The Physician As Coach: The Awakening - Softcover

Richard C. Huseman Ph.D.; L. Craig Miller M.D.; Zulema C. Seguel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979206510 ISBN 13: 9780979206511

Publisher: Equity Press, 2007

Synopsis

Dr. Lukas Damian is worried about his nephew, Dr. Hugh Briss. Hugh seems to be falling into a destructive pattern of behavior that his uncle is all too familiar with: one that could potentially lead to dire consequences for Hugh and Hugh s patients. Lukas confronts his nephew and shares his story of how he became a brilliant, notably infamous physician and the tragic incident that made him realize that being a world-class clinician did not necessarily equate to be a great physician. Through his own example, Lukas explains to his nephew how learning to become a physician coach and working with an executive coach enabled him to make a dramatic shift in his approach much to the benefit of his patients, his support team and himself.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Huseman, Ph.D. serves as an executive coach, keynote speaker, and consultant. He has had a variety of experiences in business school settings serving as professor, department head, and dean. Working with healthcare organizations like Adventist Health System, Florida Hospital, Baptist Health Care, Alegent Health and the Mohawk Valley Network, his focus has been in the areas of healthcare leadership, nurse leader coaching, patient satisfaction/clinical performance improvement, succession planning and physician leadership. In addition to his work in healthcare, Dick has worked in many industries with organizations like AT&T, Coca Cola, ExxonMobil, Deloitte, and IBM focusing on knowledge management, relational intelligence, change leadership, and leadership development.

Dick has authored 15 books, including his most recent works, How the Brain Works: The Secret to Great Leadership (2007), Breakout: How to Unleash the Power of Human Capital (2005), The Leader As Coach: How To Coach A Winning Team (2004) and, Give-To-Get Leadership: The Secret of the Hidden Paycheck (2002). The Physician as Coach is the culmination of over 30 years research into leadership performance and the dynamics of motivating human behavior.

Dr. Craig Miller is president of KCM Consulting in Pensacola, Florida. Prior to this, he was Vice President of Physician Services for the Camden Group, a health care consulting company in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Miller has also served as Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs at Baptist Health Care where his responsibilities included clinical quality improvement, physician relations and recruitment, as well as overall responsibility for development of the physician leadership program. During his tenure, Baptist Hospital, Inc. was awarded the 2003 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in healthcare. Dr. Miller co-authored The Physician As Coach: The Awakening during his tenure at Baptist Health Care and the Baptist Leadership Institute.

Dr. Miller has also led the development of hospitalist programs in hospitals throughout the country. He has been a champion for physician leadership development in his role as a consultant.

Dr. Miller was the recipient of a National Institute of Health post-doctoral fellowship. After completion of his fellowship he entered the residency program in Internal Medicine at Indiana University Hospitals in Indianapolis, followed by a Pulmonary Fellowship at Southwestern Medical School, Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Miller then joined the Indiana University School of Medicine as an assistant professor of medicine and remained on the faculty until he entered private practice.

Zulema Seguel is the director of Executive Development & Education and was worked with Dr. Richard Huseman for more than 12 years. She has collaborated with Dr. Huseman on many of his books assisting in both the writing and editing of most of his recent publications including Give-To-Get Leadership: The Secret of the Hidden Paycheck, The Leader as Coach: How to Coach a Winning Team, BreakOUT: Unleash the Power of Human Capital and How the Brain Works: Unlocking the Secret to Great Leadership. In addition to writing, Zulema also assists in the development of the workshops and seminars associated with Dr. Huseman s published texts including the creation of assessment instruments and surveys. She is also the director of Executive Development and Education, Dr. Huseman's executive coaching and consulting enterprise

Review:

I believe in coaching. I use an executive coach. As a physician, former Chief Medical Officer and current hospital administrator, I have found a coaching approach invaluable when working with my team. The Physician As Coach does an excellent job of sharing the benefits of a coaching approach in an interesting story-telling format. I would recommend it to physicians and physician leaders everywhere. --Monica Reed, M.D. - Administrator, Florida Hospital Celebration Health

Great read. At times, it is humorous; at others, poignant. More importantly, this book presents an understandable approach and methodology that works. --Eugene E. Wright, Jr. M.D. - Medical Director, Primary Care Services, CapeFear Valley Health Systems

About this edition

• Publisher: Equity Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0979206510
• ISBN 13: 9780979206511
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232