Executive alignment

Despite brilliant careers as clinicians, most doctors in the U.S. have no leadership training, reports the Harvard Business Review. Additionally, they rise through the ranks uniformly, often lacking the ability to effectively coordinate teams, coach and receive feedback, communicate and display emotional intelligence, the HBR explains. Not surprisingly, there’s a tremendous need for integrating clinical […]

Ensuring lasting leadership transformation Even the best healthcare leaders feel stuck sometimes, when all their past successes, knowledge and experience aren’t enough to bring about the results they seek. Maybe that’s where you are today: a new role, new organizational structure, new problem or market conditions demand that you and your teams operate differently. Figuring […]

Sooner or later, you’ll be tasked with driving significant and rapid change in your organization. Perhaps that’s precisely where you find yourself today. It’s a common predicament, though one that tends to drive much anxiety and unintended fallout for leaders.  Earlier this year, a regional CEO of a national health system sought my help with […]

In our work coaching leaders in healthcare, we’ve found many are neck-deep in critical transitions: taking on a new role, moving to a new organization, spearheading a turnaround or leading in an interim capacity. Whatever the case, leaders in transition have a crucial window to shape perceptions, drive behavioral changes, and build rapport and reputation […]

I was in a meeting recently with a prominent physician leader who wanted to learn more about our coaching firm and what we offer for healthcare leaders. He made a provocative statement: “You’ve got a branding problem.” It struck me profoundly: Here was a highly successful physician executive who’s led multiple national corporations, and yet […]