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Join us for a captivating conversation with Meredith DeMoore, Elevate's Senior Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness and Managing Director for Consulting for Elevate Talent. Meredith shares her remarkable journey from founding a leadership effectiveness division in a boutique healthcare executive search firm to steering strategy as a senior vice president at Concentric Health Experience. Her upbringing under the influence of her father, a hospital CEO, imbued her with a profound understanding of leadership and Personal Development, which she now channels into her work. She reflects on her unique ability to naturally connect people, a skill she's learned from her father, and talks about how intentional leadership became a fundamental lesson during her time at a healthcare tech startup.
Amidst the evolving landscape of the post-COVID world, Meredith underscores the transition of soft skills into essential leadership capabilities. We dive into tools like psychometric assessments that quantify these skills, stressing the importance of leaders adapting their styles to diverse team profiles. The episode also introduces Integral Theory, a comprehensive framework balancing metrics with self-awareness, encouraging leaders to maintain relational dynamics alongside organizational goals. This approach is not just a trend; it's a necessity as it helps create a common language within organizations to meet modern challenges head-on.
Our discussion would not be complete without tackling the impact of leadership in venture capital and private equity investments, especially in healthcare. Meredith brings to light the intricate dynamics of leadership effectiveness and its crucial role in investment outcomes. We also explore the SBI (Situation, Behavior, Impact) framework, a tool for leaders to engage in honest and kind feedback, pivotal for moving the middle and improving organizational performance. With staffing shortages plaguing industries like healthcare, Meredith emphasizes that comprehensive leadership development is not just beneficial but essential for organizational success. Join us as we explore these fascinating insights and strategies for enhancing leadership effectiveness in today's business world.
I am currently the President/CEO of Teleios Collaborative Network which is like a co-op of nonprofit hospice and palliative care organizations. I am also CEO of Teleios Consulting Group. The goal of the collaboration is to harness the best of each hospice and enable the network to better care in each community for the patients and families being served as well as introduce innovations across the membership network and work with payers for new innovative solutions for those dealing with serious or advanced illness.
I am also host two podcasts, Anatomy Of Leadership and TCNtalks. Anatomy of Leadership was inspired by my book "The Anatomy of Leadership" which I wrote for Leaders, visionaries, and change-makers. The podcast delves deep into the essence of purpose-driven and high-performance leadership.
The show guides you through a journey of discovery—revealing how effective leadership can significantly alter the trajectory of our teams, organizations, our lives, and the world at large.
We examine topics like:
- Self-Mastery
- Caring for Others
- Influence
- Intention
- Cause and Purpose
Bio
Over the years, I have become nationally known as a leader in our country’s hospice and palliative care industry, where I spent a large portion of my career as President/CEO of Four Seasons in western North Carolina, a 2009 American Hospital Association Circle of Life Award Winner. In 2005, the Carolinas Center for Hospice and End of Life Care honored me with the Peter Keese Leadership Award.
In 2006, I left Four Seasons for two years to build an alliance between the prestigious national healthcare consulting firm, the Studer Group, and Covenant Hospice in Pensacola. The vision was to transform, develop, and grow leaders throughout the hospice and palliative care world. With this venture from its infancy to an established coaching firm partnering with post-acute healthcare organizations from New York to California. I returned to Four Seasons in 2008 to apply everything learned in the trenches on leadership to an organization I knew and loved.
My hospice career began in 1997 at Covenant Hospice in Pensacola, Florida. Earlier in my career, where I worked with KPMG Peat Marwick, a “Big Four” CPA consulting firm, and with Cooper Industries, a Fortune 100 Company, in its Executive Development Program.
I have a Masters in Leadership from the Thayer Institute for Performance Virtuosity.
I am blessed to have a wonderful wife, Deshia and a proud parent of 5 children (3 boys and 2 girls). Love spending time outdoors with my family, reading, and learning in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
