Balanced Leadership

Hi Physician Leaders,

I'm Dr. Lisa, Board Certified Family Physician, Best Selling Author, Speaker, and Executive Leadership Coach. I help physicians transition into leadership roles so they can be the respected voice in healthcare.

We all know that conflict arises for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it’s because people have different values or different opinions. People have different work styles which may lead to conflict. Sometimes conflict develops because of assumptions, assumptions about what we think someone said or did to us. If we don't address conflict right away, it can escalate and cause turmoil in the workplace. It can lead to demoralization of the team, decreased productivity, and a toxic work environment. In the healthcare space, it can lead to substandard patient care and negative patient outcomes.

It’s critical that we address conflicts when they arise.

In my recent video, I talked about the five top tips for managing conflict. You can view...

Hi Physician Leaders,

I'm Dr. Lisa, Board Certified Family Physician, Best Selling Author, Speaker, and Executive Leadership Coach. I help physicians transition into leadership roles so they can be the respected voice in healthcare.

The healthcare system is rapidly changing and becoming more and more complex—and yet, the majority of the administrators and decision-makers are not the people who have the most influence in the lives of patients. They are not the people who have years of medical experience, but who understand the challenges of caring for individuals, families, and communities. The current healthcare administration is comprised mostly of executives with no medical background. This often leads to hospitals and medical offices being managed with the primary objective to manage the bottom line. Physician leaders are essential to have a better healthcare system. Physician leaders know how to make communities healthy whilst being economical. Instead of being put...

Hi Physician Leaders,

I'm Dr. Lisa Herbert, Board Certified Family Physician, Best Selling Author, Speaker, and Executive Leadership Coach. I help physicians transition into leadership roles so they can be the respected voice in healthcare.

What determines your legacy?

In order to answer this question, we must first define for ourselves, what is a legacy.

As a mother, daughter, sister, and community member, I define legacy as the love, shared memories, traditions, stability, and security that you leave behind to the people you care for.

As a leader, coach, speaker, and author, I define legacy as the change, impact, value, and lessons you create for the people you serve. Your leadership legacy, as I call it, isn’t defined by your wealth, your accolades, your name recognition, or any other superficial matters.

It's about how you touch the lives of others.

The change you’re going to bring about. The impact you will have on your organization. The value you will...

Hi Physician Leaders,

I'm Dr. Lisa Herbert, Board Certified Family Physician, Best Selling Author, Speaker, and Executive Leadership Coach. I help physicians transition into leadership roles so they can be the respected voice in healthcare.

In my podcast, I challenge women physicians to consider their seats at the table, and in the words of Shirley Chisholm, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." Fifty years ago, Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman elected to Congress. In 1972, she became the first African American candidate for the presidential nominee of a major party, and the first woman to seek the Democratic nomination. Even though she didn’t win the Democratic nomination for president, Over the course of her 14 years in Congress, Chisholm was able to be a force for change and a champion of legislation that would improve the quality of life for women, children, people of color, and the poor.

This podcast was inspired...

Hi Physician Leaders,

I'm Dr. Lisa Herbert, Board Certified Family Physician, Best Selling Author, Speaker, and Executive Leadership Coach. I help physicians transition into leadership roles so they can be the respected voice in healthcare.

March is Women’s History Month.

“From the first settlers who came to our shores, from the first American Indian families who befriended them, men and women have worked together to build this nation. Too often the women were unsung and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed. But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength, and love of the women who built America was as vital that of the men whose names we know so well.”- President Jimmy Carter’s message designating March 2-8 1980 as National Women’s History Week

Women’s History Month is a month-long celebration of the amazing work we do as women. As far back as 1911 women’s achievements were observed in smaller ways- nearly a...

Hi Physician Leaders,

I'm Dr. Lisa Herbert, Board Certified Family Physician, Best Selling Author, Speaker, and Executive Leadership Coach. I help physicians transition into leadership roles so they can be the respected voice in healthcare. 

Last blog we talked about the importance of delegation as a leader. Just to recap, leaders must delegate effectively. The most successful leaders treat delegation as an essential strand of their leadership approach. Areas of work, activities, routine, and event-specific decisions, are analyzed, evaluated, and where appropriate the decision is made to delegate responsibility and authority. Delegated powers are explained, discussed, and agreed upon, and measurable objectives set.

The next step is for the leader to build on this by adopting a consultative, supporting, coaching role, as appropriate for each of the individuals delegated as a way to create a clear path to success.

Here are 4 tips for setting your team up for success:

1. Remove or...

Hi Physician Leaders,

I'm Dr. Lisa Herbert, Board Certified Family Physician, Best Selling Author, Speaker, and Executive Leadership Coach. I help physicians transition into leadership roles so they can be the respected voice in healthcare. 

This blog is about the importance of delegating. Physician leaders must be able to delegate effectively. The most successful leaders treat delegation as an essential part of their leadership approach. Decisions are made on activities by deciding which areas of work, routine activity, stand-alone projects, absence cover, key operational decisions, emergency or business disaster events, and strategic level decisions, should have responsibility or authority delegated to specific team members. It involves forecasting and scenario planning, in order to determine which activities, and in which circumstances, should responsibility and authority be given. It requires the delegating leader(s) to analyze thoroughly the planned activity and potential...

During a time of crisis, sometimes you need that little bit of inspiration to help you weather the storm. These quotes from leaders can help you to put things into perspective and provide you with a different way of looking at things, a shift in your mindset. That shift may give you the push you need to keep going.

I hope that these 7 inspirational leadership quotes can give you the upliftment that you need during this difficult time. You can also download and print the image quotes for use later when you need to pull from a place of strength.  

1. "I think leadership is service, and there is power in that giving: to help people, to inspire and motivate them to reach their fullest potential."- Denise Morrison

This quote reminds us that leadership is a service. It’s not about a title or position. It’s about giving so that you can help others and motivate them to reach their fullest potential. By doing this we help to increase the number of people who can then lead...

Leaders, it's important for you to maintain a healthy mental attitude as you lead. If you are in a leadership role, you can become easily stressed if you are not adequately balancing all of your responsibilities. The daily workload can be overwhelming and in order to maintain the level of attentiveness and productivity you need as a leader, you must make sure that you're taking care of yourself. One of the ways you accomplish this is by making sure that you have a healthy mental balance.

Here are five tips you can start to incorporate into your day-to-day routine:

1.  Make sure that you're getting an adequate amount of sleep. Sleep is very important for you to be able to put in the work that you do every day. It helps with mental sharpness. It helps you to be able to engage. It also helps us to ward off chronic diseases like obesity and high blood pressure. So getting an adequate amount of sleep is really, really important. So how many hours of sleep should you be getting a...

What do you do when no one understands your vision? How do you conquer the voices of doubt and negativity? It’s a place I’m sure most of you are familiar with—when you have a vision when you have a goal, and no one seems to understand or support your idea. Perhaps you’re thinking of starting a new business or taking your organizational team to another level or in a different direction. It could be any shift or change that you're making in your life.

Sometimes the feeling that no one supports you or your vision can cause you to become paralyzed. It could stop you dead in your tracks and impede your progress, it could cause you to postpone your dreams.

Many of us could have experienced this in the early stages of our lives. As children, we dreamt big and let our imaginations run wild. But we also thought about all of the things we wanted to become and achieve when we grew up. There were most likely people who supported you and encouraged you to follow your...