Team Building and Teamwork

May 11, 2026

High-performing teams thrive on shared purpose, efficient habits, mutual improvement, and continuous learning.

Servant leadership empowers physician executives to navigate clinical complexity and limited authority by fostering moral authority, psychological safety, and workforce engagement. It emphasizes structured listening, leader development, and accountab...

May/June 2026

This article explores team excellence in healthcare, highlighting characteristics like trust, communication, emotional intelligence, and offering a strengths audit and quiz.

This article explores physician leadership's evolving role and suggests strategies to enhance effectiveness, including role clarity, structured meetings, and self-leadership, to improve well-being and reduce burnout.

March 31, 2026

Insecure leaders—whether anxious or avoidant—are more common in organizations than most people acknowledge. Their behaviors can distort communication, undermine collaboration, and burden teams.

Peer-Reviewed

Physician leadership is key to healthcare quality. Boston Children’s Emerging Physicians Leadership Program (EPLP) trains mid-career physicians, fostering skills for leadership, collaboration, and operational improvement.

This study highlights how interprofessional education (IPE) boosts physician leadership by improving collaboration, communication, trust, and inclusive behaviors, enhancing team performance in healthcare.

Cross-functional teams in healthcare address complex challenges, but guidance for physician leaders is limited. This article offers practical insights for success.

Motivating employees involves meeting intrinsic and extrinsic needs through autonomy, recognition, and purpose, using strategies like collaboration and empowerment.

November 2, 2025

New research from Gartner finds that in many companies, the C-suite team isn’t acting like one. Surveys show that just 31% of C-suite executives consider the C-suite to be their primary team. When senior leaders are asked about their team, they’re mo...

October 6, 2025

Discover how doctor-doula partnerships are redefining end-of-life care, offering holistic support, empowerment, and personalized experiences for patients and families.

September 16, 2025

New research on topics ranging from leadership to AI are instrumental for making decisions about your career and your business. To help, we’ve collected a handful of useful and surprising findings from across academia, consultancies, and other vetted...

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