American Association for Physician Leadership

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April 13, 2025

You know the moment: a mood-veering, thought-steering, pressure-packed interaction with a colleague, boss, or client when the right thing to say is stuck in a verbal traffic jam between your brain and your mouth. This analysis paralysis occurs when y...

April 11, 2025

Creating a custom assistant is simple and requires no coding or technical experience; it can help with tasks from writing to generating troubleshooting and how-to guides, creating custom productivity tools, and getting feedback and coaching.

March/April 2025

In a SoundPractice podcast, Michael J. Sacopulos and Dr. Lee Scheinbart discuss the evolving role of CMOs, emphasizing financial literacy's importance for physician leaders.

Self-Management

April 8, 2025

Through conscious practice of breath coordination and vocal techniques, you can develop a more commanding, authentic, and engaging presence that will resonate deeply with your audience. The article outlines five simple, functional exercises to improv...

April 6, 2025

The recent explosion in the volume and diversity of collaborative demands is a reality that’s here to stay. Unfortunately, the invisible nature of these demands means that few organizations are managing collaborative activity strategically.

March/April 2025

Physician burnout is a pressing issue, making alternative career paths vital. Sylvie Stacy, MD, offers a guide to diverse, lesser-known clinical roles.

Operations and Policy

April 11, 2025

Creating a custom assistant is simple and requires no coding or technical experience; it can help with tasks from writing to generating troubleshooting and how-to guides, creating custom productivity tools, and getting feedback and coaching.

March 23, 2025

CEOs are seldom dismissed when the company they lead underperforms, in part because they wield considerable power over the board. So how can boards more effectively enforce CEO accountability in the face of poor performance?

March/April 2025

This article explores social loafing, its causes, environments prone to it, and its impact on team performance. It offers 12 prevention strategies and a 35-question survey.

Quality and Risk

March/April 2025

As healthcare shifts to larger systems, residents need business and contract negotiation education to ensure their success and leverage in the employment-based model.

March/April 2025

A patient's first impression is critical and is shaped by the facility's environment. A well-designed layout with efficient, aesthetically pleasing details enhances practice flow, staff efficiency, and patient experience, driving business success.

March/April 2025

Physician leaders are vital in creating patient-centered, equitable programs. This article explores how one institution successfully implemented and evolved gender-affirming care to close healthcare equity gaps.

Strategy and Innovation

April 9, 2025

If the recent decline in diversity among newly enrolled students holds or gets worse, it could have long-term consequences for patient care.

March/April 2025

An aging U.S. population presents unique challenges in classical hematology, compounded by a shortage of specialists and limited training. A new education program, the first of its kind, focuses on rare bleeding disorders to fill this gap, aiming to ...

March 25, 2025

Incorporating therapy dogs into high-stress environments, like hospitals, can significantly improve the mental health and well-being of healthcare workers by providing them with comfort, reducing stress, and offering emotional support.

Motivations and Thinking Style

April 4, 2025

Companies today face adaptive challenges. Changes in societies, markets, customers, competition, and technology around the globe are forcing organizations to clarify their values, develop new strategies, and learn new ways of operating. Often the tou...

April 1, 2025

With recent and ongoing layoffs in the federal workforce, many public sector workers are seeking employment in the private sector. Here are four ways to update your resume, as well as some networking tips, to set yourself up for private sector succes...

March 21, 2025

Many physician executives face involuntary job loss due to various issues. If you choose to continue working, maintain professionalism, network, and negotiate severance. Don't take firing personally; it's part of the workforce dynamics.

Problem Solving

April 13, 2025

You know the moment: a mood-veering, thought-steering, pressure-packed interaction with a colleague, boss, or client when the right thing to say is stuck in a verbal traffic jam between your brain and your mouth. This analysis paralysis occurs when y...

April 7, 2025

Mentorship is crucial for Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) to transition from clinical to administrative roles, fostering leadership skills, trust-building, and organizational navigation. Mentors offer practical guidance, support professional growth, an...

March 28, 2025

Tensions are inevitable in the workplace. But there is a difference between healthy and unhealthy conflicts. Healthy team conflict moves a team towards its goals and builds productive, respectful, and trusting relationships.

Finance

March/April 2025

In a SoundPractice podcast, Michael J. Sacopulos and Dr. Lee Scheinbart discuss the evolving role of CMOs, emphasizing financial literacy's importance for physician leaders.

March 30, 2025

Discover the ins and outs of private equity in healthcare and learn about its impacts, challenges, and future trends.

March/April 2025

This article reviews the economic and political developments of the fourth quarter of 2024 and provides insights into the anticipated trends for the first quarter of 2025.

Team Building and Teamwork

March 7, 2025

The author outlines the signs to watch out for to help you assess whether your boss is toxic, and offers strategies to try if you’re finding yourself in this impossibly difficult situation.

January 26, 2025

The most-engaged employees work together in ways companies don’t even realize.

November 15, 2024

Like many other companies, Deloitte realized that its system for evaluating the work of employees — and then training them, promoting them, and paying them accordingly — was increasingly out of step with its objectives. It searched for something nimb...

Professional Capabilities

April 12, 2024
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March 31, 2025

How to broaden your thinking and make better decisions.

March/April 2025

This study explores how healthcare leaders manage change, using interviews with administrators to document their preparation, philosophy, priorities, and barrier navigation.

For over 45 years.

The American Association for Physician Leadership has helped physicians develop their leadership skills through education, career development, thought leadership and community building.

The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) changed its name from the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) in 2014. We may have changed our name, but we are the same organization that has been serving physician leaders since 1975.

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