As the world braces for life post-pandemic, we offer these lessons to our future colleagues, emphasizing the importance of ensuring that true leadership reflects the voices and experiences of the front-line staff and the needs of the patients and com...

Being a positive role model for your employees is a lot harder than it sounds. This article describes the values, attitudes, and behaviors that are worth modeling for healthcare employees. It also offers healthcare executives five practical strategie...

In this episode of SoundPractice, co-host Cheryl Toth interviewed Ash Gokli, MD, chief medical officer for the Sutter Health Valley Area about how physicians can create their own path to the C-suite by garnering non-clinical knowledge, volunteering f...

How to develop tough-mindedness in the face of criticism.

The healthcare industry continues to face an era of seismic change and disruption, one in which the demand for effective physician leadership is rising more dramatically than ever.

A physician leader should understand the major components of construct, internal, and external validity not only for their own leadership research, but also for research and data that they consume in their roles as leaders.

Anesthesiologist and behavior management expert Matthew J. Mazurek, MD, MHA, CPE, FACHE, FASA, offers guidance on how to address physician impairment.

This article takes a balanced view of leadership transparency and argues that more transparency is a not a one-size-fits-all answer to every leadership challenge.

Workplace social capital (WSC) is critical to high-performance teamwork and is a key to great organizational outcomes.

In this article we discuss how to create a world class experience for your patients that will convert them into devoted fans.

In this episode of SoundPractice, Mike Sacopulos interviews Joan L. Thomas, MD, CPE, FACC, about her book, The Heart of the Story: My Improbable Journey as a Cardiologist. They discussed her motivation for writing her memoir, her leadership journey...

The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) announced a new event, an Annual Leadership Conference, that will convene the physician community with speakers, education, and networking dedicated to enhancing leadership skills.