Coaching in the Upside Down World of Health Care

Most physicians do not go into medicine to be in Business, “Today, would you like to focus on being with your patients?” or “Would you like to help us capture lost quality revenue, spend 30% of your time entering data into Epic, and help us reorganize your office workflow so you can see more patients in less time?” I guarantee no one will choose option two.

Posted by Sally Ourieff
On March 19, 2018
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Coaching Doctors: First Show Them the Evidence

My work in coaching physicians lives at the interface of what they know—getting it right—and what they often don’t realize, that being an effective executive leader requires additional skills and moving from linear to complex thinking.

Posted by Margaret Cary
On March 2, 2018
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The Transformative Shift in Healthcare Compels Coaching

I find physicians are not only eager to jump off the treadmill and stop running to reconnect with why they originally chose the healing arts as a career, but also to apply the business coaching principles that positively impact their businesses, career satisfaction and their patients’ health.

Posted by Michael Cassatly
On April 14, 2015
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Coaching Physicians

I’ll highlight a few of the troubles common to physicians based on our professional culture – as well as a few of the methods I’ve found especially effective in working with other physicians because of our culture.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On April 14, 2015
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Coaching in Medicine

What is it about physicians? The stereotype of the brilliant and bold surgeon who reigns over the operating room whose mantra is “A chance to cut is a chance to cure.” The ever-smiling pediatrician wearing a bowtie with small elephant on his stethoscope. And the pipe-smoking psychiatrist, steeped in Freud and saying little. None of […]

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On November 21, 2014
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Developing Leadership in U.S. Government: Financial Institutions During Times of Crisis

In this article the author describes how executive coaching supported leaders in several U.S. government financial institutions from 2005 to the present.

Posted by Lee Salmon
On January 31, 2012
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Coaching in Health Care: The Patient-Physician Relationship and the Role of the Physician Leader

In this article, professional coaching skills are presented that show how to regain the quality of the physician-patient relationship, as well as prepare physicians for the new leadership roles required in the changing world of health care.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On January 31, 2012
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Organizational Coaching and Professional Development: A Valuable Partnership

Training and education have become prominent features in the professional development curricula of many contemporary organizations. In this essay, I briefly identify several of the reasons for this growing interest. I then suggest ways in which training and education are enhanced by several complimentary coaching activities. I identify the nature of and reasons for shifting […]

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On September 8, 2011
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Coaching in Organizations: A Status Report (Past, Present and Future)

The field of professional coaching has matured during the past decade. Now seems to be an appropriate time to offer a status report concerning the past, present and future of this emerging human service endeavor.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On September 7, 2011
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Assessment Instruments to be Used in Conjunction with Professional Coaching: A Resource List

The instruments in this document have been presented to illustrate the broad range of resources that are available for instrument-based coaching and to point to several places where an organizational coach might turn when building a library of appropriate instruments for use as a professional coach.

Posted by Bill Bergquist
On August 25, 2011
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