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March 25, 2020

To address the problem of physician burnout among the high-risk group of female junior faculty, the effectiveness of executive coaching in decreasing feelings of burnout and improving the intent to stay at an academic medical center were evaluated.

March 16, 2020

One of the things that stands in the way of many leaders’ success — and therefore the success of their companies — is their ego. Fortunately, mindfulness can help.

March 13, 2020

Burnout is a symptom of deeper systemic problems beyond clinicians’ control.

Many physician leaders wake up one day and realize that they are in a leadership position and are not quite sure how that came to be.

Proactive planning and processes go a long way toward ensuring organizational quality and continuity — and a much-needed safety net for inevitable leadership transitions. Here’s how to do it.

March 5, 2020

A surge of new healthcare products, from wearable health trackers to diagnostic algorithms promising to improve medical outcomes, is prompting physicians and hospital executives to ask a fundamental question: “Are these technologies solving the right...

February 22, 2020

The average woman is less competitive than the average man.

February 13, 2020

I think that some doctors believe that it is somehow ignoble to leave the profession, that they would be abandoning their patients if they retired. - Neil Baum, MD

The Leadership Prescription is an action-learning program to further develop the skills of Mayo Clinic leaders and their project teams by focusing on solving real-world business challenges.

Growing research on positive psychology, gratitude, and contemporary neuroscience provides a greater understanding of the positive impact of gratitude in the workplace, on employee engagement, and the overall success of the practice environment.

While seemingly worlds apart, rock music and medical practice share common ground among the 43% of physicians in the United States who are 55 years old or older.

This article details a simple process improvement project that reduced waste and increased profits at a five-physician primary care group.

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