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Leading large system change: A lecture by Dr. David Pryor for the IU Kelley Business of Medicine Physician MBA Program

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Teresa Mackin

Dr. David Pryor believes in authentic leadership—a trait, he says, not only means being honest and authentic, but also having the ability to understand, relate, and resonate with the people he is working with.

“Leaders set values; values drive behaviors, and behaviors create a culture that delivers a performance,” said Pryor, who will be the inaugural speaker in the Kelley Business of Medicine MBA Class of 2016 Lecture Series.

Dr. David Pryor, executive vice president and chief clinical officer of Ascension

David Pryor, MD is the executive vice president and chief clinical officer of Ascension, the largest private nonprofit healthcare system in the U.S., and president and CEO of Ascension Clinical Holdings, an Ascension subsidiary. He was named by Becker’s Hospital Review to its “100 Hospital and Health System CMOs to Know in 2016” list. He also served as CIO of Allina, as president of the New England Medical Center Hospitals in Boston, and as director of the cardiology consultation service at Duke University Medical Center for the first decade of his career. Today, Dr. Pryor remains a consulting associate professor of medicine there.

“When I am asked to speak with physician groups, I try to distill lessons I’ve learned about healthcare from my own experience and relate them to what it really means to be a successful leader. I distill my messages into two key areas: One is understanding how to set goals that are appropriate, and the second is understanding how to work in the right way to achieve those goals,” explained Dr. Pryor, who serves on numerous boards and committees and has authored more than 275 publications.

“Being successful often means you need to develop not only ‘achievement’ goals, but also ‘influence’ goals. In order to be successful in achieving goals, you often times need to rely on the work of others and listen to the direction they can often provide. You need to think about how to influence people to get their support to take action on the goal and how to support them to be successful.”

Dr. Pryor describes unique challenges that physicians assume when they move into leadership roles—particularly roles that engage them in jointly managing the business.

“I believe success is dependent upon knowledge, skills, and abilities,” he explained. “I think the coursework and the series of knowledge components that are part of an MBA program can be very helpful in creating that ‘knowledge’ piece. The skill work often comes from experience and understanding how to apply the knowledge in different settings. The ‘abilities’ piece is not only inherent but developed over years of experience and coming to the table with the right set of knowledge and skills— and also with the willingness to be able to look at oneself in an appropriate way.”

“These are lessons I’ve learned along the way and, in many cases, learned the hard way,” Dr. Pryor said. “From mistakes I’ve made, I’ve tried to understand where gaps in my knowledge, skills, and abilities are and worked to improve myself in terms of my leadership skills and how I perform.”

The Kelley Business of Medicine MBA Class of 2016 Lecture Series was created with a gift from all members of the Class of 2016. The Kelley Physician MBAs donated more than $127,000 to endow the annual lecture series, which broadens the knowledge and experiences of current students and alumni by connecting them to prominent healthcare thought leaders from across the country.

“Dr. Pryor is a physician executive in a significant leadership role, and he exemplifies the importance of physicians in healthcare management,” said Dr. Shukri David, a 2016 Business of Medicine MBA graduate who invited Dr. Pryor as the inaugural speaker and helped lead the class gift.

Dr. Pryor spoke on October 14 on the IUPUI campus in Hine Hall. The lecture was open to students, alumni, and faculty of the Kelley Business of Medicine MBA Program, a 21-month hybrid program designed specifically for practicing physicians to help them lead the rapidly changing healthcare environment.

 

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