Communicate – and Relate – with Physicians

Author: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA This article, updated in 2013, provides a simple list of suggestions to ensure that meetings to gather physician input and provide marketing insights are well managed, meaningful and get you the outcome you and the physician desires....

More Than Management: Cultivating a Leadership Environment

Author: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA This article was updated in 2013 to reflect the current market. There’s no such thing as watching what goes on in your organization from an ivory tower these days. If you’re in a management role and or working with others, you...

Thoughts and Actions

By Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA The times certainly are changing. For some, the level of comfort within a position is very uncertain and subject to change at a moment’s notice. While it’s hard not to take a wait-and-see attitude, I suggest just the opposite. Harness your...

Ultimate Impact

By Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA Today’s internal climate can be characterized as one that desires immediate gratification and measurable results, and lives life with one eye – or maybe almost two eyes – focused on what’s next. The imperative is to show results immediately,...

Communication and Synergy

By Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA Every organization has a physician or two that has “a reputation” – and we are not talking about the good kind of reputation. Regardless of your role in the continuum of physician strategy, there are times when you leave a conversation with a...