Leaders who cultivate a growth mindset are more resilient and better positioned to lead effectively, particularly in times of crisis and ambiguity.
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Courageous Leadership: A 3-Part Roadmap for Changemakers
Recently, a couple of my MEDI Leadership coach colleagues and I had the opportunity to collaborate with a group of healthcare leaders in the northeast. It was our final session of a year-long cohort of provider leaders. Having spent the past several months meeting...
Key Leadership Competencies: Complexity Fit
Forced to evolve or else, this is a time of intense transformation for healthcare leaders. As you navigate the current healthcare environment, you’ve likely noticed many established “best practices” that worked well once upon a time (or at the health system across...
Key Leadership Competencies: Connection
It is impossible to overstate the importance of connection in healthcare. Whether you think of connection in literal terms like a heart electrode connected to a patient, or the interaction of the healthcare team as they work together to serve patients and their...
3 Steps to Choosing Your Ideal Executive Coach
When healthcare executives excel in their field, they are often encouraged to seek executive coaching to unlock the next level of their potential. In fact, most high-potential performers enlist coaches to develop their professional capabilities, reports the Harvard...
Key Leadership Competencies: Social Intelligence & Awareness
In a previous post, we kicked off our Leadership Competencies series with emotional intelligence — a skill that sits at the top of critically important competencies in a leader. In our current environment of constant change, unmanageable stress, competing priorities...
Succession Planning for Sustained Growth
By Debra Harrison and Gina Schneider Executive turnover in healthcare is not new. Nearly all issues of Becker's Hospital Review report on executive moves and departures. The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) has tracked hospital CEO turnover for many...
Key Leadership Competencies: Emotional Intelligence
This post kicks off a 7-part series in leadership competencies we find most critical for driving meaningful transformation in healthcare. Details below. A few months ago, we reviewed key leadership competencies we’ve found most critical in driving meaningful...
How Should I Budget for an Executive Coach?
As a healthcare executive, you have a track record of strong performance and career success — it’s what brought you where you are today. You were likely promoted because your contributions brought such value to your organization that your leaders wanted to replicate...
A Word of Thanks
My colleagues and I at MEDI Leadership I have the great privilege to work in support of talented healthcare leaders across the country. I am continually amazed at their dedication and perseverance as they strive to carry out their mission to attend to the...