The article explores using validated metrics, like the Kirkpatrick Model, to assess physician leadership programs, emphasizing tailored goals for clinical environments.

This article explores how a nursing background can serve as a non-traditional path to becoming a physician, highlighting shared traits between nurses and doctors.

Using data analytics and teamwork, a clinical care pathway improved alignment, reduced costs, and enhanced outcomes for CHF, COPD, and pneumonia patients.

This article explores how a nursing background can serve as a non-traditional path to becoming a physician, highlighting shared traits between nurses and doctors.

Research shows that founder-CEO handovers are significantly more prone to failure than other leadership transitions. Drawing on their advisory experience, dozens of in-depth interviews, and client case studies, the authors explore why founders often ...

On this episode of SoundPractice, Jordan Grumet, MD, shares his journey from burnout to rediscovering purpose through hospice care, financial independence, and insights from his book The Purpose Code. He explores how addressing past trauma, redefinin...

Companies invest millions in employee training, yet the payoff often seems uncertain. A new study suggests the problem may be what organizations measure: most overlook the impact on managers.

This article helps healthcare leaders manage criticism by balancing expectations, offering 15 strategies to build resilience, and exploring why feedback feels personal.

An analysis of nearly one million workers across 1,500 firms in Singapore demonstrates that companies with aligned and complementary talent strategies achieve dramatically higher employee loyalty and earnings, while those relying on single, progressi...

Using data analytics and teamwork, a clinical care pathway improved alignment, reduced costs, and enhanced outcomes for CHF, COPD, and pneumonia patients.

In 2025, 444 U.S. healthcare breaches impacted 36M people. This article outlines five steps clinics can take to build effective cyber incident response plans.

Dr. Daniel A. Handel shares his path from emergency medicine to healthcare leadership, focusing on HALM education, physician leadership, and system-wide care improvement.

Professional recruiters are playing a larger role in C-suite hiring processes. Candidates vying for senior roles can prepare using five key strategies.

Applying restaurant service principles in healthcare—personalized communication, trust-building, and accountability—can enhance patient experiences and loyalty.

In today’s hyperconnected world, the public conversation moves quickly, and traditional advertising cycles can’t keep up. Fastvertising—rapid-response, culturally relevant ads—offers brands a way to not only capture attention but also build authentic...

Many organizations stumble into cycles of repeated transformations—bold restructurings meant to fix deep problems but instead sap morale, unsettle customers and investors, and consume leadership energy. True transformations are sometimes necessary to...

Adaptability and learning agility have become the foundation for business transformation, innovation, and people leadership. The challenge is that most leaders say they’re adaptable, but few know how to demonstrate adaptability consistently.

Geopolitical fragmentation, economic volatility, technological advances and more have led to unprecedented levels of uncertainty. Businesses often retreat inwards during these times, focusing on strategies like cost-cutting and hoarding cash. But thi...

Today’s leaders face many complex, high-stakes decisions that can’t be managed through traditional risk frameworks alone. When leaders feel paralyzed by ambiguity, they need a framework that balances operational, legal, reputational, and cultural fac...

This review analyzes 51 studies and AAPL assessments to identify key physician leadership competencies, highlighting strengths in collaboration and gaps in financial acumen.

When strategies don’t work, people blame the C-suite for lack of clarity or follow-through, middle managers for blocking progress, or frontline employees for not playing their part. Yet the real influence often sits with a different group entirely: t...

Healthcare organizations face billions in revenue losses from Medicare cuts, halted value-based care models, and reduced federal funding. Traditional siloed leadership cannot tackle these interconnected challenges. This white paper emphasizes the cri...

Enterprise negotiations often falter not because the negotiators lack skill but because they’re constrained by two structural problems: agency and alignment. Frontline negotiators are typically incentivized to close deals (the agency problem) and are...

Hospitals do not need a Medicare payment boost for 2027 beyond the update to be provided in the statutory formula, MedPAC says.

Cross-functional teams in healthcare address complex challenges, but guidance for physician leaders is limited. This article offers practical insights for success.

Motivating employees involves meeting intrinsic and extrinsic needs through autonomy, recognition, and purpose, using strategies like collaboration and empowerment.

New research from Gartner finds that in many companies, the C-suite team isn’t acting like one. Surveys show that just 31% of C-suite executives consider the C-suite to be their primary team. When senior leaders are asked about their team, they’re mo...

From closing knowledge gaps in finance and AI to building emotional intelligence and peer communities, the future of healthcare demands bilingual leaders fluent in both medicine and strategy.

AAPL believes physician leaders who are pursuing leadership education and training — and the organizations that are supporting their effort — should be able to clearly see the value of their time, money, and effort.

The article explores using validated metrics, like the Kirkpatrick Model, to assess physician leadership programs, emphasizing tailored goals for clinical environments.