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 VULNERABILITY OF MEN: SWIMMING UPSTREAM TOWARD INTIMACY

Traditional masculinity is a social and cultural construct that dictates the way that men are expected to live, act, behave, and feel. This constraint is likely the catalyst for the issues that men experience in expressing emotion and demonstrating emotional needs.
  • Posted by Simon Neo Teck Koon
  • On January 16, 2018
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Piercing the Armor: Professional Coaching and Vulnerability

A very controversial (and some would say “mad”) psychoanalyst, Wilhelm Reich, provided a very insightful observation about the “Character Armor” that some of us wear as a way to protect against vulnerability. 
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On January 15, 2018
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Life as Lottery: Regret

What about the men and women we coach? What role does regret, the avoidance of regret, and post-regret decisions and actions play in their lives and work?
  • Posted by Bill Bergquist
  • On September 12, 2017
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