Margaret Cary, MD MBA MPH PCC and Cliff Kayser, MSOD, MSHR, PCC “I’m so exhausted. I love my patients, but caring for them gets in the way of time with my family. I have young kids and I want to be there for them. My dad was always at work and I barely remember him. I don’t want that to happen …

imagine if there is a developmental framework, different from personality types and preferences, that can help us not only meet our clients at their location, but also help us better understand how to navigate from our location to theirs.

Most physicians do not go into medicine to be in Business, “Today, would you like to focus on being with your patients?” or “Would you like to help us capture lost quality revenue, spend 30% of your time entering data into Epic, and help us reorganize your office workflow so you can see more patients in less time?” I guarantee no one will choose option two.

My work in coaching physicians lives at the interface of what they know—getting it right—and what they often don’t realize, that being an effective executive leader requires additional skills and moving from linear to complex thinking.