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Not too big. Not too small. Why choosing the right search partner matters to your future success.
Not too big. Not too small. Why choosing the right search partner matters to your future success. By Neill Marshall, Chairman, HealthSearch Partners “Be creative. Innovate consistently on the little things that the big companies ignore. Little things often make big diffeences in business.” Richard Branson HealthSearch Partners (HSP) recently completed focus-group interviews with previous…
Cultural Fit is Important – But Adding New Can Also be Good
Cultural Fit is Important – But Adding New Can Also be Good By: Barry R. Cesafsky LFACHE What is the best predictor of success? Success in life. Success in career achievements. Success through academics. Success in a marriage or in a family. Or, triumph in just about any endeavor, to name just a few. Many…
Covid-19
During this time of unprecedented disruption of daily routine within the United States, thoughtful adjustments and accommodations are necessary by all segments of life. HealthSearch Partners (HSP) is well-prepared to support and assist its clients, associates and candidates in this difficult time. We hope to do our part in preventing the spread of illness, planning…
Creating A Cohesive Vision For Mission-Minded Healthcare Teams
Creating A Cohesive Vision For Mission-Minded Healthcare Teams Over and over again, studies show that creating a shared – or cohesive – vision is all about listening to others’ perspectives. The only way to make a vision stick long-term is to make sure it is truly shared. That means it has to speak to the…
5 Ways Successful Healthcare Leaders are Coping with Industry Uncertainty
5 Ways Successful Healthcare Leaders are Coping with Industry Uncertainty As the state of the healthcare industry continues to be in flux, particularly as it relates to the Affordable Care Act, leaders are left to wonder how they can move forward in such uncertainty. How do you plan for the future if you’re unsure of…
4 Ways to Breathe Life Into Your Mission Statement
4 Ways to Breathe Life Into Your Mission Statement A mission statement should be more than just a few sentences on a plaque hanging in your organization’s lobby. It should be the filter through which every decision and interaction is made, and this is especially critical for a faith-based healthcare organization. After all, your mission…
3 Expensive Executive Search Mistakes
3 Expensive Executive Search Mistakes Finding the right executive candidate can sometimes be a long, expensive process. Of course, if the right leader is chosen, it’s well worth the investment, but doing it the wrong way can often make it even more costly. Having walked through the process with hundreds of clients over the years,…
Valuable Resources for Board Governance
Valuable Resources for Board Governance Running a nonprofit board can come with a number of challenges – some unique to nonprofits, some that simply come with maintaining a board of directors. As leadership navigates the everyday decision-making, establishing of procedures, and even the facilitating of meetings, they will inevitably face crossroads and roadblocks along the…
Mission Integration’s Rise to Executive Level
Mission Integration’s Rise to the Executive Level “Mission Integration” has become a bit of a buzzword in recent years, and many healthcare organizations are just beginning to understand the term and its importance. A growing number of heath systems, however, see it as so crucial that they have hired C-suite level leadership to implement it.…
5 Steps for Building A Healthcare Leadership Team That Seeks Change
5 Steps for Building A Healthcare Leadership Team That Seeks Change Too often, healthcare leadership teams are resistant to change or accepting of it in word only. For a system to truly remain effective and continually improve the level of care it provides, it must embrace change – even seek it. Establishing a leadership team…
HEALTHSEARCH PARTNERS - INSIGHTS

Emerging From The Pandemic With Character And Optimism
INSIGHTS Emerging From The Pandemic With Character And Optimism By: Barry R. Cesafsky, FACHE It has been a year…and what a year it has been. Having passed the unbelievable number of more than a half million deaths in the United States and now resurging with new variants the Coronavirus Pandemic is touching the…

Managing a Successful Video Conference & Creating a Good Impression
INSIGHTS Managing a Successful Video Conference & Creating a Good Impression By: Ivan Bartolome In this COVID-19 environment, all of us are spending many more of our meeting hours connecting with people from home and online. There are many popular software choices for online meetings, and some include: Skype, Webex, Go ToMeeting, and the newly…

Leading with Optimism Out of a Liminal Space
INSIGHTS Leading with Optimism Out of a Liminal Space By: Barry R. Cesafsky FACHE During this abnormal time in which we find ourselves, it might be helpful to consider an expression attributed to the poet, William Blake. He is quoted to have said “In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that…

Succession Planning Means Success
INSIGHTS Succession Planning Means Success By: Barry R. Cesafsky FACHE As much as we would like to, no one can truly predict the future; however, we can prepare for it. In our personal lives, we can do financial planning, we can prepare our will, and we can have routine health check-ups. Fortunately, in our healthcare…

From AI to GI—Moving Beyond Artificial Intelligence
INSIGHTS From AI to GI – Moving Beyond Artificial Intelligence By: Ed Fry, President “As Chairman of the Board, I am pleased to announce that our new hospital President and CEO will be-Alexa”!!! How far from the truth can this be? While Artificial Intelligence seems to be everywhere these days from self-driving cars to remotely…

Referencing can be a two-edged sword
INSIGHTS Referencing can be a two-edged sword By: Ed Fry, President Reference checking is a critical component of most search processes. It is often one of the final steps takenbefore a candidate is selected for a position and as such, there is a tendency to treat this function as aformality. Through years of…

Fit is everything
INSIGHTS Fit is everything By: Barry R. Cesafsky FACHE What most likely is the predictor of success? Success in life, in the next job, in a marriage, in reality anyendeavor in life. At HealthSearch Partners, we believe the crucial aspect is “The Fit.” Remember, as a child, when we attempted to put the…
PRESS RELEASES
HealthSearch Partners Recruits Maury Regional Health CEO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HealthSearch Partners Recruits Maury Regional Health CEO DALLAS, TX (January 19, 2022) -HealthSearch Partners recently placed the CEO for a three-hospital health system located in Columbia, Tennessee, south of Nashville. Maury Regional Health announced that Davin Turner, DO accepted the CEO role just after a nationwide search that began in September. Dr.…
CHRISTUS Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana Chief Financial Officer Search Awarded to HealthSearch Partners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHRISTUS Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana Chief Financial Officer Search Awarded to HealthSearch Partners LAKE CHARLES, LA-March 2021- The executive search for the next Chief Financial Officer of CHRISTUS Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana was recently awarded to HealthSearch Partners. CHRISTUS Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana consists of two acute care hospitals, an ASC, an…
HealthSearch Partners Recruits Three Key CEOs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HealthSearch Partners Recruits Three Key CEOs DALLAS, TX (December 10, 2020) – While in the midst of a nationwide pandemic, HealthSearch Partners recently placed CEOs for three important healthcare provider organizations. The most recent occurred last week when Phillip Mazzuca was named CEO of Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, Tennessee. Just prior…
New Officers Named at HealthSearch Partners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Officers Named at HealthSearch Partners DALLAS, TX (June 18, 2020)–New officers have been announced by HealthSearch Partners to reflect a shift and rebalance of duties and responsibilities within the company. The move will enable planning for the future leadership of the firm. Barry Cesafsky and Ed Fry continue as co-founders of…
Holy Cross Hospital CEO Search Awarded to HealthSearch Partners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Holy Cross Hospital CEO Search Awarded to HealthSearch Partners FORT LAUDERDALE, FL– December 12, 2019-The executive search for the next President & Chief Executive Officer of Holy Cross Hospital has been awarded to HealthSearch Partners. This Chief Executive Officer is responsible for overall leadership of the Hospital. The leader will have a…
HealthSearch Partners to Find Senior Human Resources Vice President for Adventist Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HealthSearch Partners to Find Senior Human Resources Vice President for Adventist Health Dallas, TX-October 28. 2019-Adventist Health, a 20 hospital 3000 bed West Coast health system has selected HealthSearch Partners to secure its Senior Vice President Human Resources. Adventist Health is a faith-based, non-profit integrated health system operating in California, Hawaii, Oregon,…
Chicago area Executive Healthcare Search Consultant Honored with National Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Chicago area Executive Healthcare Search Consultant Honored with National Award CHICAGO, IL-April 20, 2019-A Chicago area executive healthcare search consultant joins five United States Congressmen in receipt of the National Award-“Significant Sig” by the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Barry Cesafsky, Board Vice Chair of HealthSearch Partners, Dallas, TX, and President and Chief…
Major Texas Healthcare COO Search Awarded to HealthSearch Partners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Major Texas Healthcare COO Search Awarded to HealthSearch Partners DALLAS, TX – November 1, 2018 – A major healthcare executive search has been awarded to HealthSearch Partners, the recently formed firm dedicated to securing transformational leadership for mission-minded healthcare organizations. The search for the Chief Operating Officer of the CHI Texas Division…