After years in healthcare finance, Benjamin Wells is applying a new mindset to leadership at Reid Health.
For CEO Ben Wells, transitioning from CFO to CEO required a major mindset shift from managing numbers to inspiring people. Drawing on his operational finance background, he describes adopting more of a “head coach mentality,” one that is focused on motivating teams, fostering collaboration, and turning strategic opportunities into action.
In this episode of HL shorts we hear from Ben Wells, Reid Health’s newly appointed CEO. Wells transitioned internally from the CFO to CEO. Listen to his take on the mindset shift it took to go from finance lead to executive lead in his organization.
Also check the full interview with Ben Wells here.
Marie DeFreitas is the CFO editor for HealthLeaders.