Malloy & Co. Operating Partnerships — Executive Coaching

The 5 Blind Spots That Stall
Healthcare Executives

20 Indicators · 10 Minutes · Built From 30 Years Inside Health Systems

How to Use This Assessment

Most healthcare executives don't stall because they lack intelligence, ambition, or commitment. They stall because certain patterns are nearly invisible from the inside — the natural result of being deeply embedded in a system you helped build. This assessment names them.

Rate each statement based on how frequently it shows up in your leadership or organization. Answer honestly — the insight that matters most is usually the one that's slightly uncomfortable to acknowledge.

  1. Work through all five blind spots

  1. Rate each indicator by frequency — Never, Sometimes, or Often

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  1. Review your blind spot breakdown and overall pattern score

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Rating Scale

1 - Never

This does not show up in my leadership or organization

2 - Sometimes

This occurs periodically or in certain situations

3 - Often

This is a consistent or recognizable pattern

Blind Spot 1 — Mistaking Activity for Execution

There is a difference between operational activity — meetings, reports, task forces, initiative launches — and disciplined execution that converts effort into measurable outcomes. This blind spot makes the two feel identical.

Blind Spot 2 — Treating Physician Alignment as a Culture Problem

Physician disengagement is almost always an operational and structural problem — not a culture or communication failure. Leaders who misdiagnose it invest in interventions that produce temporary goodwill and no durable change.

Blind Spot 3 — Strategy Without Operational Infrastructure

Strategy without operational infrastructure is an aspiration. Accountability structures, decision rights, KPI tracking with consequence, and an operating cadence that holds — these are what convert a strategic plan into organizational behavior.

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