From the outside, Terry appears calm and confident. Inside, Terry is carrying an enormous weight. Terry is a composite of many remarkable leaders I’ve had the privilege to coach: the CEO, the COO, the physician executive, the chief nursing officer, or the senior vice...
You’re an hour into yet another debate over a problem that won’t budge, and every executive at the table wants the same outcome. Every option carries real risk, and every argument has merit. Nobody is being difficult, yet the meeting ends right where it started, and...
The average healthcare executive now faces more complex decisions in a single quarter than their predecessors handled in an entire year. Yet most leadership development still hasn’t caught up. You’re managing shrinking margins, workforce exhaustion, and mounting...
The rollout for your new strategy went exactly according to plan. Every milestone was hit on schedule, every stakeholder signed off, and the initiative launched without a hitch. Six months later, the results still haven’t shown up. You’re getting the same resistance,...
I was 39 when I suddenly became a widow and a single parent of two young children. At the time, I was serving in an interim vice president role for a large health system, with responsibility across a region. Our team had already experienced multiple leadership changes...
Ask any CHRO to name next year’s budget priorities, and leadership development is there. Ask what’s most likely to get trimmed if the numbers don’t work, and there’s a good chance it’s on that list too. That tension shows up in industry data. For two years running,...
Whether you’re steering the ship from the C-suite or looking out from the boardroom, you ultimately want the same things: a thriving, resilient organization a healthy workplace culture strong financial performance a leadership team moving in lockstep exceptional...
A physician executive I coach recently described her days this way: she wakes up wondering if today’s the day someone finally realizes she doesn’t have all the answers. Then she gets through the day and thinks, I made it. Tomorrow, she’ll wonder again. If that sounds...
In working with healthcare leaders of various titles, levels, and responsibilities, I find in many the elements of the often-misunderstood ailment of Imposter Syndrome. The implications of the condition are often unrecognizable, so a leader may misdiagnose the cause...
When Pressures Rise, Culture Follows Senior Leaders — For Better or Worse As a leader in healthcare, you feel the pressure building. Most of the leaders I coach respond the only way high-achievers know how: they push harder, stay closer to details, and accelerate....