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Consultants
Each of these
consultants represents the best in clinical and administrative leadership.
Tim Porter-O'Grady Associates, Inc. has carefully selected consulting
associates who have expertise in both administrative and clinical
leadership. Each is a national expert in her or his own right and all have
established a standard of excellence in practice that is exemplary. They
have a combined cumulative experience of over a 100 years of health
leadership and consulting experience. Tim Porter-O'Grady Associates, Inc.
warranties that the consulting services provided by its consulting
associates cannot be bettered by anyone, anywhere. Let us know what we can
do for your organization.
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Kathy Malloch
PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
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Dr. Kathy Malloch
is a recognized expert in leadership and development of
effective evidence-based processes for patient care. Her uncanny
focus on accountability and results is the hallmark of her practice.
Her expertise in identification of organizational, clinical,
productivity, and financial indicators / variables to effectively
analyze data in the evaluation of futuristic healthcare systems
engaged in evidence-based facility design is highly sought after.
In addition to her consulting practice, Dr. Malloch is the program
director for Arizona State University, College of Nursing and
Healthcare Innovation, Master of Healthcare Innovation program. This
innovative, multidisciplinary program is the first of its kind in
the country. Dr. Malloch also continues to consult with Banner
Estrella Medical Center, the hospital of the future, as the evidence
based researcher.
Kathy has published extensively in proctored health journals and has
written five books. A nationally known writer and speaker, Dr.
Malloch has been a registered nurse for 35 years. She has written on
leadership topics, healing environments, professional nursing
practice, and patient classification systems. Her textbook “Quantum
Leadership” co-authored with Tim Porter-O’Grady is now in the second
edition and is a best seller used in over 60 graduate programs.
She has received numerous awards including the “Excellence in
Nursing" award from the American Nurses' Association and the Edgar
C. Hayhow ACHE article of the year award on Description and
Measurement of Healing Environments. The nursing community in
Arizona acknowledges her as one of its top leaders and applauds her
leadership as president of the Board of Nursing for three terms. In
addition she co-created the “Taxonomy of Error Root Cause Analysis
Protocol”, (TERCAP) with the National Council of State Boards of
Nursing, a seminal contribution to the national error management
effort.
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Greg Crow
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Dr. Gregory
Crow has over 25 years of experience in health care in a variety
of roles and settings. His clinical experience includes cardiology,
ob/gyn, labor and delivery, and psychology. Dr. Crow’s
administrative and leadership positions have included clinical
supervisor, director of nursing and assistant hospital administrator
for patient care services for a multi-hospital system. Dr. Crow is
Emeritus Professor, and Director of Graduate Programs in Nursing
Administration, Education and Case Management at Sonoma State
University, and has been a senior consultant for Tim Porter-O’Grady
Associates, Inc. for over 12 years.
Dr. Crow is a member of Sigma Theta Tau
International, the Association of California Nurse Leaders, and
Alpha Sigma Nu. Dr. Crow is one of seven international editors of
the Sigma Theta Tau International monograph series and served as a
Director at Large for the Oncology Nursing Society.
Dr. Crow consults internationally in
organizational and systems development, creating motivating work
environments, transformational change and the implementation of
shared governance systems. He presents on these topics at state,
national and international conferences. Dr. Crow’s publications
appear in a wide variety of professional nursing journals and
textbooks. Greg is considered an expert on 21st Century
management roles and skills and is one of the most popular teachers
of our management development programs.
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Vicki D. Lachman,
RN,
Ph.D., MBe
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Dr. Vicki Lachman
has provided consultation, training, and coaching services to
healthcare executives for over 20 years. She has consulted to over
300 health care organizations and delivered over 3,000 presentations
on a variety of leadership and communication topics. She is known
for her practical, dynamic and thought-provoking presentations.
With her
education, experience and systems approach, she quickly gets to the
heart of the problem and provides cost-effective recommendations for
change. Vicki has published hundreds of articles and produced three
audiotapes, many are useful to executives for people management,
teambuilding and stress management. She presently spends most of
her time providing executive/managerial coaching, teambuilding and
leadership development from the Board to the staff level.
Vicki’s consulting
focus with Tim Porter-O’Grady Associates, Inc. emphasizes education
and consultation in behavioral, organizational, leadership and
end-of-life ethical issues. Her current commitment is in
identifying opportunities for improvement in palliative/end-of-life
care.
She is a Master’s
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in Psychiatric Nursing
and most recently in Bioethics. The focus in her Ph.D. program was
on organizational development. She is also ANNC certified as a
nurse administrator, advanced, psychiatric clinical specialist, as
well as a trainer for the EPEC and ELNEC curriculum (end-of-life
care).
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Kathryn J.
McDonagh, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACHE
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Dr. Kathryn McDonagh is an
innovative and experienced healthcare executive with a successful
record of accomplishment in a variety of healthcare settings. Dr.
McDonagh has over 34 years of experience in healthcare with two
decades of Chief Executive Officer experience. Kathy is a known
leader of high performance leadership teams with outstanding
results. Dr. McDonagh has recognized expertise in achieving nursing
clinical excellence, improvements in patient care and increased
patient and physician satisfaction with nursing care. Kathy is also
an expert on shared governance, shared decision making models and
leadership preparation for the Nursing Magnet program. Dr. McDonagh
has leading edge competency in governing board leadership and
effective practices for excellence in governance. Dr. McDonagh's
research and presentations address the linkage between governing
board expertise and hospital performance. Dr. McDonagh's track
record as a community leader, board member, author, researcher,
educator and public speaker contribute to her effectiveness as a
consultant and advisor to organizations.
Dr. McDonagh is a graduate of Providence Hospital School of Nursing
in Southfield, MI and the University of Detroit. Kathy received her
Master's degree with honors from the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor and her PhD in Health Sciences from Touro University
International in CA. Dr. McDonagh has published extensively on
topics such as healthcare governing board effectiveness, leadership
development and succession planning, shared governance and patient
care improvement. Dr. McDonagh's presentations include governing
board best practices, chief executive officer development, executive
and leadership development, women in the world of business and
excellence in clinical patient care.
Kathy is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the
American College of Healthcare Executives. Her work has been
recognized by awards including a national Telly Award for her role
as host and creator of the cable television show Focus on Health,
Good Scout Award, Newsmaker of the Year and the YWCA Women of
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Sharon Cox
MSN, RN, CNAA
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Sharon Cox is a
nationally known speaker and healthcare consultant with over twenty
years experience in leadership development and system wide culture
change. She has conducted seminars and consulted with over 400
hospitals in the United States and Canada and has developed a
reputation as a thought provoking and energizing presenter. As
President of Cox and Associates and leadership consultant with Tim
Porter-O’Grady Associates, Inc. the focal points in her consulting
practice include leadership development, team building, change
management and promoting shared decision making both in Nursing and
across other disciplines. Prior to consulting she held a variety of
positions ranging from staff nurse to faculty and administrative
roles in academic health centers.
Sharon has
published in professional journals and developed audio visual
materials which support her work in organizational development and
horizontal integration. In Sharon’s work with Tim Porter O’Grady
Associates, her focus is on facilitating management development
around moving from a parental approach and hierarchical model to
more of a collaborative work environment. Many organizations have
found her work relating to reframing the Nurse Managers role in
shared governance to be instrumental in their long term success with
shared decision making and timely in relation to creating a culture
for retention.
Sharon received
her diploma in Nursing from Georgia Baptist Hospital and her
Baccalaureate and Masters in Nursing from the Medical College of
Georgia. She is a member of the American Organization of Nurse
Executives and the American Society for Training and Development.
She is on the editorial board of Nursing Management Magazine
and is a co-author of The Nurse Manager’s Toolkit published
by HCPro. She also co-authored Nature’s Wisdom in the Workplace:
A Guide to Managing Energy in Today’s Healthcare Organizations.
With her interest in culture change in healthcare Sharon also
contributed several chapters in Jo Manion’s best selling book
Creating A Positive Healthcare Workplace published by the
American Hospital Association.
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