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title: "Sutter's CEO Says Culture Is a Leader's Top Priority | Sutter Health"
description: "Warner Thomas tells the Healthcare Executive podcast why building trust and alignment matters more than strategy alone for lasting business success."
url: "https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/perspectives/the-most-important-job-of-a-leader"
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# The Most Important Job of a Leader

Warner Thomas tells the Healthcare Executive podcast why building trust and alignment matters more than strategy alone for lasting business success.

July 3, 2024 by Lara Azar

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While a solid strategy is essential to business success, it’s not enough, says Warner Thomas, president & CEO of Sutter Health. If leaders don’t also invest their attention and resources into cultivating a thriving culture built on clarity, alignment and trust, even the most brilliant organizational strategy will falter.

Listen to Thomas discuss the value of culture—and share the impact a thriving culture has had on Sutter’s Health’s turnover, employee engagement and performance—on [Healthcare Executive](https://support.doctorpodcasting.com/client/ache/item/64688-the-most-important-job-you-have-as-a-leader). It’s the podcast of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), an international professional society of more than 49,000 healthcare leaders.

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