Exceptional Leadership is a consulting and executive search firm whose focus is help employers assess, recruit, develop, and retain high quality leadership. The firm’s work is built on a foundation of leadership competencies with the premise that talent management and leadership development needs to become more objective. The firm also develops physician leadership development academies for health systems.


Physician Leadership Development

Executive Search

Leadership Assessment

Succession Planning

Coaching/Leadership Development

Board Retreat Facilitation

Team Building

Leadership Counsel  

For most of us, identifying an exceptional leader is easier than explaining what makes that person exceptional. The answer to “What makes a leader exceptional?” is simple: competencies. Leadership competencies are a set of professional and person skills, knowledge, values, and traits that guide a leader’s performance, behavior, interaction, and decisions.
— Exceptional Leadership: 16 Critical Competencies for Healthcare Executives, Health Administration Press, 2015