An excerpt from Physician Leadership: The 11 Skills Every Doctor Needs to be an Effective Leader, by Karen Nichols, DO, MA, MACOI, FACP, CS-F.

If you are a company leader hoping to undertake a successful organizational change, you need to make sure your team is onboard and motivated to help make it happen. The following strategies can you help you better understand your employees’ perspecti...

Those of us in healthcare routinely see the results of discord between humans and nature. Can physician leaders help create a positive impact to ensure harmony?

Management fads rarely work as well as we think they will, and, instead, waste our time and valuable resources. This article defines “shiny object syndrome” and argues that management fads are simply shiny objects in disguise.

Asking questions well can put you on the path to solving intractable problems and will also help you connect with others and, counterintuitively, to earn their trust.

Innumerable factors affect the lives and careers of two physicians who are married or are partners — especially when the physicians hold leadership positions.

As we have all contemplated the “new normal,” our thoughts no doubt have turned to all aspects of our lives — personal and professional.

Adopting an agile mindset requires us to manage three competing, hard-wired thought processes: distraction, ego, and empathy.

Recognizing that many trainees and newly minted physicians feel like imposters, this article offers guidance to those unable to internalize and accept their success.

Earning the trust of patients through emotional intelligence strategies and establishing fair payment policies leads to better patient–practice relationships as well as healthier finances.

Well-intended leaders can go into interactions armed with what they believe is a combination of deep empathy, attuned listening, and self-awareness but is, in fact, a way to serve their own emotional needs. There are three common counterfeit emotions...

It is time we put physicians’ health at the forefront of healthcare transformation. Physicians cannot heal and lead if they are in the grips of suffering from trauma exposure.