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Community Health Collective

Community Health Collective

Written by: Jill Steeley
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I'm Jill Steeley, and I spent years as an FQHC CEO feeling like I was the only one struggling with impossible choices—mission or margin, staff or budget, growth or sustainability. Until I realized: I wasn't alone. None of us are. That's why I created this podcast—to build the community that community health leaders deserve. Whether you're leading a health center, a rural clinic, a public health program, or any organization putting community care first, you'll find practical wisdom, honest conversations, and a whole lot of "finally, someone gets it" moments here. Each episode tackles the big stuff—financial strategy, workforce challenges, policy changes—and the personal stuff—boundaries, burnout, and what it really takes to sustain yourself while serving others.Copyright 2026 Jill Steeley Economics Hygiene & Healthy Living Management Management & Leadership Physical Illness & Disease
Episodes
  • Ok, I See The Problem. Now What?

    Ok, I See The Problem. Now What?
    May 27 2026
    Community Health Collective PodcastEpisode #29Title: Ok, I See the Problem. Now What?Hosted by: Jill Steeley――――――――――――――――――――Episode OverviewTwo weeks ago on Episode 27, Jill named what she calls the untrained leader problem - the pattern in healthcare of promoting strong clinicians and operators into leadership roles without ever training them to actually lead. Since then, the question she's been getting most is, "Okay, I see it. Now what?" In this episode, Jill answers that directly. She names why so many leaders freeze between awareness and action, then walks through a three-step path forward: know yourself, build the specific skills that match your gaps, and - when you're ready - transform your full leadership team together. This is a practical, no-overwhelm episode for leaders who don't want to stay stuck in seeing without ever moving to the doing.――――――――――――――――――――In This Episode, You'll Learn:• Why awareness without action becomes its own kind of suffering—and how to break out of it• The three reasons leaders freeze between knowing and doing: overwhelm, uncertainty about scope, and the false dichotomy of "go huge or do nothing"• Why the first move in transforming your team isn't actually about your team—it's about you• How your own leadership patterns (strengths, blind spots, defaults) quietly become the template your team imitates• Why generic, corporate leadership training rarely transforms healthcare leaders—and what to do instead• The bottleneck that develops when an individual leader grows but the rest of the leadership culture doesn't• Three predictable outcomes for the leader who becomes an "island of competence" in an untransformed organization• Jill's three-step path: know yourself, build specific skills for your specific gaps, then transform the team together――――――――――――――――――――Key Takeaways"Awareness without action becomes its own kind of suffering. Once you see the untrained leader problem in your organization, you can't unsee it.""You cannot lead others through a transformation you haven't started yourself.""The first move doesn't have to be huge. It just has to be in the right direction.""Individual leadership development without team leadership development creates an island of competence in an organization that hasn't transformed around you."――――――――――――――――――――Mentioned in This Episode• Episode 27 — "The Untrained Leader Problem" — the prequel to this episode; listen first if you haven't• Leadership Style Quiz — Jill's free 2–5 minute quiz to identify your leadership archetype and the skills most likely to move the needle for you (jillsteeley.com/leadershipquiz)• Leadership Academy Masterclasses — targeted courses for healthcare leaders including Time Management for Busy Leaders, People-First Leadership, Mastering Candid Conversations, Maximum Output Minimum Effort, Mastering Recruitment and Retention, Designing and Building Strong Teams, Leading Teams Through Change, and C-Suite Ready (jillsteeley.com/leadership)• Full Leadership Team Development Program — Jill's program for organizations ready to transform their leadership culture as a team: monthly masterclasses, twice-monthly group coaching, and one-on-one coaching slots. Schedule a call here.――――――――――――――――――――Connect & SubscribeIf this episode resonated with you, please take a moment to:• Leave a rating and review• Subscribe so you never miss an episode• Share with a fellow health center leader who needs to hear this messageHave feedback or a topic request? Jill would love to hear from you! jill@jillsteeley.com
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    17 mins
  • Section 504 & ADA Compliance: What Every Health Center Leader Needs to Do Before the Deadline

    Section 504 & ADA Compliance: What Every Health Center Leader Needs to Do Before the Deadline
    May 20 2026
    Section 504 & ADA Compliance: What Every Health Center Leader Needs to Do Before the DeadlineHosted by: Jill Steeley | Guests: Steve Weinman, FQHC Associates and Jen Garces de Marcilla, FQHC AssociatesEpisode OverviewSection 504 of the Rehabilitation Act has always required organizations receiving federal funding to provide equal access to people with disabilities. The May 2024 HHS final rule made it explicit: digital accessibility is part of that obligation, and FQHCs are squarely in scope. With the compliance deadline extended by one year to May 2026, health centers have a real window to act—but most leaders aren’t yet aware of what the rule requires, where the litigation risk is greatest, or what it actually takes to demonstrate good-faith effort. In this episode, Jill is joined by Steve Weinman and Jen Garces de Marcilla, both of FQHC Associates, to break down what the rule actually covers, what NOT to do, and why digital accessibility is one of the clearest patient experience opportunities health center leaders are going to get this year.DisclaimerNothing in this episode constitutes legal advice. Accessibility compliance is an evolving area. The goal of this conversation is to help health center leaders understand the rule, reduce barriers for their patients, and demonstrate documented, good-faith effort toward compliance.In This Episode, You’ll Learn• What Section 504 actually requires now that digital accessibility is explicitly in scope• The new compliance deadline (May 2026)—and why “I have a year” is the wrong mental model• The specific digital surfaces this rule covers: websites, patient portals, online scheduling, mobile apps, kiosks, PDFs, EHRs, and embedded third-party tools• How AI-powered “secret shoppers” are scanning websites for noncompliance—and why even small health centers are exposed• Why accessibility widgets and overlays are NOT a compliance solution (and may make things worse)• The most common, lowest-cost, highest-impact fixes: alt text, color contrast, captions, keyboard navigation, screen reader compatibility, and accessible PDFs• Why “we’ve never had a complaint” is not a defense• What “good-faith effort” actually looks like—especially when your EHR vendor isn’t compliant• How to handle vendor contracts and renewals going forward• The patient experience angle most leaders are missing—and how accessibility supports transformational, not transactional, care• Why accessibility benefits temporary disabilities and aging patients, not just permanent disabilities• Where the budget realistically comes from—and why a properly optimized website pays for itselfKey Takeaways“It’s not just a compliance issue. It’s not even just a legal issue. It is a patient experience issue as well. Patients are looking for more of a transformational healthcare experience now rather than a transactional one.”— Jill Steeley“By making things accessible for people who might have disabilities, you’re actually making them more accessible for everyone. It’s not necessarily just for people that have permanent disabilities.”— Jen Garces de Marcilla“If you do it right, it pays for itself, because if you’re not running at peak efficiency, you are hemorrhaging visits and patients.”— Steve WeinmanFree 504 ToolkitTo request a free 504 Toolkit, email jill@jillsteeley.com with “504 toolkit” in the subject line.Mentioned in This Episode• FQHC Associates — Steve and Jen’s firm, available for accessibility audits and consulting at fqhc.org• Steve Weinman direct contact: sdweinman@fqhc.org• CEO Bootcamp — Jill and Steve’s program for FQHC leaders (www.fqhc-ceo.com)• Leadership Academy — Jill’s online masterclasses (www.jillsteeley.com/leadership)Connect & SubscribeIf this episode was valuable to you, please:• Leave a rating and review• Subscribe so you never miss an episode• Share with a fellow health center leader who needs to hear thisHave a topic request or feedback? Jill would love to hear from you.
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    44 mins
  • Your Best Clinician Just Became Your Biggest Retention Risk

    Your Best Clinician Just Became Your Biggest Retention Risk
    May 13 2026
    Episode 27: Your Best Clinician Just Became Your Biggest Retention RiskIn this episode, Jill tackles what she calls the single biggest unaddressed crisis in healthcare workforce sustainability right now — the untrained leader problem. Healthcare is one of the only industries that consistently promotes people into leadership positions based on their technical skills, then expects them to figure out the leadership skills on their own. The result? Brilliant clinicians who are drowning in roles they were never trained for, and entire teams paying the price for a gap nobody is closing.Jill shares the story of a private coaching client — a nurse promoted into a Clinic Director role who was working sixty-hour weeks, losing staff, and starting to wonder if she was cut out for leadership at all. Six months of structured leadership development later, the picture had completely transformed. The skills are teachable. But only if we decide to teach them.If you're a CEO, executive director, medical director, or anyone responsible for developing leaders in a healthcare organization, this episode names what most people aren't naming out loud — and offers a clear path forward.In this episode:Why healthcare promotes brilliantly and develops terribly — and what it's costing all of usThe question every leader should ask themselves: How did you actually learn to lead?The pattern of the clinician-turned-leader, and why "she'll figure it out" isn't a strategyThe identity shift every clinical leader has to make to stop drowningThe story of one coaching client's six-month transformation from burnout to sustainable leadershipWhy leadership development in healthcare isn't separate from the mission — it IS the missionFour practical things every health center should do to develop their leaders before crisis hitsStatistics cited in this episode:57% of employees have left a job specifically because of their manager (DDI Leadership Research)58% of employees cite their manager's management style as the primary reason they quit a job, up from 37% just eight years earlier (BambooHR, 2025)90% of employees say their boss influenced their decision to leave their last job (BambooHR, 2025)50% of employees have left a job at some point in their career "to get away from their manager to improve their overall life" (Gallup, study of over 7,000 adults)The average cost to replace a single staff RN is now $60,000 (NSI National Health Care Retention Report, 2026)Hospitals are losing an average of $5.2 million per year to nurse turnover alone (NSI, 2026)National RN turnover rate is 17.6%; behavioral health is over 22% (NSI, 2026)Hospitals with high nurse turnover see a 7% increase in patient falls, a 12% rise in medication errors, and a 15% decline in patient satisfaction scores35–54% of the US nursing and physician workforce reports symptoms of burnoutResources mentioned:Jill's Leadership Academy — comprehensive leadership program for healthcare leaders (doors opening soon)The CEO Connect Bootcamp — Jill's twice-yearly executive program co-led with Steve WeinmanJill's Healthcare Leadership Style Quiz — free assessment to identify your leadership style and give you actionable next steps to develop your leadership skillsConnect with Jill:Website: www.jillsteeley.comLeadership Masterclasses: www.jillsteeley.com/leadershipSchedule a conversation (link to Jill’s calendar)Email: jill@jillsteeley.comIf this episode resonated with you, please share it with another healthcare leader who needs to hear it. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and leave a rating and review — it helps us reach more healthcare leaders who are doing this hard work.The Community Health Collective Podcast — real, honest conversations about what it actually takes to lead in healthcare.
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    30 mins
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