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With new CEO, ACC opts for different kind of leader

Cardiology group replaces experienced medical association director Jack Lewin with an industry veteran, Shalom Jacobovitz Jacobovitz April 29 was a big day for Shalom "Shal" Jacobovitz: the first day of his first association CEO job, as newly appointed head of the American College of Cardiology. "It was like drinking through a firehose," he said, cheerfully, in an interview with CEO Update on his second day. "There's a learning curve, obviously." But already, Jacobovitz said he has started practicing his preferred leadership style—MBWA, or "Management By Walking Around." He is spending time chatting with various staffers about key issues and about "what keeps them up… Read More