As a firm of executive coaches working exclusively with healthcare leaders, we’ve come to realize the competencies required to lead well in our industry are changing. Rapidly. Take team dynamics, for instance. While it has always been true that healthcare is the...
An ancient proverb says it best: "The best day to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best day to plant a tree is TODAY." In our work with health system leaders nationwide, we often get called upon to help find physicians who can lead an immediate strategic...
Recently, I participated in a panel discussion at the Midwest Independent Physician Association spring conference. Our discussion was on population health management and the current and future state of value-based delivery in healthcare. It just so happened that the...
I recently retired from a Chief Medical Officer position in a large integrated health system and have been able to focus more on executive coaching. In coaching, we have to build trust and rapport quickly so we may better advise and guide executives and other...
Feedback is imperative for leaders. There are two kinds of feedback that leaders receive, positive and negative. Both types of feedback are critical to a leader’s success. Feedback tells us if we are on course or off course. Much like a GPS system in our car, it...
It’s that time of year when we all make resolutions designed to make us “better” in some way. That often includes resolutions on how to become a better leader capable of driving improved business results, better customer satisfaction, lower costs and higher levels of...
A leader’s ability to transition into a new role sets the tone for the organizations ability to achieve results. Too often leaders are promoted into a new position because they did an excellent job at their old position. For example, a physician is...
The Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act, known as MACRA, is a proposed rule issued in April 2016 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). According to information from the AMA, the MACRA rule creates 2 different payment pathways for...
We make major decisions about others at lightning speed… and them about us. In fact, we’ve read that people create 11 impressions in the first seven seconds of an encounter. The moment you meet someone – a new boss or colleague, a patient, etc. - his or her brain...
Where will you find your next physician leader? Every week, MEDI talks to colleagues who are trying to recruit experienced physician leaders to fill strategic roles, but finding them hard to find and never knowing if the one they select will really “fit”. The cost of...