Can coaching physicians help sustain their commitment and preserve themselves amidst the turbulence of constant change, increasing demands and shrinking resources?

Today’s healthcare professionals and executives are called upon to facilitate change in a health care industry with unprecedented complexity and demand for accountability.

Physicians, hospital executives and other healthcare professionals are grappling with:

• unprecedented rate of change in health care delivery

• Increased demand for service

• Changes to funding formulas

• Health information or misinformation available online

• Changes to government-covered health services

The impact, not surprisingly is stress. Read the Stress Facts.

Teamwork Requires Collaboration

New leadership competencies are required to inspire individual and organizational excellence. A collaborative approach is the answer to engage the full capacity of people at every level of the organization. Collaborative leaders have the ability to leverage relationships, creativity and accountability required when resources are low and expectations are high. This requires developing competencies in

• Self management

• Communication and

• Collaboration.

Healthcare professionals are widely recognized as among the most compassionate, compelled, purposeful and self-sacrificing people on the planet. What do they need to be able to manage their own health and well-being to build their capacity?

The healthcare system and the future health of the people depend on it.

Learn how coaching can help.

What is the Problem?

According to the Canadian Medical Association increasing demands are leading to job strain and role overload, accompanied by an increased sense of lack of control to further exacerbate the situation.

Developing coping strategies is a proactive response to stressful work life situations.

A research study, titled Demands, values, and burnout Relevance for Physicians, (Leiter et al., 2009) published in the Canadian Family Physician, VOL 55 December 2009, “identified workload and value congruence, interact differently for women and men. When experiencing congruence of their personal values with health care systems values, women encountered less distress in demanding situations than when they experienced incongruence.”

According to a February 2010 study, The Etiology and Reduction of Role Overload in Canada's Health Care Sector, (Duxbury et al.,) "noted that compared to other professions, health professionals have the:

• Lowest level of trust in their employers

• Lowest level of commitment to their employers

• Lowest ratings of workplace communications and

• Least influence on workplace decisions

• Least supportive and healthy workplaces."

Can coaching help physicians and other healthcare professionals develop professional brilliance and personal resilience despite their challenging working conditions?

About Role Overload

Role overload has been linked to increased levels of

• Anxiety

• Fatigue

• Burnout

• Depression

• Emotional and physiological stress

• Decreased work life satisfaction.

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Based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, KAIZEN Lifestyle Management, we work with physicians, executives, managers, independent and creative professionals who are compelled to contribute toward developing a more sustainable world without forsaking themselves in the process.

We offer a free no obligation consultation.

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