The Inspired Healthcare Leader | Healthcare Leadership, Work-Life Balance, Managing Change
The Inspired Healthcare Leader is your go-to podcast for frontline healthcare leaders who want to lead with more ease, joy, and success. I’m Mara Ergas-Zabari, a lifelong healthcare leader, consultant, and passionate supporter of those on the front lines. Each week, I’ll share personal insights, practical tips, and inspiring stories to help you reconnect with your spark and navigate the challenges of leadership.
Together, we’ll explore relevant topics to your daily work-life like overwhelm, team dynamics, and work-life balance. I’ll be approaching these topics through the lenses of personal development, human psychology, complexity, and systems science. You’ll also hear from experts who share my love for creating thriving teams and cultures. Let’s build a community where you feel seen, supported, and inspired. Join me on this journey—you deserve it!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 35
- Years Active
- 2025
How to Stay Steady When Everything Feels Like It’s on Fire
In this episode, we’re diving deep into one of the biggest challenges healthcare leaders face: staying steady when everything feels like it’s on fire. When the pressure’s high and the urgency is over…
Breaking Free from the Drama Triangle at Work
Are you stuck in a cycle of workplace drama—caught between staff conflicts, and the exhausting urge to fix it all? You’re not alone. In this episode, we unpack the hidden emotional roles leaders fall…
Ditch the Leader Mask: Show Up Real and Lead Better
Tired of feeling like you have to be perfect to lead well? You’re not alone. In this episode, we go beyond the leadership buzzword of “vulnerability” to explore something even more powerful: being re…
Escape the Firefighting Trap – Do Deep Strategic Work Instead
Are you leading—or just putting out fires? In this episode of The Inspired Healthcare Leader Podcast, we tackle the leadership epidemic no one’s talking about: constant firefighting. If you’re always…
Why Your Most Difficult Staff Member Might Be Your Most Valuable
Is that eye-rolling, skeptical employee actually your team’s secret weapon? In this episode of the Inspired Healthcare Leader Podcast, we flip the script on workplace cynicism. Discover why your most…
Jumping Trains: The Ultimate Healthcare Leadership Hack
What if your greatest leadership breakthrough doesn’t come from a new strategy, but from a single, radical shift in thought? In this episode, we’re diving into the ultimate leadership hack—jumping tr…
Want BIG Change? Implement Backwards!
Most change efforts don’t fail because the idea is bad—they fail because of how they’re implemented. Traditional top-down change models often lead to resistance, frustration, and disengagement. But w…
Creating High Performing Teams & The Secrets of Chinese Bamboo
In this episode, we dive into the power of persistence, faith, and the daily leadership habits that can quietly shape a thriving, high-performing team culture. Just like Chinese bamboo, culture chang…
How To Stop Getting Hijacked By Negative Banter
Have you ever started your day feeling energized, only to have your mood hijacked by a colleague’s negativity? Or walked into a meeting with hope, only to watch it spiral into unproductive banter? In…
Feeling Blindsided? Get on the Balcony!
Ever feel like leadership shouldn’t be this hard? You communicate clearly, you care deeply, and yet—sometimes you're met with pushback, disengagement, or even full-blown resistance. Why? Because you’…
When Servant Leadership Backfires
Could your well-intended servant leadership be hurting your team instead of helping them? In this episode, we dive into the unexpected dark side of servant leadership—how constantly stepping in can c…
When Being Positive Silences the Truth
In this episode, we explore the fine line between optimism and toxic positivity in leadership, particularly in healthcare. Toxic positivity can stifle honest dialogue and invalidate team members’ con…
Gossip Is Your Gold Mine
Think the grapevine is just workplace gossip? Think again! In this episode, we dive into how informal communication networks—what systems science refers to as the “shadow system”—can be your most pow…
Two Ninja Moves to Defeat Overwhelm
Feeling overwhelmed is a common struggle for healthcare leaders who juggle endless demands in a fast-paced, complex industry. Many respond by working harder, sleeping less, or trying to “push through…
Welcome to the Inspired Healthcare Leader podcast!
The Inspired Healthcare Leader is your go-to podcast for frontline healthcare leaders who want to lead with more ease, joy, and success. I’m Mara Ergas-Zabari, a lifelong healthcare leader, consultan…