The benefits of coaching include seeing yourself and others more clearly. Research shows that most of us don't see ourselves as others see us. Employees prefer to follow leaders who see themselves accurately. Seeing yourself clearly correlates with organizational effectiveness and profitability.
I trained as a family physician and spent more than 16 years taking care of patients, primarily in an outpatient setting in Denver, Colorado. I did everything from delivering babies to delivering bad news. Here's the Essential Difference Between Management in Medicine and Managing in Business.
Having an effective coach helps you see and leverage your strengths - strengths you may not realize are valuable to the organization and to you. Are you triggered by certain situations and people? An effective coach will support you in your career trajectory, and will work with you to recognize and avoid reacting to your triggers.
Human factors, leadership, and communication are the top three contributors to unexpected events in a healthcare setting that kill or harm patients. For surgeons, learning non-technical skills might save a patient’s life, skills you can learn through coaching.
Dr. Maggi Cary is a doctor’s doctor with a physician’s mind and a friend’s heart. As an executive coach she blends a scientist’s thinking with empathy. She is a ferocious learner and serial focuser with a lifelong passion for sharing what she’s learned.
She is an inspirational motivator, occasional humorist, and excellent listener and storyteller. She is internationally known as an engaging speaker who translates the latest research in leadership development to entertaining and highly interactive presentations. She is an executive coach, author, professional speaker, facilitator, and teacher. Read More
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The Essential Difference Between Management in Medicine and Managing in Business
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What We Can Learn About Leadership from The Boss
A Bruce (The Boss) Springsteen fan reflects on what her coaching clients can learn about leadership from him.
Women physicians now comprise 50 percent or more of most U.S. medical school classes. Yet relatively few fill the most senior management positions within the health care system.
In “Lessons Learned: Stories from Women in Medical Management,” editor and author, Deborah Shlian, MD, MBA, profiles 24 exceptional female physicians who have defied the odds.
They share their personal and compelling stories- including obstacles and challenges faced in balancing work, family and personal life-as their career paths take them from clinical medicine to leadership within government, academia, hospitals, provider groups, managed care, pharma, consulting and entrepreneurial venture.
Telemedicine and telehealth are changing the face of health care delivery and becoming a multi-billion dollar industry. Dr. Darkins and Dr. Cary share their knowledge and provide practical insights and advice on making telemedicine programs into successful clinical services and a productive business.
The book gives background knowledge and useful tips on starting up and managing programs in an array of settings.
Most importantly, the book is based on the recognition that patients are customers of health care and telemedicine companies developing new products vital to delivering care to rural or inaccessible clients is vital to health care’s future.
