Maple Loop Trail, North Cascades National Park, Washington

Neil Baker Consulting and Coaching

Neil J. Baker M.D.

Leadership & team effectiveness

Find meaningful purpose
to create energy for a new path.

Examples of topics

I tailor workshop objectives, titles, content and activities to the needs of participant groups.

Examples of possible topics include:

  • Adaptive leadership
  • Influencing change, with or without authority
  • Managing up and across the hierarchy
  • Change management concepts and skills
  • Decision making to enhance alignment and participation
  • Creating aligned and effective sponsorship
  • Personal mastery for transformational leadership
  • Strategies for diagnosing and addressing gaps in change initiatives
  • The art of influencing in quality improvement
  • Seeing and responding skillfully to the human dynamics of change
  • Motivation
  • Helping skills
  • Responding skillfully to resistance

Examples of participant groups

  • Senior leaders
  • Middle managers
  • Front line staff
  • Change agents
  • Coaches

Selected Upcoming and Past Workshops

Adaptive leadership–a structured approach. workshop series for health center leaders, Integrated Health Partners, Battle Creek, Michigan, March-September 2013

Managing up and across the organization to improve change efforts. (with Cory Sevin) web-based Expedition, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, March-May 2013

Conversations to promote transformation. (with Ann Lewis, Ginna Crowe) Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, December 9, 2012

Personal mastery for transformational leadership. Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, December 11, 2012

The art of influencing in quality improvement. Ontario Healthcare Network webinar for the Ontario Renal Network, October 27, 2012

Change management skills for leaders. Health Center Association of Nebraska Symposium 2012: Leading Change, HCAN, Omaha, Nebraska, June 2012

Personal mastery for transformational leadership. Leadership for Improvement in the Office Practice, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Web&Action series, January 25, 2012

New skills for leaders: from managing to coaching. (with Ann Lewis) 12th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Dallas, Texas, March 2011

Coaching primary care practices: how to be effective. (with Ann Lefebvre, Cory Sevin and Roger Taylor) 12th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and the Community, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Dallas, Texas, March 2011

Seeing and responding skillfully to structural and human dynamic issues. Safety Net Medical Home Initiative Medical Home Facilitators Workshop, sponsored by Qualis Health and the MacColl Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2011

Leading adaptive change. (with Cory Sevin) Primary Care Practice Coach Program, Institute for Health Care Improvement, January 2011

Coaching strategies to support transformation at all levels. (with Sue Butts-Dion, Virginia Crowe, Jane Taylor and Pat Heinrich) 22nd National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Orlando, Florida, December 2010

The intersection between leadership and coaching. (with Virginia Crowe and Ann Lewis) 22nd National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Orlando, Florida, December 2010

The human dynamics of change. Primary Care Practice Coach Program, Institute for Health Care Improvement, November 2010

Reliability strategies in outpatient settings. (with Virginia Crowe and Ann Lewis) 11th Annual International Summit on Improving Patient Care in the Office Practice and Community, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Washington DC, March 2010

Seeing and responding skillfully to the human side of change. Integrated Health Partners Coaching Track, Battle Creek, Michigan, January 2010

See and act in new ways: tools for transformation. (with Sue Butts-Dion, Virginia Crowe and Jane Taylor) 21st Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare, Institute for Health Care Improvement, Orlando Florida, December 2009

A journey from the expert model: integrating adult learning principles and methods. CME Annual Conference, British Columbia Medical Association, Vancouver, Canada, April 2009

Seven languages for transformation. (with Sue Butts-Dion, Virginia Crowe and Jane Taylor) 21st Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare, Institute for Health Care Improvement, Nashville, Tennessee 2008