MedicalCoachingCulture

Executive coaching for doctors and culture change for hospitals

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  • Turmoil in Healthcare

    It seems that every aspect of life as we know it is currently changing. Of course, rapidly evolving climate change with altered conditions, more-frequent natural disasters, and flow-on economic consequences and climate refugees, will increasingly effect all of our lives. However, many other elements of our lives and society are also shifting. These include: Many Read more

  • 6.5 Strengthening Bonds

    The importance of leadership feedback cannot be overestimated. Kindness, balance, support, and wisdom are essential qualities that a team needs from its leaders; without them, a group will not excel. The leader must recognise and appreciate what each team member brings to the group, and ideally this is spoken about and disseminated publicly. ‘Praise in Read more

  • How Do We Create a Team?

    Some teams appear to come together effortlessly, while other groupscannot seem to coalesce even with major interventions devoted tothe task. The process of forming functional teams can be one of thehardest tasks within an organisation. Becoming a successful team happens more easily when members establish good communication patterns and acknowledge the qualities and abilities of Read more

  • Some lessons about organisational culture learned from picking up dog shit.

    Recently I moved suburbs. Where I used to live everyone seemed to carry plastic bags when walking their dog. All owners picked up their dog’s droppings. There was very little dog shit on the nature strip or footpath. I assumed that my new location, a more affluent place with big houses and expensive cars, would Read more

  • Is Strategy a Healthy Breakfast?

    Is Strategy a Healthy Breakfast?

    Optimising Healthcare Culture There is a famous saying in business circles that is attributed to American management consultant Peter Drucker: “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” (1). This glib pronouncement does not mean that businesses, including healthcare institutions, do not need operational strategy. Rather, it denotes that if there are significant issues or poor performance within Read more