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Moral luck in healthcare highlights uncontrollable factors in health outcomes, promoting compassion and equity.

November 25, 2024

Continuous learning is the key to having lasting influence in your career, yet a heavy workload makes it hard to find the time. To ensure you’re creating opportunities even when you’re feeling depleted or overwhelmed, try these five strategies.

Remember your first white coat, the exhilaration of delivering a baby, or hearing mitral stenosis for the first time? Discover how awe benefits healthcare providers.

CMOs and healthcare leaders can significantly impact diversity and equity. This article offers a framework to help CMOs build relationships to ensure patient equity and workforce diversity.

November 18, 2024

When your mind feels blank and all you want to do is zone out, it’s more difficult but not impossible to experience your breakthrough. By putting yourself in the right mental state and environments, you can find your creativity.

November 8, 2024

Strategies for managing disruptive behavior in healthcare through leadership and organizational efforts.

November 3, 2024

According to the authors, working adults have a fundamental misunderstanding of what it means to be resilient. Yes, resilience involves working hard, but it also requires one to stop, recover, and then begin the hard work again. Recovery is key to ma...

Follow the inspiring journey of a scientist who overcame academic challenges, thrived at Goucher College and MIT, and now champions diversity and inclusion in STEM, tackling unconscious biases.

From early inspiration in healthcare to becoming a physician executive, Traci Thompson's journey is a testament to the power of mentorship and overcoming gender disparity. She is now giving back through Dr. Traci’s House, a non-profit dedicated to ad...

October 8, 2024

Richard Afable, MD, MPH, FACP, shares his journey from healthcare executive to community advocate. Learn how physicians can plan for a retirement full of significance and service.

October 1, 2024

Using the end of the summer to reset your approach to development can create new energy for your career. Instead of feeling like another thing to fit in, it can be a new source of motivation that supports everything else you’re trying to do.

September 30, 2024

David Zechman, CEO of Zechman Group, shares his career journey from a teacher to a healthcare CEO and underscores that effective leadership values are universal and crucial for addressing burnout in healthcare. He emphasizes the importance of servant...

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