Healthcare Success Depends on More Than Clinical Skills

Healthcare Success Depends on More Than Clinical Skills

To excel in the highly demanding, ever-changing healthcare market doesn’t simply require technical skills (clinical skills for providers; business skills for administrators, etc.); it equally requires self-management and interpersonal skills. A study by the Dale...
Non-Clinical Continuing Education for Physician Leaders

Non-Clinical Continuing Education for Physician Leaders

If clinical skills are the critical machinery for health care providers, personal development is the fuel that runs the machinery more effectively. After all, health care providers are human beings as well as professionals when serving their patients. While it is true...
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...