This is an exclusive, invite-only event for Vanguard members - seasoned physician leaders whose education, career achievements, and dedication to leadership in the health care industry set them apart from the rest. Enhance your understanding and engage via panels, cases, pee...

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New In today's ever-changing healthcare landscape, building strong relationships with payors is essential for healthcare organizations to succeed. This course is designed to provide physician leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively communicate with payors and ...

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New Managing a physician enterprise requires clear compatibility between strategic objectives and operational performance. Physician enterprises of all sizes and levels of integration struggle to utilize data to drive action and accountability from the C-suite to the front desk.

New If you’ve ever asked your practice administrator, “How are we doing?” or you’ve asked yourself “Why am I working as hard as ever and generating less revenue?” This session will show you why through a forensic analysis of the financial reports that every physician should know...

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New Inspiring Change through Bold Leadership: Celebrating 50 Years and Beyond Boston, MA | April 25 – 27, 2025

In this course, attendees will gain insight into key concepts and competencies such as shared leadership/governance, four defining attributes of a team, the group/team environment and organizational culture, and teams and change management.

What does it take to become a CEO in health care? This academy course will provide the framework for transitioning into the role of CEO, recognizing what distinguishes leadership from management in health care, empowering yourself as a leader, overseeing your organization or...

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New This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. Becoming adept at leading change—rather than merely fumbling your way through it—will contribute volumes to your ability to create impact, energize ...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. Throughout this course, you’ll learn about topics such as medical error liability, managed care contracting, patient rights, equal opportunity in th...

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New In the brave new world of social media, what is the role of the physician and clinician leader? Do physicians really need to be on social media? How do they build their image? This course will explore the answers to the questions and teach physicians and other health care pr...

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New This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. This course aims to give participants a comprehensive understanding of the budgeting process and its significance in financial planning and manageme...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. This course provides actionable advice on communication styles, techniques for having difficult conversations, adjusting to new technology in commun...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. Influence is a major component of leadership. Not to be confused with power or control, influence is leveraging key tactics that involve, connect, a...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. Learn proven techniques to use in every negotiation process and come out further ahead than you ever thought possible.

The refinement of healthcare practices in the context of quality and safety is a crucial aspect of improving outcomes for patients. Fundamentals of Physician Leadership: Quality, is designed to equip you with the conversational tools to make sound judgments, ask insightful q...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. Build a well-rounded foundation of leadership and influence skills by enrolling in the Fundamentals of Physician Leadership: Series. Taught by some ...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. The clinical advances in medicine in the last 25 years have been nothing short of astounding, yet the delivery of healthcare often comes up short. E...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. This course provides a blueprint for the hiring and talent management process. Those registered will explore strategies for interviewing, hiring, co...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. This course will equip you with the intrapersonal skills and interpersonal strategies to exude greater emotional intelligence in the healthcare cont...

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High-performance, conscious leaders are self-aware, present, resilient, authentic, compassionate, courageous, and decisive and achievement oriented. They lead with greater impact and influence to create actively engaged cultures that thrive with greater levels of well-being ...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. This academy is designed for physicians who want data that leads to real, actionable change in their work – and for those physicians, in all types o...

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Change is inevitable, adaptation is powerful, and change management is an essential Physician Leadership skill. Practical Principles of Change Management, taught by Larry McEvoy, uses real case studies to provide strategies and tactics to understand, organize, and facilitate...

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This course has a unique focus on the physician’s role in project management and explores the nuances of traditional, dyad, and triad project leadership models. Throughout this course, you will find new ways to reduce costs, identify risks, increase productivity, and boost ...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. As a physician leader, effectively addressing and resolving conflict is a primary skill that serves you throughout your career and could be life-alt...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. Defined simply, “high reliability” is the study of human performance in complex systems. Introducing The Science of High Reliability, in which Physi...

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Strategic decision-making is about which strategy to pursue. This course focuses on the third aspect — strategic planning. It's about implementation and taking action.

This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. Accepting the call to leadership in healthcare involves far more than an extension of responsibilities and the scope of one’s organizational influen...

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New This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. Every physician leader possesses a unique combination of character traits that shape how they function and perform as a healthcare professional. Fro...

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This course is part of the 2024 Fall Institute, a three day, in-person event delivered in Scottsdale, AZ, October 24-26, 2024. In this course, you will learn about the components of value-based care delivery systems and the changes value-based care is making in the U.S. heal...

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Women face unique challenges in leadership, but also bring a unique perspective. This course will provide ideas, skills and perspective on leading every day. The gender-specific course format is designed to allow for greater openness among participants and provides a suppor...

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