VIDEO: What it takes to be a great leader
Three questions: Q1: Where are you looking to anticipate the next change to your business model or your life? The answer to this question is on your calendar. Who are you spending time with? On what...
View ArticleA Physician Hears While A Physician Leader Listens
Information overload is a part of every physician’s day. Amid the din, are you hearing the words of your patients and your team—but not listening to understand what is being said? In a recent New York...
View ArticleTeach Relationships to Reduce Burnout and Increase Collaboration
In the ever-changing field of healthcare, there are consistent, specific weaknesses that must be addressed: being empathetic and building relationships has not been historically emphasized in medical...
View ArticleTeach Communication Across Your Organization to Reduce Burnout and Increase...
Do physicians in your organization walk into a meeting blaming everyone else about an issue? Or do they come in and say, “Let’s identify the solution together?” The former blame game is a symptom of...
View ArticleStrategies for Creating High-Performing Dyad Leadership Teams
In the last of this month’s introductory posts from the Strategy Institute at PLI, we share our Strategies for Creating High-Performing Dyad Leadership Teams. The dynamics of an ever-changing...
View ArticleIntegrated Leadership Starts with Trust
Recently, the AHA and AMA published Guiding Principles on Integrated Leadership. These principles are a result of a 3-year effort to provide guidance on best practices for reimagining traditional...
View Article5 Integrated Leadership Lessons from the 2015 Women’s World Cup Champions
The excitement of the recent win of the 2015 Women’s World Cup by the US team has stirred the international community. We watched, riveted, as time and time again the team demonstrated true a balance...
View Article5 Steps to Accelerate Change in Value-Based Physician Compensation
The transition from volume to value is here. Have you ever attempted to change your physician compensation formula before? Odds are, it was not an easy task. How about trying to change your physician...
View Article3 Steps to Go from Dependency-based to Leadership-based Communication
Physician leaders, how are you showing up at work? To your senior leadership? To your leadership partners? To your staff? This classic article by Harvard thought leader Nancy Koehn perfectly...
View ArticleIntegrated Leaders: You Can Design Your Organization’s Culture!
Physician turnover has accelerated alarmingly in recent years, costing hospital systems and group practices millions of dollars in recruitment expenses and lost revenue. The average cost to replace...
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Why Leadership Development Programs Fail
The January issue of the McKinsey Quarterly includes a timely discussion on four common, avoidable mistakes companies make in the implementation of their leadership programs: 1) Overlooking context 2)...
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Physicians Can Lead the Way on Bundled Payments
Last month, healthcare industry futurist Jeff Bauer wrote a guest blog for us, “Bundled Payments: An Innovation Whose Time Has Come?” in which he stated: “The demise of itemized billing may not happen...
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Call It Burnout or Abuse, The Cure is the Same
In perusing various blogs and websites concerned with issues affecting physicians, I recently re-read “Physician Burnout is Physician Abuse” by Dr. Pamela Wible, which I found on kevinmd.com. Physician...
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When Mergers Fail: The Often-Over-Looked Issue of Culture
Did you know that 83 percent of corporate mergers fail? According to a study by KPMG, 83 percent of mergers did not boost shareholder returns. Other studies show failure rates between 50 and 80...
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