“What motivates me is forming close, working relationships with clients. When we’re working together in partnership and they achieve the results they want— it doesn’t get any better than that.”
Allison’s true passion is working side-by-side with physician leaders and their administrative partners to support leadership growth and development. She blends her coaching expertise with a wealth of hands-on experience leading physician strategy efforts within several healthcare organizations including practice management, physician and staff recruitment, new practice development, and provider retention.
Recent Posts and Articles
No Prospects – No Recruits
By Allison McCarthy, MBA When you consider how many leads it can take to land a recruit, you realize how critical prospecting is to physician recruitment success. Today’s contracted doctor may have been: 1 of 5 site visits conducted 1 of a dozen or so telephone...
Position Your Practice At Maximum Recruitment Potential
By Allison McCarthy, MBA It’s often the little things that make a difference in physician recruitment. As we grow in experience, we must advance our expertise beyond the mechanics to master the strategic, creative and evaluative nuances that provide depth to our...
Recruitment Sourcing Planning – Worth the Time Investment
by Allison McCarthy, Principal As recruiters, we have a natural tendency to jump into action as soon as we receive a search request. While hired for our “can do” spirit, that tendency at times needs to be tamed in order to think and plan. To ensure we are spending the...
Re-thinking the Art of Onboarding
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA, Principal It was a gutsy move, but Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz dared to close their doors nationwide for three hours to re-train their baristas in the “art of espresso.” It was just one of the many ways Schultz set out to prove a more...
Super-Charge Physician Recruitment with Internal Engagement
By Allison McCarthy, Principal 13 ideas for getting your internal team connected and supportive of your physician recruitment agenda: "Without continual growth, words like improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning." – Ben Franklin 1. Ask More Questions –...
Wrapping it up: End of Year Recruitment Program Assessment
By Allison McCarthy, MBA, Principal OK, you’ve done it all. Over the past year, you have: Managed all search components for a significant number of recruitments Streamlined the on-boarding process for new recruits joining the organization Revamped prospecting...
Developing the Right Mix for Successful Recruitment
Author: Allison McCarthy, MBA Originally published in the July 2003 issue of SHSMD E-CONNECT, the author updated the content in March 2009 to reflect the increasingly competitive recruitment environment. In today's marketplace, recruiting qualified candidates means...
Engaging the Medical Staff as Part of the Physician Recruitment Team
by Allison McCarthy, MBA There is no better “messenger” of our physician recruitment pitch than a member of the medical staff. But they can also be our greatest challenge. We can spend as much time managing medical staff angst as we do prospecting for candidates. Is...
Getting Your Internal Team In-Sync
By Allison McCarthy, MBA Many called them cursed. The Boston Red Sox hadn’t won a World Series for 86 years. But the 2004 team finally did it. That season, it wasn’t about a single player providing the edge. It was the synchronization of all the players that delivered...
Senior Leaders Contribution to Recruitment Success
Author: Allison McCarthy, MBA If you're recruiting physicians to your organization, then you probably feel challenged daily by internal disconnects that hinder your progress. More than likely you deal with one or more of them daily. And for many of these issues, you...