Healthcare and human services
For healthcare and hospice organizations, human services providers, counseling professionals, and the leaders responsible for their culture. Dr. Starks has consulted for a hospice provider, spoken at a state conference for healthcare and hospice employees, and led a workshop for the governing council of the American Counseling Association.
What the work addresses
Healthcare runs on relationships: between clinicians and patients, and between colleagues in very different roles. Dr. Starks applies the four constructs to those professional relationships, to the culture an organization builds around them, and to the responsibility its leaders carry for both.
Many of his trainings open with the environment people come from: poverty, low educational attainment, unemployment, crime, and poor health conditions. Those conditions shape the lives of the people a provider serves. The work asks staff to understand them, and their own place in them, before trying to change anything.
"Get uncomfortable to get comfortable."
Dr. Brian Chad StarksHis work in healthcare
Consulting, conference sessions, and community health work.
- 2021 to 2022Agape Care Hospice
Consultant, February 2021 to March 2022.
- December 2020LTC University, state conference for healthcare and hospice employees
"Be The Messenger of Social Justice in Healthcare."
- July 2019Health Equity Fair, Greenville Technical College
Organized by BCS & Associates to address health disparities: doctors, dentists, education specialists, barbers and beauticians, and nail technicians brought resources to young people in the Upward Bound program.
- July 2017American Counseling Association, Governing Council Meeting, Washington, D.C.
Workshop, "Being the Messenger: Addressing Structural Inequality in a 'Post-Racial' Society."
- 2004 to 2006Palmetto AIDS Life Support Services
State board of directors. Chair of the 25th Anniversary Palmetto AIDS Walk in 2005.
- 1999University of South Carolina
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Master's Certificate.
- 1994 to 1995Spartanburg Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
Prevention specialist, developing family planning and substance abuse programs for churches, community organizations, schools, and agencies.
Organizations he has worked with
- Agape Care Hospice (Agape Care Group)
- Alliance for a Healthier South Carolina
- American Counseling Association
- LTC University, the state conference for healthcare and hospice employees
His work with these organizations includes consulting, speaking, training, academic and staff positions, leadership roles, research collaborations, and community service. A name on this list is not an endorsement.
How healthcare organizations work with him
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Training for staff and leaders
Clinical teams, support staff, administratorsSessions built on the four constructs and the Messenger Method, shaped to the roles in your organization and the people you serve.
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Keynotes
State conferences, associations, all-staff daysThe way he spoke for the LTC University state conference and the American Counseling Association.
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Consulting
Culture and practice over timeOngoing work with leadership on culture and practice, like his engagement with Agape Care Hospice.
One Framework, applied to healthcare
Every engagement is built on the Be The Messenger Framework: four constructs, and the Messenger Method that runs underneath them. The Framework stays the same from one field to the next. What changes is how it is applied to the specific challenges, culture, professional responsibilities, and institutional conditions of the people in the room.
- IdentityWho you are
- CultureWhere you come from
- DiversityWhat connects us
- RespectHow you show up
The Messenger Method: Self-Reflection, Self-Awareness, and Self-Consciousness.
Request a proposal
Tell us about the organization, who would be in the room, and when. We will come back with a shape for the engagement.
- Your request goes to Dr. Starks' office.
- We reply with availability and set up a short call to shape the engagement.
- You get a proposal, a W-9, and anything else your purchasing office needs.
Rather talk first? Book a training consultation or a keynote and speaking call.
Prefer email or phone? info@brianchadstarks.com or 434-329-9002.