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Physician, Market Thyself

The Doctor is in Your Car . . . and Your iPod, and on Your TV

I was amused to read the article in today’s Wall Street Journal, The Doctor is in Your Car, highlighting the new 24-hour radio channel, Doctor Radio, on Sirius. The channel features interviews with “real” physicians (not celebrity physicians or broadcasters) and takes calls from consumers who want information or advice.
Doctor Radio is a wonderful [...]

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Physicians with MD, MBA in their future

Here I am with some of the physicians and clinicians enrolled in the Healthcare Executive MBA (HCEMBA) program at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business.
I was there last week as an invited speaker to lead a workshop, “Career Strategies for Physicians and Healthcare Leaders.” What a great group of people!— and an excellent MBA [...]

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Physicians who will transform healthcare are transforming themselves!

My physician colleagues continue to wow and inspire me!
Over the past month I have been hosting a FREE one-hour teleseminar “Leverage Your Expertise With Healthcare Consulting”.  We are not only discussed what it takes to succeed in healthcare consulting but also hearing some intriguing and amazing personal stories from the attendees.
Who are these intriguing [...]

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Are You Cut Out to Be a Healthcare Consultant, Advisor or Speaker?

Dear Physician Colleague,
Over 10 years ago I was a healthcare technology executive working full time for a top tier company. Even though I was successful, I was at a career crossroads. Should I stay with the company and represent their vision, or should I launch my own consulting and speaking firm and express my vision? [...]

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What Direction Can Your Physician Career Take? Three Determinants to Examine

I am preparing for a workshop I’ll deliver after the first of the year for a group of Healthcare-MBA program at the University of California-Irvine. One of the comments that has already come up from the group is this:
“I just finished my MBA, but I’m lost about what to do next.”

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Dr. Francine Gaillour in AMA News Article About Life Coaches for Physicians

I am delighted to report that I was interviewed for an article in the October 8 issue of the American Medical Association News:  “Game Plan for your future:  Life coaches help call the plays”
You need to be an AMA News subscriber to access the article, but we are in the process of obtaining a [...]

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Are You Too Old for Physician Career Expansion?

In the past two weeks I heard the question “Am I too old to make a career change” from four different people in my personal and professional circle!
And then on the heels of these comments, I happened to catch an intriguing interview about Johnny Cash, about the poignancy of his musical work in the last [...]

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A Daring Doctor Challenges Physicians To Rethink Report Cards

Here is a fuzzy photo of me with my Platinum program client and good friend, Dr. Fred Tobis, a former interventional cardiologist from Seattle, and now healthcare consultant. We look casual but we’re really hard at work strategizing about a project he has going. Fred is an expert in bringing medical staff and [...]

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Physicians and Networking: How Even Shy Doctors Learn to Venture Out

Do you have a network of allies who support you, give you [...]

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Daring Doctors Become Speakers

 
 

Here is my Platinum Program client (in the inset and on the TV monitor), Dr. Doug Fullington, a busy and thriving Internist from [...]

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Physician Career Transition and Leadership Greatness: What You Need to Know

 
We had a great teleconference on July 31, addressing the topic of “tapping into your full potential” as a physicians.
During this 60 minute teleconference, I shared a high-level outline of the following “need to know” essential insights based on the work I’ve done with dozens of physicians who have [...]

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Doctors – Discover Your Professional Path Through Your “Archetype” — Shaman, Warrior, Artist, Chief, Nurturer, Mystic?

This is an encore presentation of an article of mine that has been published by others in their newsletters over past year. [...]

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