When Healers Need Healing – A Case about Physician Burnout

Last month, Katja Ridderbusch, an accomplished journalist and foreign correspondent for the German newspaper “Die Welt”, a noted author and international media consultant, interviewed me about the topic of physician burnout. Over the last 10 years, I have been...
Learning from Healthcare Executives about High Performance Teams

Learning from Healthcare Executives about High Performance Teams

Earlier today I attended the Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives annual meeting luncheon. The topic of the luncheon was “Developing High-Performance Teams” where a panel of 3 female executives of 3 different hospital systems in the city shared their...
Reasons for Creating a Physician Leader Coaching Program

Reasons for Creating a Physician Leader Coaching Program

Q: What made you decide to create this physician leader coaching program? A: In the last 10 years of my work with physicians, most engagements started with a conversation with an administrator and also with the medical director of the department, a VP or CMO. And...

Issues a Physician Leader Coaching Program Addresses

Q: We currently employ a physician who has been in a department leadership role for quite some time. But there is a lot of turnover and conflict in this department. Would your program help? Q: We currently employ a physician who has been in a department leadership...

Ideal Candidate for a Physician Leadership Coaching Program

Q: Our physician leaders attended already a physician leadership program; isn’t that enough? Q: Our physician leaders attended already a physician leadership program; isn’t that enough? A: It can be enough or maybe it won’t. Here is how you want to look at this. If...