Job stress has become a common and costly problem in the American workplace, including the medical practice. Managing stress is all about taking charge—taking control of our thoughts, our emotions, our schedule, our environment, and the way we deal w...

Practicing gratitude can bring many benefits, not only to individuals, but also to the medical practice.

To address the problem of physician burnout among the high-risk group of female junior faculty, the effectiveness of executive coaching in decreasing feelings of burnout and improving the intent to stay at an academic medical center were evaluated.

One of the things that stands in the way of many leaders’ success — and therefore the success of their companies — is their ego. Fortunately, mindfulness can help.

Burnout is a symptom of deeper systemic problems beyond clinicians’ control.

Proactive planning and processes go a long way toward ensuring organizational quality and continuity — and a much-needed safety net for inevitable leadership transitions. Here’s how to do it.

A surge of new healthcare products, from wearable health trackers to diagnostic algorithms promising to improve medical outcomes, is prompting physicians and hospital executives to ask a fundamental question: “Are these technologies solving the right...

The average woman is less competitive than the average man.

I think that some doctors believe that it is somehow ignoble to leave the profession, that they would be abandoning their patients if they retired. - Neil Baum, MD

This article details a simple process improvement project that reduced waste and increased profits at a five-physician primary care group.

The Leadership Prescription is an action-learning program to further develop the skills of Mayo Clinic leaders and their project teams by focusing on solving real-world business challenges.

While seemingly worlds apart, rock music and medical practice share common ground among the 43% of physicians in the United States who are 55 years old or older.