Download the first installment of a new feature — the Physician Leadership Journal podcast. In the debut, PLJ editorial board member Hal Jenson, MD, MBA, CPE, discusses peer-reviewed articles that appear in the May/June 2018 issue.

View obstacles as opportunities and learn to give and take feedback. These two practices, alone, can make you a better leader.

Six experts address stigmatization, collaboration, alternatives, a need for strong leadership and other factors during the association’s Thought Leadership Symposium in Boston.

Physician leaders should know what the term entails — and what it doesn’t — to discuss it with patients and staff.

Take a look at ways to optimize management of a health care organization and learn the four assets that leaders must consider.

Balance, well-being and synergy come into focus during the Beyond Burnout & Resilience workshop. Also on tap: Spring Institute and networking opportunities.

As you strive to develop your craft as a leader, some fundamental elements have the potential to deliver a huge impact on your effectiveness.

Communication, preparation, mediation, facilitation and contrition. Unfortunately, physicians typically master these attributes through trial and error.

Learn how three residency training programs used personality assessment — and shared the results with the participants — to assess and facilitate leadership development in orthopedic surgery.

Although the terms coach and manage sometimes are used interchangeably, they are, in fact, very different from one another. This article explores that difference and argues that coaching is the best approach to take when medical practice managers...

Leadership expert, former surgeon and academic Chip Souba says strong leadership starts with removing internal mental barriers through verbal and nonverbal language.

Cleveland Clinic regional hospital chief Dr. Margaret McKenzie is slated to speak at AAPL's 2018 Thought Leadership Symposium in April.