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Take the needed time to thoughtfully answer some pertinent questions and begin to design the kind of leader you would like to be.
Not as many as required — but delegation can lessen the workload, says a university study.
CMOs must acquire leadership skills to direct hospitals and systems. Here, the author reviews their changing responsibilities in today's complex...
Instability in compensation and increases in administrative costs, correlated with the transition of doctors from private practice to employed...
Authorities have acted against mergers and acquisitions on behalf of consumers. Reform is on the horizon, and physician leaders should play a role...
Moments that most challenge our sense of self are the ones that can teach us the most about leading effectively.
This group dynamics tool can help leaders learn more about how they are seen by others and, in turn, how to better get their ideas across.
Take a step-by-step look at how a medical malpractice civil case plays out and learn what parts of the process can be particularly rough for...
Actively listening conveys respect for a patient’s self-knowledge and builds trust, and allows physicians to assume the role of trusted...
They’re intelligent and skilled, but an impatient, inflated ego damages their ability to lead and communicate. Objective, data-driven feedback is...
Structuring a compensation plan requires a delicate balance of being fair to the people and being fair to the organization. These key principles...
Learn how Lean Six Sigma methodology helped ensure sustainable process improvement by aligning ED staffing with patient-arrival demand — without...
Activity-based costing allocates expenses incurred through providing goods and services, and can shed light on inefficiencies across supply chains...
It all comes down to ensuring everyone is committed to the same goal of providing quality health care.
Workplace stress costs the U.S. economy around $300 billion per year in absenteeism, diminished productivity, and legal and medical fees.
Opportunities abound for doctors of all specialties. Clinical inpatient and outpatient work, telemedicine, insurance, administrative,...
Are you a narcissist? See if you have the characteristics. Examine how narcissism can affect leaders and see what can be done to mitigate the...
Don’t like conflict? Here are five tactics for tough talks that are constructive and can maintain mutual respect.
Effective leaders can enhance their trust and credibility if they learn to speak with awareness and skill. How can you avoid the vocal pitfalls...
In medicine — and any workplace — conflict is inevitable, and professionals can end up spending time tending to their wounds instead of the actual...
Our typical response to ever-growing workloads is to work harder and put in longer hours, rather than to step back and examine what makes us do...
In 2016, 10 times as many Americans as Germans died as a result of drug overdoses, mostly opiates. Three times as many Americans as Germans...
According to Mark Debinski of Bluewater Advisory, a consulting and recruiting firm specializing in talent management, “shipwrecks” are defined as...
How Physicians Can Leverage Their Clinical Skills to Transition to Another Career
By the time they realize their career in clinical medicine isn’t...
More than simply building a prototype and attempting to sell it, this complicated process requires a deep understanding of engineering, business,...
Nearly half the physician workforce is considered unwell — burned out, depressed, in some cases suicidal. Unwell physicians provide suboptimal care
Burnout and moral injury are terms that litter the landscape of ongoing research and debate about what is happening with American Physicians. With...
Feeling disengaged? You’re not alone. Here are some ideas to help communicate your interest in changing that.
Workplace culture, which is often thought of as a company’s most precious asset, is increasingly a liability for companies that don’t tend to it.
Burnout is a symptom of deeper systemic problems beyond clinicians’ control.
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