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March 3, 2023

Gender parity on boards is showing signs of improvement. But having a seat at the table is just the first step; exerting influence around high-stakes decisions is vital, too. To better understand how women board members do this, researchers interview...

February 10, 2023

Here is what your colleagues are talking about in the online community.

As the world braces for life post-pandemic, we offer these lessons to our future colleagues, emphasizing the importance of ensuring that true leadership reflects the voices and experiences of the front-line staff and the needs of the patients and com...

Being a positive role model for your employees is a lot harder than it sounds. This article describes the values, attitudes, and behaviors that are worth modeling for healthcare employees. It also offers healthcare executives five practical strategie...

February 5, 2023

In this episode of SoundPractice, co-host Cheryl Toth interviewed Ash Gokli, MD, chief medical officer for the Sutter Health Valley Area about how physicians can create their own path to the C-suite by garnering non-clinical knowledge, volunteering f...

The healthcare industry continues to face an era of seismic change and disruption, one in which the demand for effective physician leadership is rising more dramatically than ever.

Anesthesiologist and behavior management expert Matthew J. Mazurek, MD, MHA, CPE, FACHE, FASA, offers guidance on how to address physician impairment.

A physician leader should understand the major components of construct, internal, and external validity not only for their own leadership research, but also for research and data that they consume in their roles as leaders.

How to develop tough-mindedness in the face of criticism.

This article takes a balanced view of leadership transparency and argues that more transparency is a not a one-size-fits-all answer to every leadership challenge.

Workplace social capital (WSC) is critical to high-performance teamwork and is a key to great organizational outcomes.

December 8, 2022

In this episode of SoundPractice, Mike Sacopulos interviews Joan L. Thomas, MD, CPE, FACC, about her book, The Heart of the Story: My Improbable Journey as a Cardiologist. They discussed her motivation for writing her memoir, her leadership journey...

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