You assume the brilliant surgeon will be a brilliant leader.
You promote or onboard your most talented people to positions of authority. Then, because they are indeed brilliant, you set them free to do the job with little or no developmental support.
“I call it cruel and maybe the root of all cruelty
to know what occurs but not recognize the fact.”[i]
Many physician leaders—especially the young or newly promoted—struggle. They’ve spent the better part of their lives gaining technical knowledge. They’ve necessarily neglected the adaptive capacities required for leadership, so they often feel like fish out of water. (But they’ve been conditioned to tough it out and not ask for help.)
People need developmental support regardless of skill or intelligence level.
A healthcare organization’s most valuable resource is the cognitive and emotional energies of its people. If you neglect this resource, much of it will be wasted. Meetings become places to hide weaknesses. Intellectual energies are consumed identifying risks and circumnavigating perceived dangers. Emergent potential and collective growth opportunities are missed.
Your most valuable resource is the cognitive and emotional energies of your people. Attend to your most valuable resource. Support your physicians, physician leaders, and executives.
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[i] William Stafford, A Ritual to Read to Each Other.