Should You Consider Being A Chief Medical Officer?
In this episode, I talk about something many physicians think about but don’t always say out loud: should you see yourself as a Chief Medical Officer? Not necessarily as a…
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Category: Leadership
Recruitment Is Leadership Work… And It Starts Before the Job Is Posted
In healthcare, we spend a lot of time talking about growth, new service lines, expanding access, building programs that serve our communities. Leaders will spend months and sometimes years planning…
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AI Leadership in Healthcare Must Be Governed and Physicians Play a Key Role
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept in healthcare. It is already shaping how we document care, triage patients, allocate resources, predict risk, manage revenue cycles, and increasingly, how clinical decisions are supported … And most of this is done beneath surface. What remains unsettled is not whether AI will be used … but how, when, by whom, and under what standards?
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Leading Across Generations: A Core Skill for Today’s Physician Leaders
In medicine, we spend a great deal of time teaching clinicians what to do when something goes wrong clinically. We spend far less time teaching leaders what to do when something goes wrong relationally.
Yet many of today’s communication failures, near misses, and disengagement issues don’t stem from lack of skill or effort. They stem from misunderstanding—and at times, that misunderstanding is generational.
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Greatness Starts With the Courage to Look at the Truth
“Face the brutal facts.” That is a lesson Jim Collins included in his book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t. This book continues to provide an excellent blueprint for any organization that wants to be great. Sometimes the work a company is doing is good; it’s just not enough to achieve the desired goal. It takes courage to look at the brutal facts—about performance issues, market challenges, or other uncomfortable data or insights. It can be discouraging.
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Top Skillsets Every Physician Leader Needs to Master
Building the Foundation of Physician Leadership Healthcare leadership has never been more complex-or more critical. Physicians stepping into leadership roles must balance clinical expertise with strategic thinking, team development, and…
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From Physician Leader to Executive: Why Soft Skills Define Your Next Step
… But what’s missing from many is the human side of leadership: how to influence, listen, and connect across all levels of the organization.
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Ten Guiding Principles for New Leaders
In 1996, I left the role of senior vice president of Holy Cross Hospital in Chicago, IL, for the role of administrator/president of Baptist Hospital, Inc., in Pensacola, FL. At…
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Being a Doctor Is Not Enough: Why Every Physician Aspiring to Grow as a Leader Needs a Personal Brand Today
In today’s healthcare environment, physicians are both professionals and visible public figures. Patients search for them online. Recruiters review their digital presence. Health systems bet their reputations on them. Your clinical skills may earn you respect at the bedside – but your brand is what carries you beyond it, affecting your career growth. (good or bad)
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Don’t Permit People to “Tell On” Others; Insist They Carry Their Own Messages
What we permit, we promote. I learned this phrase from speaker and author Liz Jazwiec. If new ideas and challenges are permitted and celebrated, more of each will take place. On the less positive side, “permitting” can reinforce actions that are not good. For example: A person regularly shows up late, and nothing happens…a leader repeatedly misses goals, and nothing happens…a person gossips, and nothing happens. The results are lateness, missed goals, and increased gossip. This type of “permitting” happens in immature workplaces.
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Setting Up Your Senior Executive Search Committee for Success
Your Senior Executive Search Committee may be the single most important committee influencing your organization’s future. In this article, we’ll explore what it is, how it functions, and how to establish the expectations, rules, and structure that will ensure its success.
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Small World, Big Impact: Building Stronger Connections in Healthcare
This “small world” aspect of the medical community can be a blessing or a curse. When everyone knows you, your personal brand is crucial. And it’s shaped through the quality of your relationships.
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From Healer To Leader: What Physician Leadership Training Looks Like When You Get It Right
Physicians are often asked to lead—but rarely prepared for the role. Promotions can happen overnight, often with no formal training and little support. This can lead to frustration, isolation and burnout…and many times physicians end up walking away from organizations that they feel weren’t invested in their leadership growth.
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Physician Leadership isn’t about a title – It’s about something greater
As a physician leader, today’s complexity demands more than clinical or interpersonal strength. You were likely chosen for both—but your true impact lies in mobilizing others.
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How The “Get to” Habit Creates Cultures of Gratitude
Are you a “get-to” person or a “got-to/have-to” person? I start many of my presentations with a PowerPoint that shows the terms “get to” and “got to/have to” with a mark through the terms “got to/have to.” I share that while we will cover lots of material, if there is one action I hope they leave with, it is using the term “get to” versus “got to” and/or “have to.”
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