Robert H. Fisher, MD
Principal, Fisher Leadership Strategy Execution
Email: rfisher@rfisher.com
Website: www.rfisher.com
Professional Summary
Highly experienced leadership development professional and thought leader with demonstrated success serving as a trusted advisor to provide consulting and coaching to C-level Executives, Senior Management, and High
Potentials to increase revenue, improve productivity and performance for startups, IPO’s, and Fortune 100 corporations. Skills and expertise include the proven ability to:
· Combine a unique knowledge of the psychology of individuals and groups with an ability to clarify and resolve complex business issues quickly and achieve key business metrics and revenue outcomes.
· Develop leadership skills, building on individual’s strengths that prepare executives to function at higher levels of leadership as well as strengthen their employee’s leadership abilities.
· Work with multiple levels of leadership and cross-functional teams during periods of high growth to amplify talent, improve performance and prepare employees for promotions.
· Brainstorm and uncover new and innovative directions and business opportunities that foster continued innovation and growth.
· Identify and resolve complex issues through negotiation, conflict resolution, collaboration, and effective cross-functional communication to achieve alignment on a focused outcome approach based on business metrics and strategic objectives.
· Guide C-level leaders and executive teams through the process of assessing current strategy, planning future scenarios, mapping future strategy, achieving alignment, and realizing successful execution from both the risk management and opportunity creation sides.
Employment History & Selected Consulting Accomplishments
Principal, Fisher Leadership Strategy Execution; San Francisco, CA 1993 to Present
· Founded and currently operates a consulting firm specializing in leadership development, strategy assessment, strategy execution, and complex leadership issues focused on achieving cost savings, risk reduction and revenue production. Broad-based Industry Clients include:
· Technology and Software: Adapt, Altairnano, Centegy, Intuit, Oracle, Raytheon, Salesforce.com, Silicon Graphics (SGI), Sun Microsystems
· Legal: Intuit Legal Department, Seed and Berry Law Firm
· Consulting: Accenture, Ernst and Young, and Deloitte.
· Finance: Accruit, Bank of America, BankUnited, Fair Isaac Co (FICO), Charles Schwab, Inc. Washington Mutual (WAMU), Wells Fargo Bank, Visa, Visa International
· Healthcare, Biotech and Pharma: Kaiser Permanente, Care Management Institute of Kaiser Permanente, National Institutes of Health WIHS Project – (Including Johns Hopkins, USC, UCSF, Cook County, Montefiore Medical Center), Stanford Laboratories & Hospital, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, Santarus, Inc. Sunfish Laboratories, Alta Bates Hospital Hospice, California Pacific Medical Center, Heart Institute of New Mexico, Tularik (Roche), and Vivigen Laboratories,
Nginx Software, Inc; San Francisco, CA 2014 to 2018
Served as a trusted advisor to CEO, worked with leadership team and key employees on personal and professional development, and customer facing teams to improve communication, achieving improved performance, commitment, and loyalty to the company.
Robert H. Fisher, MD
Current
Private Consultation, Current: Via Zoom
Winning Language, Current
· Writing & Execution,
Future of Healthcare Forums, Current
· Design & Execution
Accenture Health and Public Service West, 2021-Current
· Leadership Onboarding & Program Design
Previous
Board Member; UNM Rainforest Innovations, 2000-Present
RI supports economic development by bringing new innovative and emerging technology to the marketplace, including protecting, licensing, transferring faculty inventions to established companies, and helping start new companies.
· Works closely as advisor to RI Presidents/CEOs, to strengthen relationships between university faculty inventors and RI.
· Assists with RI long term strategic growth and development, and leads Future Scenario Planning for the Board.
Accenture: 2021 to Current
· Health and Public Service West: Onboarding senior leaders and program design.
Avanade 2015 to 2016
· Provided coaching to develop sales skills of two senior leaders resulting in a significant increase in sales opportunities and revenue.
Texas Oncology; McKesson Specialty Health 2014 to 2015
· Provided leadership development to US Oncology Network Executive Directors to expand mastery of roles and increase in individual leadership capacity.
· Met with Executive Directors to identify challenges, develop strategies to address issues, define desired outcomes, and the path forward to execute key initiatives, manage relationships, collaborate and communicate more effectively with senior physician leaders.
· Developed communication and customer service guidelines for Practice Financial Representatives that enhanced relationships with patients, expanded information gathering, increased revenue company wide, and improved revenue cycle efficiency.
Accenture 2004 to 2014
· Worked over 10 years with leaders in multiple locations to develop skills required to become Partners, and to strengthen their business and organizational leadership skills to achieve significant business outcomes, and with a variety of teams to resolve issues and increase productivity.
Salesforce; San Francisco, CA 2004
· Helped develop leadership capacity with Chairperson, and enhanced decision making and communication skills with CEO and Executive Team as the company rapidly grew at startup stage.
Kaiser Permanente; Oakland, CA 1997 to 2001
· Worked with Regional Presidents and senior leaders at Kaiser Permanente to achieve alignment on values and vision among a diverse group of regional presidents, physician executives, not for profit administrators, and for profit COOs of Kaiser Permanente.
· Overcame resistance to achieve dramatic improvements in sales, revenue, operational effectiveness, medical/administrative cooperation, stronger leaders and sustained results.
Visa International; San Mateo, CA 1997
· Achieved cultural change within an International Finance Group by establishing a workable model of trust with staff, improving communication and team spirit, and creating an environment where people felt included in creating solutions.
Vivigen Labs/Genzyme Corporation; Santa Fe, New Mexico & Boston, MA 1991 to 1992
· Built and executed a plan to deal with conflicts and increase morale, resulting in building relationships that produced substantial new revenue and cooperation. Assisted executives with decision making process during publicly traded sale of the company.
Robert H. Fisher, MD
Education and Board Certification
· A.B., University of California, Berkeley, Human Relations
· Master’s Degree Public Health (M.S.P.H.), Epidemiology, University of Missouri
· M.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
· Internship, United States Public Health Service, San Francisco, CA
· Residency in Psychiatry, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
· Board Certification: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Community Service
· Member; Physician Leadership Committee; Alameda-Contra Costa Medical Association (ACCMA) 2018
· Serves as advisor and coach, University of California, Berkeley, American Mock Trial Association Team (AMTA) https://www.calmocktrial.com/meet-the-coaches
· Appointed by the Department of Defense (DOD) to Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC). Traveled to the Middle East to meet with senior military leaders and present findings upon return to relevant audiences.
· Appointed Lifetime Nominator to DOD JCOC Program
· Founded-Center for Medical Democracy: An initiative to provide a platform for a broad variety of stakeholders to exchange thoughts and ideas with the overall intent of improving healthcare and its delivery.
Speaking Engagements
Licensing Executive Society (LES) of US and Canada. Annual Meeting,
· Workshop Speaker and Moderator, Toronto, 2012:
· Topic: Advanced Negotiations: A Walk on the People Side
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
· Keynote Speaker Leadership Forum
Genentech Hosted: Bay Area Executive Development Network
· Panel Member. Topic: Executive Coaching
University of California, Berkeley, School of Ophthalmology
· The Business of Practice
Awards
· National Science Foundation Public Service Science Resident
Contact:
Email: rfisher@rfisher.com
Website: www.rfisher.com