Al Pilong

Faculty

Al Pilong blends executive coaching, financial acumen and team building skills to lead and coach multi-hospital health systems as well as non-profit organizations, to achieve peak performance from the income statement to quality outcomes. As a C-suite executive and executive coach, he leverages a patient-first perspective gained during his early career as a pharmacist and pharmacy leader to drive results.

Al leverages his extensive executive background in operational excellence, organizational effectiveness and team building skills in his coaching of leaders in hospitals, health systems, as well as non-profit organizations of all types, to drive results and achieve peak performance. Based on his experience as a CEO and C-suite executive, Al is an expert in navigating the interpersonal and political challenges of complex environments that leaders face every day and is skilled at supporting leaders to solve the problems they face along the way.

Passion for great leadership, passion for leaders, passion to see leaders succeed….this is what drives Al’s work as both a coach and an executive.

Al’s expertise spans the full range of healthcare leadership and executive coaching—from strategic partnerships and operational excellence to financial stewardship, service line development and quality enhancement. He produced $73M in organizational turnarounds and steered $500M in facility construction projects across his career—all completed on time and budget. In addition, Al leads health systems to secure Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade “A” ratings and earn recognition for outstanding patient experience from Healthgrades.

Al is an expert in executive coaching, building high performing teams, leading turnarounds, safety culture development, physician and employee engagement, and driving financial stewardship.