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How to Serve Your Community And Learn Business Skills

John Jurica2016-10-23T13:47:57-05:00

I have found that volunteering in various community activities can provide meaningful lessons for physician leaders. I think it is especially useful to work on a nonprofit board. Doing so provides real value to your community while enhancing several important skills. A Touching Letter About fifteen of us were sitting around the conference room table. The hospice executive director was reading a letter from a client's daughter. The daughter wrote about how thankful she was for all of the support that [...]

How to Serve Your Community And Learn Business SkillsJohn Jurica2016-10-23T13:47:57-05:00

Effective Teams Crave Conflict

John Jurica2016-11-22T11:04:14-06:00

When I first joined the executive team at my hospital as its VPMA (vice president for medical affairs), little did I know that conflict would become a welcome part of the job. One of the most challenging aspects was learning to contribute more openly in weekly strategic meetings. I had some exposure to strategic planning meetings as a hospital board member and on various committees in my state medical society. But this was different. The CEO, COO, CFO and seven [...]

Effective Teams Crave ConflictJohn Jurica2016-11-22T11:04:14-06:00

Attitudes You Should Drop Now to Succeed as a Leader

John Jurica2016-10-22T15:55:55-05:00

As physicians, we easily fall into the trap of blaming outside influences (e.g., insurance companies, regulators and big hospital systems) for our daily frustrations. We become quietly resigned to long hours and declining payments. Paradoxically, because we write “orders” we also become accustomed to having things our way in our offices and hospitals. But as emerging physician executives, we must reject these attitudes in order to successfully lead. The Surprise I was meeting with one of my direct reports and it looked like I [...]

Attitudes You Should Drop Now to Succeed as a LeaderJohn Jurica2016-10-22T15:55:55-05:00

Six Signs of Lack of Trust in the C-Suite

John Jurica2016-10-22T15:53:39-05:00

A primary skill that a new physician executive needs relates to working in teams: to effectively lead teams and to be an able team member. Lack of trust will kill the effectiveness of an executive team. If team members aren't comfortable with expressing their truths, the team will perform poorly. The definition of trust that we used in our executive team followed the definition given by Peter Lencioni in The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. It basically centered around developing a team [...]

Six Signs of Lack of Trust in the C-SuiteJohn Jurica2016-10-22T15:53:39-05:00

4 Tactics to Engage Physicians

John Jurica2017-03-18T10:38:34-05:00

I posted an article on LinkedIn recently (Administrators: Trust Your Physician Partners). It addressed the need to engage physicians. It was in response to a short article in Becker's Hospital Review by Michele Molden. The gist was that physicians are often NOT well engaged by hospitals and medical groups. It also noted that improved innovation and effectiveness were tied to autonomy and shared decision-making. I agreed that engagement is uncommon, especially for groups of employed physicians. However, it does not [...]

4 Tactics to Engage PhysiciansJohn Jurica2017-03-18T10:38:34-05:00

Why We Need More Physician Leadership

John Jurica2022-03-23T14:44:12-05:00

Over the past decade, there has been an explosion in the number of health systems recruiting high level physician leaders. We have also begun to see the rise of the physician hospital CEO. But we still need more physician leaders. Here is a list of reasons. Shift of Balance of Power In the 20th century, most medical care was provided by independent physicians, either individually or in groups. The number of hospitals and hospital beds grew from the beginning of the century [...]

Why We Need More Physician LeadershipJohn Jurica2022-03-23T14:44:12-05:00

Being Indispensable

John Jurica2016-08-02T10:26:46-05:00

Is being indispensable important to you? Moving from a clinical career into management can result in culture shock. The shock can be lessened by moving gradually. You start as a medical director. You increase your management hours while gradually reducing your clinical hours. But whether you make the move gradually, or simply move into a full-time executive position overnight, there can be a loss of job security. When you're practicing your specialty, and have a following of grateful patients (especially [...]

Being IndispensableJohn Jurica2016-08-02T10:26:46-05:00

The Calm Physician Leader

John Jurica2016-07-26T12:51:59-05:00

During our senior executive retreats, we did an exercise in which we provided feedback to our team members about their admirable traits. On more than one occasion, others commented that they appreciated my ability to remain calm. Apparently, in contrast to some of the other team members, I was pretty unflappable. We live in a world of accelerating change, financial shortfalls, and looming competition. A leader that is calm in distressing situations is definitely an asset. […]

The Calm Physician LeaderJohn Jurica2016-07-26T12:51:59-05:00

The Three Disappointments of a Lack of Clarity

John Jurica2016-10-21T11:09:28-05:00

Let’s define clarity as the quality of being understood in an exact way. No issue is more important for the physician executive than achieving and maintaining clarity. Whether with your direct reports, colleagues, or CEO, clarity is needed at every level. Remodeling Fiasco I promised my wife I would arrange to have the wallpaper in our kitchen and laundry room removed. Then those areas would be repainted. I contacted a painter referred to me by a colleague and [...]

The Three Disappointments of a Lack of ClarityJohn Jurica2016-10-21T11:09:28-05:00

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