The orthopedic leaders who will get ahead in 2025 will home in on opportunities and communication.
Leaders with a health system and an orthopedic practice shared their insights with Becker's.
Note: Responses were lightly edited for clarity.
Question: What advice do you have for spine surgeons to thrive in 2025?
Michael Boblitz, CEO. Tallahassee (Fla.) Orthopedic Clinic: Know your market and understand where the opportunity and your business is. Really stay laser focused on where you have opportunities, and don't hesitate to take advantage of those opportunities. Another thing I've really focused on at TOC is recognizing that no matter what your strategy is, it's your people that really power that strategy. When I came to TOC we didn't have an entirely engaged culture. So I worked on a new strategy and purpose and shared the vision with all of our workforce. Values are something that's often forgotten.
Going to TOC I knew that I needed to create engagement, and I needed a workforce to really power our strategy. Our values are pretty simple. It's POWER. P is for 'passion.' O is for 'ownership.' W is for 'we, not I' because it's a team. E is for 'excellence' because we have to be great in this environment. R is for 'recognition' because if our workforce does all that, the least I can do is to recognize the great work that our people do every day. Creating that POWER culture to help fuel our strategy and doubling down on the importance of our workforce is huge advice that I would give to any leader in the industry.
Michael Piver: Be creative in your strategy for collaborating with the issues. I think that there are ever changing models out there. Obviously work closely with your legal team to make sure that you're staying within the boundaries, but I think there are an awful lot of new and exciting opportunities out there. The second piece of advice is to have constant communication with your physicians and physician leaders. In my role and in similar roles we're being that conduit between the health system and the physician group, helping translate the different wants and desires and find a solution that works for both. I think that if you can find that win-win situation, then you have much more likely success for the future.