 96. Pfizer 97. McKesson Corp. n

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