Helping you become a better leader before someone invents the next acronym.
Hi, I’m Rob.
If you want to grow as a healthcare leader but are short on time and tired of reading dry academic articles, you’ve come to the right place.
This newsletter focuses on what matters most in leadership and healthcare — the principles that stay relevant year after year and can help you grow personally and professionally.
Find what won’t change, and build on that.
Every week, in five minutes, you’ll get three things woven into one cohesive briefing:
The Format 📝
A Leadership Takeaway to strengthen how you influence, motivate, and communicate
An Operations Perspective that makes healthcare systems and decisions easier to understand
A Career Insight to help you grow with intention and build the visibility you deserve
Plus: discussion questions you can use with your team, mentor, coach, or peers — because leadership is a team sport.
No filler, no lectures, no consultant-speak. Just useful ideas, grounded in research, delivered in a way that’s actually fun to read.
What You Won’t Get
❌ Long reports
❌ Leadership lessons from people who have never delivered results
❌ Corporate clichés
❌ Unnecessary bullet points (except for this one)
This newsletter is built for clarity and brevity. Bonus points if we get you to smirk.
A Quick Promise
Every edition of The Healthcare Leader must pass one test:
“Would this meaningfully help a healthcare leader today?”
If not, it doesn’t go in. We’ll frequently ask for your input and direction to ensure our content adds value where you want it to.
Your First Tip… On Leading Your Next Change 💡
Here’s something surprising — and proven repeatedly in organizational psychology:
People don’t resist change. They resist uncertainty.
Studies from McKinsey, Gallup, and Kotter all point to the same conclusion:
When people understand why something is happening, how it will work, and what success looks like, resistance drops dramatically — even when the change is difficult.
So here’s a simple, high-value tool backed by the research:
The Three Questions That Reduce Resistance
Ask your team these anytime you introduce a new process, goal, or expectation:
What part of this feels unclear?
What’s the hardest part for you personally?
What would help make this feel doable?
You’ll learn more in five minutes from these three questions than in a 60-minute presentation. And you’ll build trust while you gather the truth.
Discussion Questions for Your Team This Week
What recent change or priority still feels unclear?
What’s one process we could simplify in the next 30 days?
What support do you wish leaders asked about more often?
Use any of these with your team or mentor — that’s where the biggest insights usually surface.
Thanks for being here.
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Stay inspired,
Rob Erich, FACHE