American Association for Physician Leadership

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April 4, 2025

Companies today face adaptive challenges. Changes in societies, markets, customers, competition, and technology around the globe are forcing organizations to clarify their values, develop new strategies, and learn new ways of operating. Often the tou...

March/April 2025

Physician burnout is a pressing issue, making alternative career paths vital. Sylvie Stacy, MD, offers a guide to diverse, lesser-known clinical roles.

March/April 2025

Physician leaders are vital in creating patient-centered, equitable programs. This article explores how one institution successfully implemented and evolved gender-affirming care to close healthcare equity gaps.

Self-Management

March/April 2025

Physician burnout is a pressing issue, making alternative career paths vital. Sylvie Stacy, MD, offers a guide to diverse, lesser-known clinical roles.

March/April 2025

Physicians face immense pressure because of evolving technologies, demanding patients, and new care models. Leaders must understand and influence these changes.

March 16, 2025

It is important to recognize the signs of burnout and take steps to address work-life balance, prioritize health, and maintain meaningful relationships. Chronic stress and an unhealthy work environment can lead to physical and emotional exhaustion, u...

Operations and Policy

March 23, 2025

CEOs are seldom dismissed when the company they lead underperforms, in part because they wield considerable power over the board. So how can boards more effectively enforce CEO accountability in the face of poor performance?

March/April 2025

This article explores social loafing, its causes, environments prone to it, and its impact on team performance. It offers 12 prevention strategies and a 35-question survey.

March 11, 2025

To decide whether investing in an app can really make a difference for your employees, ask four key questions of your organization.

Quality and Risk

March/April 2025

Physician leaders are vital in creating patient-centered, equitable programs. This article explores how one institution successfully implemented and evolved gender-affirming care to close healthcare equity gaps.

Peer-Reviewed
March/April 2025

Medical gaslighting, where healthcare providers unintentionally dismiss or minimize patients' concerns, risks patient safety by delaying diagnoses and mismanaging care. This issue is worsened by unconscious biases and communication barriers, especial...

March 17, 2025

With Congress unwilling or unable to pass federal laws in other areas of employment, and federal agencies unlikely to issue broad regulations, the states will take over. The result will be a fragmented legal landscape that will pose significant chall...

Strategy and Innovation

March/April 2025

An aging U.S. population presents unique challenges in classical hematology, compounded by a shortage of specialists and limited training. A new education program, the first of its kind, focuses on rare bleeding disorders to fill this gap, aiming to ...

March 25, 2025

Incorporating therapy dogs into high-stress environments, like hospitals, can significantly improve the mental health and well-being of healthcare workers by providing them with comfort, reducing stress, and offering emotional support.

March/April 2025

After a historic election year focused on the economy, inflation, and border security, health policy took a backseat in campaign discussions. Yet, major changes are expected in President Trump's second term, particularly concerning the Affordable Car...

Motivations and Thinking Style

April 4, 2025

Companies today face adaptive challenges. Changes in societies, markets, customers, competition, and technology around the globe are forcing organizations to clarify their values, develop new strategies, and learn new ways of operating. Often the tou...

April 1, 2025

With recent and ongoing layoffs in the federal workforce, many public sector workers are seeking employment in the private sector. Here are four ways to update your resume, as well as some networking tips, to set yourself up for private sector succes...

March 21, 2025

Many physician executives face involuntary job loss due to various issues. If you choose to continue working, maintain professionalism, network, and negotiate severance. Don't take firing personally; it's part of the workforce dynamics.

Problem Solving

March 28, 2025

Tensions are inevitable in the workplace. But there is a difference between healthy and unhealthy conflicts. Healthy team conflict moves a team towards its goals and builds productive, respectful, and trusting relationships.

March/April 2025

This article examines the importance of effective delegation in medical practices, enhancing efficiency and patient care, and offers steps to build staff trust and responsibility.

March/April 2025

What if healthcare teams could unlock essential skills by stepping outside? Nature-based leadership development enhances focus, creativity, decision-making, trust, and communication.

Finance

March 30, 2025

Discover the ins and outs of private equity in healthcare and learn about its impacts, challenges, and future trends.

March/April 2025

This article reviews the economic and political developments of the fourth quarter of 2024 and provides insights into the anticipated trends for the first quarter of 2025.

March 9, 2025

Investing in business property has pros and cons. Owning offers control and portfolio diversification but increases risk and responsibility. Leasing provides flexibility but less control. Evaluate costs and terms carefully.

Team Building and Teamwork

March 7, 2025

The author outlines the signs to watch out for to help you assess whether your boss is toxic, and offers strategies to try if you’re finding yourself in this impossibly difficult situation.

January 26, 2025

The most-engaged employees work together in ways companies don’t even realize.

November 15, 2024

Like many other companies, Deloitte realized that its system for evaluating the work of employees — and then training them, promoting them, and paying them accordingly — was increasingly out of step with its objectives. It searched for something nimb...

Professional Capabilities

April 12, 2024
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AAPL believes physician leaders who are pursuing leadership education and training — and the organizations that are supporting their effort — should be able to clearly see the value of their time, money, and effort.

March 31, 2025

How to broaden your thinking and make better decisions.

March/April 2025

This study explores how healthcare leaders manage change, using interviews with administrators to document their preparation, philosophy, priorities, and barrier navigation.

For over 45 years.

The American Association for Physician Leadership has helped physicians develop their leadership skills through education, career development, thought leadership and community building.

The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) changed its name from the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) in 2014. We may have changed our name, but we are the same organization that has been serving physician leaders since 1975.

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