Leading with Kindness: How Hancock Health Is Transforming Community Wellbeing

06/11/2025 26 min Episodio 5
Leading with Kindness: How Hancock Health Is Transforming Community Wellbeing

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In this episode of Building Hancock: Stories of Growth and Community, co-host Shawn P Neal sits down with Steve Long, President and CEO of Hancock Health, to explore how one organization’s commitment to kindness, proactive healthcare, and community connection is reshaping the future of Hancock County. From the award-winning Wellbeing at Work program to an innovative Behavioral Health Mobile Response Team, Steve shares how Hancock Health is turning compassion into measurable community outcomes—making Hancock County one of the healthiest in Indiana.Key Takeaways:Kindness is a strategy: Embedding compassion into operations and culture can drive measurable health and business outcomes.\Prevention is power: Proactive healthcare models—like direct primary care and “exercise as medicine”—save costs and lives.Community collaboration heals: Hancock County’s success shows what’s possible when healthcare, education, business, and faith work together.Podcast Information:Building Hancock: Stories of Growth and Community highlights the people, projects, and partnerships shaping the future of Hancock County, Indiana.Hosted by Dave Meeker and produced in collaboration with Bringing Tech to You, #NewPalOpen4Biz, AdvoCast, and our title sponsor, Hancock Health.Hashtags#BuildingHancock #CommunityHealth #HancockHealth #Leadership #KindnessInAction #WellbeingAtWork #HealthcareInnovation #EmployeeWellbeing #MentalHealthAwareness #IndianaStrong