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title: A Requirement for Healthcare Transformation | Virginia Mason Institute
description: "Learn how \"unlearning\" four key obsolete leadership lessons can transform healthcare and how to move forward as a leader for lasting improvement."
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# [A Requirement for Healthcare Transformation | Virginia Mason Institute](https://www.virginiamasoninstitute.org/blog/leadership-unlearning-a-new-requirement-for-healthcare-transformation)

 Written by [Wendy Korthuis-Smith](https://www.virginiamasoninstitute.org/blog/author/wendy-korthuis-smith) | Mar 22, 2023 7:00:00 AM

Creating a culture of continuous improvement in healthcare requires radical change, starting with the way we lead. However, old habits and lessons learned over many years can be deeply ingrained and create barriers to success. Learn how to unlearn four key obsolete leadership lessons and how to move forward as a leader that enables lasting improvement.

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