Strategic Physician Leadership Development: A White Paper for Health System Executives
The emerging healthcare environment has changed the game for healthcare organizations and for physician leadership. That environment is going to require what could be called “agile organizations” and those organizations are going to rely on many more physicians in formal and informal leadership roles and in much more collaborative relationships with administrative leaders.
Developing that level of physician leadership will include not only building leadership competencies, but also the leadership structure and roles for physicians and the relationships that make it all work.
Fortunately, there are some shortcuts for CEOs in getting started along with guiding questions for developing physician leadership structures and roles and models of effective competency building approaches that can provide direction.