Disagreements are a fact of life in any workplace. Here are some ways physician leaders can resolve the problem.

Your experience is key to facilitating an understanding by others and a commitment to your recommendations.

How to Give Feedback That Helps Someone Improve

To alter specific behavior — as physicians would with patients — keep the talking points brief.

When you’re the boss, treating employees differently is unwise and unfair. What steps can you take to make sure you don’t show anyone special treatment?

Language, social and cultural differences and the assumptions made by clinicians are commonly cited challenges in intercultural communication.

As the population ages, providers struggle to keep up and technology is needed to close the gap. The issue? Getting physician leaders to see IT as an asset.

It is critical for physicians to explore what goes on “behind the curtain” – with their conscious and unconscious distractions – when listening to others.

This article provides an analysis of out-of-the-box complete electronic medical record (EMR) systems, which tend to be expensive but have a smooth implementation, with the “best of breed,” or customized, model, which has its own challenges.

The best way to have a new product or service approved by the practice is to prove need. Be specific on what you are asking for and why it will be valuable to the practice.

This article discusses childish employee behaviors and offers medical practice managers practical ways of dealing with it effectively.

Be sure to communicate clearly and effectively about the goal of the desired change, and allot time so employees will recognize its importance.