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Gary Bradt, PsyD
Keynote Fee : $10,001 - $15,000 plus expenses Fee Note Travels From: NC |
Topics
- Change
- Leadership & Strategy
- Workforce Issues
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The Ring In The Rubble And Healthcare: Leaders Dig Through Change And Find Their Next Golden Opportunity(Based on his latest book)
Change is a constant in the healthcare industry. Medicare reimbursement cuts; maintaining physician salaries in the face of declining revenues; physician recruitment; healthcare electronic records; service delivery integration; government regulations that add costs but not revenues; facilities management; collections from payers and patients alike; and advancements in technology all contribute to changes rocking the industry.* These changes level the playing field. It stands to reason that those who lead through change the best will win. This keynote will equip you and those you lead to do just that.
The Ring represents the golden opportunities every change creates, even the most difficult. The rubble represents the disruption, fear and uncertainty change often stirs up. Your job as a leader is to find that ring. This keynote will show you how. Drawing on his own moving story of shepherding a seriously ill infant through the healthcare system, Dr. Bradt will give you leadership tools - principles, attitudes, beliefs and actions- the he discovered will help lead you to that ring, no matter how challenging the situation you and your organization may face. You will hear inspiring stories of how other leaders across industries have successfully used the tools to dig through the most trying circumstances imaginable to emerge victorious. Most importantly, you will emerge from this keynote armed with immediate, practical steps that will help you and your organization win whenever things change.
*Top issues from recent survey conducted by the Medical Group Management Association
Whether you are a hospital CEO, medical group practice manager, clinical department head, or an administrator in a remote satellite clinic, being a leader in health care presents unique challenges and opportunities.
In this program Dr. Bradt defines what it takes for a health care leader to win in a constantly changing environment. In sum, it requires a deft combination of medical competence, business savvy, a tolerance for change and rare people skills. In no other industry do customers (patients and their families) enter your workspace with such heightened physical, emotional and spiritual needs. In no other industry do government regulations and shifts in reimbursement rates impact your bottom line to such a degree. In no other industry are there at least three different payer groups (patients, insurance companies and the government) who often are at odds with one another. In no other industry do you have a moral and legal obligation to serve customers who cannot pay. In no other industry do advances in technology impact both your service delivery and administrative processes to such a large extent.
Successful leaders respond by sorting through the clutter to find the opportunities, clearly defining what winning looks like, and building a sense of committed teamwork across the organization. Dr. Bradt will tailor this presentation to your organization's specific leadership challenges, while he educates and inspires you on what it takes to win in the constantly evolving world of health care.
Speaker Information
Dr. Gary Bradt is a change and leadership expert, author and speaker who has given over 175 keynotes around the globe for organizations looking to lead sustainable change by capitalizing on the opportunities change always creates. His diverse client base has included healthcare organizations like Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Medicine Shoppe, Ortho Biotech, Medical Group Management Association, California Dental Association, as well as corporate giants like IBM, FedEx, General Motors, American Express, eBay, Proctor & Gamble, VISA, and Marriott Corporation. For many years he was endorsed by Spencer Johnson as the primary speaker worldwide on Johnson's business bestseller Who Moved my Cheese? In that capacity, he traveled the globe and gave over 100 keynotes and workshops.
Through Bradt Leadership Inc, a consulting firm co-founded with his wife, Dr. Peggy Bradt, he has designed and delivered dozens of customized leadership programs for senior executives and individually coached several hundred more. Consulting clients have cut across industries and included the likes of Abbott Labs, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Ernst & Young LLP Healthcare Consulting, DuPont and Coca-Cola. Prior to founding Bradt Leadership, he was a vice president with Farr Associates, a leadership development firm, where he was responsible for client management and program delivery.
Dr. Bradt's first book, The Ring in the Rubble: Dig Through Change and Find Your Next Golden Opportunity (McGraw-Hill, June 2007) is described by Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager and Leading at a Higher Level as "Beautifully written and full of wisdom, The Ring in the Rubble is a gem." Currently he is speaking and presenting on this book for numerous corporations, healthcare organizations and trade associations.
Dr. Bradt is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of North Carolina and has an extensive background in the healthcare industry. He began before graduate school by volunteering as a crisis intervention counselor in Rockville, Maryland and working as a psych tech in a private psychiatric hospital. While in graduate school he held a variety of positions including working as a therapist in a geriatric day hospital, serving as a crisis intervention counselor in the emergency room of a large urban hospital, working as a therapist in private practice, and serving two one- year internships, one as the psychologist on a renal transplant team in a large urban hospital and the other as a counselor on the forensic unit of a state mental hospital. At the time, Dr. Bradt's graduate program was based at Hahnemann University and Hospital, giving him a flavor of the unique opportunities and challenges presented by working within academic medical centers as well.
Dr. Bradt joined a leadership consulting firm after graduate school and has since had long-term consulting relationships with hospital CEO's and their teams, as well as organizations that consult within the healthcare industry. He received the Widener Graduate Award for Excellence in Professional Psychology from his graduate alma mater, only the second time the award had been granted at the time.
Testimonials
"Thank you for the absolutely fabulous presentation you did last week. It was more than a home run. I guess the bases were loaded and you hit a home run. They just haven't stopped talking about the quality of the presentation and the impact of the presentation. Our goal of arming the organization with some practical doable things at the end of the presentation was clearly, clearly well met."
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
"Thank you so much for the time you spent with us on Friday. Your book and your presentation were appropriate to my professional as well as to my personal life. It's rare that you can take home more than one good point from a one day course, with yours there were too numerous to name. Thank you for a very enjoyable and fulfilling day."
- Annie Penn Memorial Hospital May 2008
"You bring such great insights on managing and leading through change. The team seemed renewed and encouraged about the future. Your guidance was a winning approach for us."
- Ernst & Young Health Care Consulting
"Evaluations we received felt your presentation was excellent: 'Great talk and good information;' 'Extremely useful information;" - very positive feedback!"
- NASA Occupational Health
"Thanks for a great two day session! I was constantly amazed by how you pulled and challenged us...I look forward to continuing our new journey."
- Montgomery General Hospital