Leadership Coaching

Today’s health care systems face an unyielding pace – leaving little time for professional development often needed by career-rising physicians and managers. Coaching works to transform individuals to be the best leaders possible.  Coaches and clients work as partners exploring perspectives and testing various approaches to identify what will best improve results.     

As noted by Marshall Goldsmith, “what got you here won’t get you there”, coaching can support specific target groups at a vulnerable stage of their careers.  B/Mc’s coaching service focuses on physicians and their strategic partners including:

 

  • Physician Leaders – supporting the advancement of their non-clinical skills
  • Practice Administrators/Managers – advancing their ability to influence a physician practice or multiple practices
  • New Leaders – supporting their promotion into a new role or integration into a new organization
  • New Physicians – as part of the onboarding/practice building process beyond the start-up activities

Allison McCarthy brings you the best of her 30-year career, leading physicians, practice administrators, and physician relations/recruitment directors. Actively listening and then asking powerful questions, Allison partners with clients to support critical skills such as presence, influence, collaboration, delegation, and others to advance as leaders. She provides the support and space needed for honesty and transparency that encourages self-awareness and that leads to strategies for change.

To learn more or experience an abbreviated coaching session, contact Allison at amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com.

Leadership Group Coaching

The pace of change in health care isn’t slowing, and the need for effective, adaptive, and relevant leaders has never been greater. Helping leaders excel in today’s environment is front and center for B/Mc – one of the reasons we created the Leadership Collaborative. Sometimes leaders can feel a bit isolated and hungry for colleagues to learn from or network with. The Collaborative provides a unique forum for leaders to focus on new and different ways to evolve their programs. These small groups provide the opportunity to not only learn from experts but also from each other. We aim to help you stay sharp and advance your agenda in today’s highly dynamic environment.

If you have interest please reach out to Allison at amccarthy@barlowmccarthy.com.

Testimonials

I had the opportunity to be connected with Allison when I was considering making a change in my current job situation.  The decision to make a change was a difficult one for me as I found myself with less career in front of me than I did behind me and I wanted to make sure I was doing the right thing.  Aside from being able to tap into her incredible resume of experience, it was important for me to work with a woman who could understand the issues and complexities that women face in healthcare administration.  Her approach of real-world problem solving, situational coaching, coupled with knowledge of current business periodicals and publications, helped me continue to grow, open my eyes to new approaches, and different schools of thoughts.  My work with Allison helped me gracefully transition from my old job of nearly 10 years into a fantastic career promotion with confidence, curiosity, and success.  I am grateful to have her coaching expertise, have recommended her to other colleagues and will regularly  come back to her for a tune-up. 

Laurel Hopkins

Executive Director of Market Development, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Allison was instrumental in coaching me to become a more effective leader.  She has vast experience in all aspects of healthcare & she always has great ideas or practical solutions no matter how complex or difficult the situation. The time I spent with her for our coaching sessions were the most enlightening and enjoyable of my working weeks.  She validated all of my good ideas, gave wise counsel as to how I can improve on my communication and ideas, and provided a great sounding board for any complex or difficult situations especially those involving multiple stakeholders.  I would highly recommend Allison’s coaching services to any healthcare leader who wants to improve on their skillsets as well as have a highly experienced sounding board on how to tackle any difficult situations.

Kenneth K Chen, MD

Associate Professor, Brown University, Director, Center for Obstetric and Consultative Medicine; Co-Director, Integrated Program for High-Risk Pregnancy, Women and Infants Hospital, Kent Hospital, Warwick, RI

I engaged in coaching to review where I was in my career and what my next steps would be.   Coaching has helped me identify strengths and weaknesses, and often times, how they complement one another.  I learned to embrace my positive attributes and not be critical of them – be proud of and happy about where they have gotten me in life.  The fears and limiting beliefs that I had let build up needed to be addressed.  I can FEEL my confidence growing through the sessions, and as I go through my daily life.

Teresa Milner, CDFA

Wealth Advisor, Carson Wealth, Omaha, NE

Our Expertise

Physician Recruitment

Recruiting a strong pipeline of physician talent is the cornerstone of a strong hospital or medical practice. Physician recruitment teams play a critical role and high performance recruitment teams are vital to success.

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Medical Staff Dev Planning

Hospital and medical practice success is built on the strength of relationships with physicians. Without that, there is no growth. Field liaison programs remain the most effective way to create and maintain meaningful connectivity with physicians.

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Physician Relations

Hospital and medical practice success is built on the strength of relationships with physicians. Without that, there is no growth. Field liaison programs remain the most effective way to create and maintain meaningful connectivity with physicians.

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