As interest rates and the cost of financing are anticipated to drop, the second half of 2024 is expected to increase private equity (PE) deal volumes. This deal volume will grow slowly and cautiously for physician practice management (PPM) groups. While many PPMs slated for sales in the last year have struggled to find [continue reading…]
Executive Recruitment
Kirby Bates Associated Named One of Philadelphia’s Top Executive Recruiting Firms for 2024
Kirby Bates Associates is proud to be named to the Top Executive Recruiters Retained Search Firm list by the Philadelphia Business Journal in 2024. Over the past 35 years, Kirby Bates has grown into a national force in healthcare leadership consulting, evolving into a full-service executive consultancy that serves the diverse leadership needs of modern [continue reading…]
Sparking Action: From Passive to Active Candidates
The search for healthcare executive leadership is a nuanced journey. The absence of executive leadership in healthcare organizations can diminish productivity, dampen morale across the leadership and caregiving continuum, and result in missed strategic milestones at pivotal times. Achieving swift and strategic recruitment is paramount. Recruiting executive leaders often presents challenges in both accuracy [continue reading…]
Five Risks of Hiring the Wrong CIO in Healthcare
As healthcare delivery, reimbursement models, and technology change, the role of a Chief Information Officer (CIO) in a hospital or healthcare organization becomes increasingly important. The CIO used to be thought of as responsible for keeping an organization’s computers going, but today, the CIO role is a leader who’s responsible for protecting the organization against [continue reading…]
How to Overcome the Challenges of Hiring the Right Healthcare CIO
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) role can be challenging to fill even for the most prestigious healthcare organizations. Navigating the recruitment process for a CIO and other executive level technology leaders within the healthcare sector requires strategic considerations tailored to the industry’s unique demands. Kirby Bates Associates has developed strategies that assure recruitment of [continue reading…]
Five Challenges to Finding the Right Healthcare CIO
Healthcare is rapidly changing, as is the technological infrastructure supporting it. As the stakes grow, healthcare organizations depend on their chief information officers (CIOs) and technology leaders more than ever to drive strategic technology roadmaps, optimize electronic health records, maintain information security and regulatory compliance, and leverage their organization’s data to uncover new opportunities. [continue reading…]
How to Stand Out as an Internal Candidate
As care delivery organizations continue to tread uncertain waters, C-suites across the nation remain in flux with retirements, reductions in force, and elimination of roles. This dynamic environment also represents an opportunity for emerging leaders. Often an internal candidate is found to be the strongest for the role. The American College of Healthcare Executives [continue reading…]
Avoiding the Pitfalls: Interview Process For Healthcare Leadership
The success of any healthcare organization starts with the leadership team. This can be particularly complex in times of transition, during which myriad dynamics — relationships, priorities, and structures — are subject to change. The “great resignation” is further shrinking an already-tight market for top-level talent in the healthcare industry, making it all the more [continue reading…]
6 Things You Should Know About How Healthcare Executives Recruit
Originally published on October 31, 2018. Edited on October 27, 2020. Intrigued to learn how Healthcare Executive Recruiters Work? Finding a job is a real struggle for many of us. A challenge not only linked to our ability to sell and promote our skills in order to fulfill specific job requirements but also linked [continue reading…]
Getting the Most Out of an Executive Search: 12 Best Practices for Healthcare Executives
One of the most crucial responsibilities of healthcare executives is selecting the mission-critical leadership team. While having the right talent has always been important, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has placed an increased emphasis on conducting an expeditious search for the nation’s top talent. COVID-19 has accelerated everything—including senior leaders retiring early. Balancing an organization’s [continue reading…]
Recruiting for Critical Roles During the COVID-19 Crisis
Filling mission critical roles during the pandemic is essential – yet traditional recruitment processes have been suspended. With social distancing, healthcare organizations must employ creative ways to recruit, interview and fill necessary roles. Since many leaders are redeployed to command centers, testing sites and other roles on the frontline, bringing critical talent on board [continue reading…]
What Our Clients Say: KBA Executive Search
Finding top leadership talent in all areas of healthcare is increasingly difficult – and nursing is certainly no exception. Upfront evaluation of organizational needs and stakeholder consensus can save time and money and builds team engagement. For more than 30 years, Kirby Bates Associates has provided cost-effective solutions for healthcare clients seeking exceptional leaders and [continue reading…]