When you try to raise a concern about the way your team is functioning, you may find that the conversation suddenly turns into an attack on you. Here’s why “doing the right thing” can provoke a defensive response where people dismiss your message and...

Rex Hoffman, MD, MBA, FACHE, CPE, discusses his book I Want to Be a Chief Medical Officer: Now What? He shares insights on the career path to becoming a Chief Medical Officer, including necessary steps, qualifications, and experiences. Hoffman emphas...

Employers can improve hiring and retention of healthcare workers by offering competitive wages, fostering a supportive work environment, and providing opportunities for professional growth. Addressing labor shortages, understanding generational expec...

Leaders today know that they need to be agile — to change direction quickly in the face of changing or uncertain conditions. But a byproduct of agility is churn: The confusion and demotivation that comes from many such pivots.

Becoming a CMO involves stepping away from full-time clinical practice and embracing leadership. Key factors include experience in personnel management, medical staff affairs, and change management. With formal training, mentorship, and a passion for...

Strategic thinking is an essential component of leadership — and yet for many leaders, it can be nearly impossible to find time for. In this article, the author argues that there are two main barriers that keep leaders from devoting more time to stra...

Workplace conflict is inevitable, but managing it effectively is key to fostering a positive culture. Discover strategies to handle behavioral conflicts and challenging interactions for a healthier organization.

In today's evolving healthcare landscape, effective leadership is more critical than ever. Modern CMOs must balance organizational goals with physician and patient satisfaction, acting as transformational leaders who foster collaboration and innovati...

Today the workforce is getting older, and the number of younger workers in positions of senior management is growing. These two developments might appear to spell trouble, in that they seem to set the generations against one another, but the author o...

Integrated behavioral health programs require a different approach to healthcare delivery.

The Chief Nursing Officer and the Chief Medical Officer are responsible for the oversight of clinical outcomes within a complex and rapidly changing environment. Much attention has been paid to the interplay between these strategic executive roles. A...

Predictive algorithms risk creating self-fulfilling prophecies, reinforcing preexisting biases. This is largely because it does not distinguish between causation and correlation. To prevent this, we should submit new algorithms to randomized controll...