Excellence is Our Minimum Standard

by edickert@parthenonmgmt.net | Apr 19, 2016 | Uncategorized

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. – Aristotle The above quote from Aristotle is on the wall in our office. Every day we see that quote, and every day we are reminded of the...

Do it later, or do it now?

by edickert@parthenonmgmt.net | Aug 19, 2015 | Uncategorized

A friend sent me an email recently asking for some information.  His request was simple.  It was the name and contact information for a vendor that he knows we use.  His email arrived in my inbox at 4:50 PM.  I replied to him with the information he needed at 5:00...

Conflicts of Interest: A Policy for Ourselves

by edickert@parthenonmgmt.net | Jul 24, 2015 | Uncategorized

Over the past ten years or so, issues around conflicts of interest between physicians and other medical researchers and pharmaceutical companies have occupied a lot of time and energy among the medical and scientific societies that we serve.  I want our clients and...

A Public Benefit Corporation??

by edickert@parthenonmgmt.net | Apr 6, 2015 | Uncategorized

I recently learned about a new type of corporation, or at least for me it is new.  It is known as a “for-profit benefit corporation”, AKA a “public benefit corporation”.  It seems that the Tennessee State Legislature is considering a bill to recognize this new...

Being the Best at What You Do

by edickert@parthenonmgmt.net | Nov 6, 2014 | Uncategorized

I recently had a wonderful vacation in the Colorado Rockies. The weather was perfect. My wife and I did not over schedule and over commit ourselves. Instead we enjoyed some very welcome down time, hiking and exploring in some beautiful mountains, and one of the...