https://paraskatyal.com/categories/career-insights/ Recent content in Career Insights on Paras Katyal Hugo en-us Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://paraskatyal.com/blog/ten-years-in-healthcare/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://paraskatyal.com/blog/ten-years-in-healthcare/ <p>Ten years goes fast. But looking back, there are a few things I wish someone had told me on day one — things I had to learn the hard way.</p> <hr> <h2 id="the-hierarchy-on-paper-isnt-how-things-actually-work">The hierarchy on paper isn&rsquo;t how things actually work</h2> <p>When I started out, I thought getting leadership buy-in was the finish line. Get the executives aligned, and the rest follows.</p> <p>It doesn&rsquo;t work that way.</p> <p>The people who actually make or break any change in a healthcare organization are the ones in the middle — the coordinators, the nurses, the front desk staff. They&rsquo;re the ones who know where the real bottlenecks are, and they&rsquo;re the ones who will either make your new process work or quietly route around it.</p>