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Written By: Jimmy Leppert As we close the chapter on 2025, we’ve spent time reflecting on what we learned alongside the hospital and health system leaders we partner with at Empactful Advisors. Last year was defined by pressure – financial, operational, and human. Margin compression, workforce fatigue, rising acuity, and constant external disruption forced leaders to confront hard truths. But 2025 was also a year of clarity. Across organizations of different sizes, markets, a

Guided by Kirsten Thorne, former Chevron Chief Strategist of Corporate Affairs, the new practice empowers organizations to align, execute, and transform faster. Denver, CO - January 8, 2026 -  Empactful Advisors , a leading strategy execution consulting firm known for helping some of the world’s most complex organizations deliver results faster, today announced the launch of its new Corporate Affairs Practice. Building on proven successes across healthcare, energy, mining, an

By Jimmy Lepper, Co-Founder, Empactful Advisors Kristin Kuchno’s insightful piece  on the “critical glue” for C-suite collaboration highlights a truth every hospital leader knows intimately: no amount of individual talent can compensate for a leadership team that is misaligned, siloed, or operating without a shared execution rhythm. The executives quoted, including Ashley Vertuno, Bob Adams, Travis Andersen, Alan Kumar, MD, and Gil Peri, are absolutely right: alignment, trans