Pricked

Gigi is the founder and CEO of Memorable Care. She is a registered nurse turned entrepreneur and has been doing healthcare consulting and Interim Executive Leadership for the last 15 years. The conversation with Gigi focuses on the obstacles women in leadership face. Gigi and Kim discuss the idea of different perspectives of doing business in healthcare with an emphasis on women leadership, leadership consistency, trust and so much more.

Show Notes

🎙️ Pricked story. 00:51
🤦‍♀️ Shittiest boss Gigi ever worked with. 03:45
🤯 “Our board chair won't even consider a female CEO”. 6:41
😩 Gigi is thinking of changing her name on her resume into initials only. 12:08
🤣 Why don’t we get a housekeeper? 20:15
👏 Why does Gigi refuse the pay gap between genders? 26:00
😲 If you are a woman and you are questioning, you must be threatening. 31:01
💉 Gigi’s pricked stories. 35:55
✅ Trust has to be built from the administrative team and it starts with dialog, transparency, and even over-communication.. 39:40
🌱 We have to educate, train and develop leaders to be professional and let others shine. 48:45
🥧 Suzy is a pie maker. She's not a business owner. 50:27
📏 What is The ‘Inch’ problem? 56:16
📦 What is the Management Box? 59:59
🏥 One of the most underutilized resources in hospitals is the Employee Assistance Program. 1:07:53
👩‍🏫 Leadership and integrity are experiences. You have to model it, you can’t teach it. 1:13:34
🦄 Consideration expresses itself differently. 1:17:11
🚌 Let’s get the right people on the bus! 1:23:00
🚪 Why am I not able to get through the front door? 1:27:40
🛑 Women are being discriminated against in the business world, especially in leadership.1:38:11


Books mentioned:
The Hidden Habits of Genius by Craig M. Wright
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street
E-Myth Mastery: The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World-Class Company
by Michael E. Gerber

Connect with Gigi:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gigi-fergus-mba-rn-7090a23/
https://www.memorablecare.com/about
https://about.me/gigifergus
https://www.facebook.com/gigi.fergus
https://www.facebook.com/Memorable-Care-193787190637186/

Connect with Kim:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-brown-sims/
https://www.facebook.com/kim.brownsims
Instagram: @kimbrownsims_


What is Pricked?

Kim Brown Sims is a board-certified senior executive, global healthcare & biotech consultant and health worker with over 35 years of experience across nonprofit, hospital and healthcare industries. Kim expresses the value of our clinical providers, nurses, doctors, social workers, mental health providers and discusses issues important to those on the front line, issues that the pandemic has brought to light, issues that have been in play for over 30 years. The Pricked podcast talks about the disruption and the innovation that's needed in health care through the policy changes that need to happen in order for us to truly make this an equitable and healthy world for all.