Exclusive interview with Dr Kennedy Lee, Chief Executive of the Legion Hospital Corporation Editor’s Note: This interview is part of Saltbridge Sun’s CEO interview series. This series is with healthcare & global hospital operator CEOs talking about the Future of their conglomerate and some insight regarding the operations of Legion Hospital Corporation. Dr Kennedy Lee is the Chief Executive of the Legion Hospital Corporation, and concurrently the dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Dion. Dr Lee is not only accredited for western medicine, but is also a certified TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) physician as well. Dr Lee has held various significant posts in the field of medicine, such as the Medical Commissioner of the Recon Health Board, as well as member of the the Board of Administrators of Pryston City Hospital, Dion Imperial Hospital and Reconwood Hospital.
Q. Could you give us an idea of the scale of Legion Hospital's operations? Legion Hospital Corporation is growing to becoming one of the Legion Corporation's most promising new subsidiaries, with its wide-spread operations and huge investment potential. Currently operating up to 8 foreign hospitals and 3 clinic chains, the company holds great confidence that its operations will grow significantly in the future, as more nations learn about our operations. Q. How would you describe your leadership style and management philosophy? In my leadership style, we've always understood our position in the company. Every employee needs to know what they were brought in to do, even myself, as the CE. Working closely with Dr Myers of Legion Health Group, we push for the endeavors of our company ideals and make them a reality. We must lead our own employees by being role models ourselves. Almost all of our executives in the company have been promoted from bottom-up, so we know what we should expect from our own employees. Q. Where does innovation stand among your priorities? Innovation has always been the idea of the Legion Corporation. From His Majesty King Lee, as CEO of the Legion Corporation, he has guided all his various companies in the same method of success that is the continued development of every aspect. We can't stagnate, because the market changes so quickly, and innovation is our way of survival, that's why we will never stop pursuing innovation. Q. What drives innovation, strategy, or the availability of a specific technology? As mentioned before, innovation has held top priority throughout all our operations, not just restricted to the LHC. As the Legion Corporation operates as a conglomerate, we are a team. When we were brought into the company, all employees are held with great discipline to treat our sister subsidiaries as our own, which has helped breed a very endearing culture amongst our fellow colleagues in other subsidiaries. This has helped our global operations as we are able to reach out for help and provide help to our friends at Legion Hypermarkets, Pegasus Petrol and other areas. This may be our grand strategy, but it has made many obstacles a lot easier to overcome Q. Is Legion Hospital an early adopter of technology or in the tried-and-tested camp? As an avid innovator, we are willing to try and experiment with new technology that no one has ever dared to. Of course, we ensure it is done in the safest environment possible that does not cause casualties or danger to our employees and clients. We spend a large amount of our profits going into R&D, as I can't reiterate enough how much innovation and research means to us. Q. How can the IT help drive business performance? IT is not our strong suit, to be fair; hence we have a very capable Nexus Group International that supports these operations. They're an internal company, probably not heard of by anyone out of the Legion Corporation that manages our logistics and technological needs. Covering security, resources, software, hardware, the job of NGI is to scout for external companies that fill up our gaps. We don't deny that we are vulnerable in some areas, and that is where they come in. We have connections with Trelatche Computing Development, who's President happens to be a non-executive director in the Legion Corporation's Board of Directors. But they provide us with the top-notch computing powers and IT expertise to help us reach our maximum efficiency. Recently, Nexus has brought in Mr Bobby Ferwood to serve as the Chief Technological Officer, and we believe this is a new step in seeing the importance of IT in our global operations. Q. How can this engagement be made more seamless and painless? As the size of the Legion Corporation grows continuously, the formation of NGI has fulfilled its important role of supporting all our internal operations, and with the flexible fluidity of capital and labor, all the subsidiaries balance out one another to allow these developments to remain stable. It is not just about Legion Hospital Corporation, it is more about teamwork between all of the Legion subsidiaries. Q. What is next for Legion Hospital? We seek to continue reaching out to new clients from different nations, and work hard to provide the best quality healthcare offered internationally, and with that, comes great obstacles that we must overcome. I personally see the Legion Hospital Corporation as a promising new subsidiary that will bring our parent company to greater heights as all our fellow colleagues in other subsidiaries will do as well. Thank you so much for your interview and I hope I've given some insight regarding the operations of not just the Legion Hospital Corporation, but also about our Legion Corporation internal culture and our common passion and drive.
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