Why Leaders Struggle To Inspire Hope and How They Can Do It
This post explores why inspiring hope is an important task of leadership, why it does not come naturally to healthcare leaders and how some steps to take in overcoming this challenge.
Voice That Moves
Leadership Lessons They Don't Teach in Medical School
Voice That Moves
Leadership Lessons They Don't Teach in Medical School
Why Hope is The Only Strategy
Cynicism feels clever, but it drains trust and progress. This post explores why hope — disciplined and practical — is the real leadership strategy doctors need.
Physician Frustration: Moral Injury or Lost Leadership Voice?
Doctors often describe today’s struggles as “moral injury.” But is that the whole story? In this post, I explore how the loss of leadership voice rather than 'moral injury' explains a large part of the frustration in modern medicine.
What The MBAs Don’t Get About The Soul of Medicine
Business excecutives in healthcare are not trained in something that is ingrained in doctors training from day one - put the patient first. To ensure that the soul of medicine is not lost executives and doctors must partner in driving growth and change.
The Business of Medicine: What Doctors Aren’t Taught
Doctors and other clinicians spend years learning how to heal patients, but almost no time learning how to handle contracts, coding, and the business of medicine that shapes clinical care as much as science.
Communication That Works For The Audience
Doctors are trained to tell the whole story first, then give the plan. Executives want the exact opposite: the plan first, then the why, then the details. Neither is wrong. But if we don’t switch gears based on context, we risk being misunderstood or ignored.