Executive Intelligence Center
Executive briefs, workforce data, and ongoing coverage.
Everything below draws on the same underlying research — read the flagship analysis, explore the live data, or browse ongoing coverage.
Resource 01 · Featured Executive Brief
Why healthcare’s next talent strategy starts with developing, moving, and retaining the people already inside the organization.
Executive Brief No. 002 Talent Intelligence 18 min read
The Workforce You Already Have
As external recruiting grows slower and more competitive, a second question deserves equal weight in the executive suite: how much of tomorrow’s workforce can be built from the talent already on the payroll? This brief examines internal mobility, career pathways, and talent intelligence as a talent acquisition strategy hiding in plain sight.
Source: SHRM, 2026 Talent Trends Report; Gallup, American Job Quality Study, 2025; LinkedIn, Global Talent Trends 2024.
Read our previous brief: The Hidden Cost of Vacant Nursing Positions →
Resource 02 · Healthcare Workforce Data
What the data is telling healthcare leaders right now.
Clinical vacancy rates remain structurally elevated
Even as overall labor markets cooled, bedside clinical roles have not returned to pre-2020 fill rates in most regions.
Internal mobility drives retention, not just fill speed
Employees who make internal moves are 40% more likely to remain at least three years, and organizations with strong internal mobility see tenure roughly 53% longer than those without.
Source: LinkedIn, Workplace Learning Report.
Leadership trust predicts retention
Hospitals in the top quartile for workforce engagement were 4.2x more likely to achieve top-quartile patient-experience performance — leadership and manager trust are among the strongest drivers.
Source: Press Ganey, 2026 Workforce Engagement Research.
Resource 03 · Latest Insights
Research and analysis for the healthcare workforce.
Ongoing coverage of the forces reshaping how health systems plan for, find, and keep clinical talent.
AI Won't Replace Recruiters — It Will Replace the Parts of the Job No One Liked
Where automation genuinely improves clinical hiring, and where it quietly erodes candidate trust.
The Nursing Workforce Reset
Why the post-pandemic labor market never returned to baseline — and what that means for 2027 staffing models.
Beyond Time-to-Fill: The Metrics Boards Actually Care About
A framework for reporting talent performance in the language of the C-suite, not the recruiting function.
The Healthcare Workforce Executive Scorecard
10 workforce metrics, the Executive Interpretation Framework, and a ready-to-use worksheet — free.