“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
Podcast: Having the Difficult Conversation
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com Name: Shannon R. Sullivan Title: President and Chief Operating Officer for Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, RI Having the Difficult Conversation Every leader faces the need to have difficult...
Podcast: The Art of Developing Physician Leaders
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com Name: Paari Gopalakrishnan, MD Title: Interim President/COO, Kent Hospital, Warwick, RI Developing Physician Leaders Increasing numbers of physicians are moving into health system leadership positions. What...
Managing Up: Critical to Career Success
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | ammcarthy@barlowmccarthy.com When we think about managing people our attention often defaults to those who report directly to us. What we don’t contemplate enough is how we manage the other key stakeholders that influence our success –...
Podcast: Leading During Challenging Times
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com Name: James Fanale, MD Title: President/CEO, Care New England Health System, Providence, RI Whether you are leading an organization, department, program or team, getting through difficult circumstances can test...
Podcast: The “Why” Behind Becoming A Leader
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com Guest: Mark Montross Title: Director of Practice Operations, Bronson Healthcare Description: “Anyone that makes decisions that impacts others is a leader” noted Nouman Ashraf, Asst. Professor, Rothman School of...
Podcast: Delegation: A Critical Leadership Skill
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com Guest: Suzanne Hendery, MA, APR Title: Chief Marketing and Customer Officer, Renown Health Description: Delegating effectively is one of those soft skills that leaders can often find challenging. Through various...
Podcast: Women and Leadership in the Workforce
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com My guest for this podcast is Sarah Wilcox, MBA. Sarah is a Mentor, Consultant and Coach for Women Included Now (https://womenincludednow.com/). Sarah’s career has spanned the C-suite as an executive to launching...
Podcast: Benefits of Leadership Coaching
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com My guest for this podcast is Chris Brookfield, Chris is the Principal at Heidrick & Struggles’ and Program Director, Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance at American University and Rutgers...
Goal Management: How to Create and Achieve Your Goals
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com As you plan for 2022 goals at the end of the year, it’s a perfect time to consider your leadership needs. Are you ready to take your program to the next level? Is there a specific leadership skill you want to...
Why Leadership Coaching? Why Now?
By: Allison McCarthy, MBA | amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com After more than 30 years of leading and consulting health systems, I saw an opportunity to help those in leadership roles develop further to become more successful. The path to enable that support led me to...