Worries of the health system CEO

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 […]

We’ve all known “natural-born” leaders who seem to ooze charisma and good business sense. Often they succeed for a while… until they don’t. At some point, the skills, approaches and relationships that got them where they are stop working or delivering desired results. Despite their past successes and stellar reputation, even “natural-born” leaders hit a […]