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How I’m Using SMART Goals for 2017 and You Can Too

John Jurica2016-11-20T17:18:49-06:00

For this post, I thought I would discuss SMART goals and use them for my blog for 2017. It is quite common for each executive in a healthcare organization to create management goals for the coming year. Then the CEO and the senior executive team discusses and approves them. All of the divisional goals are ultimately presented to the Board of Directors. Your directors will create their goals as well, as we discussed in SWOT Analysis and Goal Setting. You will [...]

How I’m Using SMART Goals for 2017 and You Can TooJohn Jurica2016-11-20T17:18:49-06:00

Become a Physician Leader and Save the Medical Profession

John Jurica2016-11-17T08:23:27-06:00

In the 1950’s, one-third of hospitals were run by a physician leader. By 1982, less than 3% were physician-led. That number is running about 6% now. And the healthcare industry has been in the throes of major changes. One of the consequences has been the growing employment of physicians. The expansion of this employment model is having serious negative effects on our profession. Physicians have become commoditized. Today, we seem to be treated more like run of the [...]

Become a Physician Leader and Save the Medical ProfessionJohn Jurica2016-11-17T08:23:27-06:00

Resources for the Emerging Physician Leader

John Jurica2016-11-27T11:54:58-06:00

Looking back, I may not have taken the most obvious route to becoming Chief Medical Officer. But the journey was fairly sequential. And there were several resources that helped me to feel confident as a physician leader. There is more need today than ever for skilled physician leaders. There are several specific steps that hopeful executives can take to enhance their competencies. But each physician will need to determine his or her own path based on his or her circumstances. When [...]

Resources for the Emerging Physician LeaderJohn Jurica2016-11-27T11:54:58-06:00

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

The Need for Vitality

John Jurica2016-09-30T15:39:51-05:00

There are a lot of personal attributes that physician leaders need to foster in themselves and encourage in others: Accountability Integrity Passion Patience Discipline But there is one that I think is often neglected: Vitality Vitality is defined as “the power to endure or survive; mental or physical vigor; energy.” But vitality is not as easily maintained as some other leadership attributes. […]

The Need for VitalityJohn Jurica2016-09-30T15:39:51-05:00

Five Intentions For Direct Reports

John Jurica2016-09-02T06:20:33-05:00

As presented in a previous post (The Three Domains of the Physician Executive), one of your primary roles as a physician executive is to interact with your direct reports (DRs). These are directors, managers and others over whom you have direct responsibility. This oversight generally includes the following duties: They report to you. So they have a solid line relationship to you on the organizational chart. You may have recruited and hired them when the previous DR moved on. You [...]

Five Intentions For Direct ReportsJohn Jurica2016-09-02T06:20:33-05:00

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