Executive Leadership

Hospitals are constantly facing new demands for change. When change is imperative, leadership must meet the challenge. Meeting today’s and tomorrow’s challenges requires operating differently, especially at the board and senior executive levels.

Boards must address strategic issues that affect the hospital’s mission, not just operational issues that affect short-term performance. In addition to overseeing financial performance, boards must be prepared to address quality and patient safety issues, manage strategic challenges related to physician engagement, build organizational capabilities, and also provide support for executives who are faced with information technology and workforce issues.

This is true not just for the board, but for the hospital’s senior leadership. Hospital leaders should expect their senior leadership team to collaborate as team members, not just group members. This is uncommon in many hospitals, in which professional boundaries often interfere with teamwork.

Compass Clinical Consulting can provide solutions to help better meet the emerging challenges. Engagements involving the board and executive leadership are highly customized to the unique circumstances of each hospital. Besides understanding the “factual” material, our consultants are experienced in managing the intense issues that arise during the process of creating change at the highest level of the organization. In addition, we are able to provide organizations with an external perspective that is built upon our work with other clients and our familiarity with industry trends.

Representative types of engagements include:

• Strategic planning
• Board education
• Coaching boards and leadership teams for sustained development
• Mentoring senior executives

Call Cary Gutbezahl, MD, about Compass Clinical Consulting at (513) 241.0142.