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Source: Nashville Business Journal
Date: September 13, 2024
Company HCA Healthcare Inc.
Job title Corporate Vice President
Email address sogol.sepehri@hcahealthcare.com
What my company does:
[HCA provides] health care, with over 180 hospitals across the country.
What I do vs. what people think I do:
I oversee a team of physicians who advocate on behalf of our patients with the payors. People think I work at a hospital as a doctor.
Biggest challenge, and how I’m tackling it:
Finding creative ways to support our team of physicians who work closely with payor physician counterparts. I am working on developing communication channels for both parties so we can enhance our collaborative relationships.
Business book I found useful:
“Emotional Intelligence.” It helped me tremendously with reading the room, developing skills to work with difficult personalities and leading people by example.
If I traded places with a C-suite colleague:
HCA group chief medical officers, because they impact the lives of thousands of our patients by advancing the quality of care at our hospitals.
Worst thing to hear from your CEO/your response:
“You are not an effective leader.” My response: Please help me develop skills and tools that will make me more effective and please help me move in the right direction.