Leaders, take note: The move to autonomy appeals to physicians exhausted by the demands of organizational employment.

Dan Diamond, MD, developed concepts learned while leading disaster responses that can improve the lives of clinicians dealing with disengagement and personal health.

Take the needed time to thoughtfully answer some pertinent questions and begin to design the kind of leader you would like to be.

A physician leader advises: Maintain a professional and positive demeanor while in transition. Most importantly, don’t burn bridges.

Mentoring, monitoring, communicating and evaluating are some of the tasks that can help improve a physician’s approach to leadership challenges.

As physicians, we have surrendered much of our leadership role to nonmedical professionals — and we no longer can ignore that. No matter where we are in our career journey, we can do something about it.

Jon V. Thomas, MD, MBA, CPE, a member of the Physician Leadership Journal editorial board, comments on the report in the May-June 2018 issue, Burning Brightly, Not Burning Out.

What are some physician burnout solutions at the individual, leadership and organizational levels not being widely used?

It’s less of a workplace metric and more of a culture that leaders must establish. You either have it, or you don’t … but you can get closer to achieving it.

A laid off CMO is concerned about his lack of employment diversity. He should concentrate on his positive qualities.

Download the first installment of a new feature — the Physician Leadership Journal podcast. In the debut, PLJ editorial board member Hal Jenson, MD, MBA, CPE, discusses peer-reviewed articles that appear in the May/June 2018 issue.

View obstacles as opportunities and learn to give and take feedback. These two practices, alone, can make you a better leader.