Although they are sometimes paired, marketing and sales are two separate and distinct functions. Each function obviously influences the other, and for this reason, they are sometimes housed together in an organization. Unfortunately, many professiona...

America’s Physician Groups (APG) is an organization of more than 335 physician practices that provide patient-centered, coordinated, and integrated care for patients while being accountable for cost and quality. APG members provide care to nearly 90 ...

In this article, the author discusses best practices for earning your audience’s attention and buy-in in order to deliver an effective speech that’s worthy of their time.

Digitization of data has been successful, but often overlooked is that data by itself is not information. We need people who understand the source of the data, how to clean and curate it, and how to analyze it and make it meaningful. Together, chief ...

For more than 30 years, the TED conference series has presented enlightening talks that people enjoy watching. In this article, Anderson, TED’s curator, shares five keys to great presentations.

We sink time and effort into agendas that create the appearance of effective meetings, without actually improving how meetings are run (and potentially even leading to less effective, overly-structured meetings). To avoid falling into this trap, the ...

AAPL has collaborated with Myers-Briggs to provide targeted leadership insights to physician leaders through the CPI 260© Assessment.

To better overcome the obstacles posed by our old habits, the authors propose the strategy of Deliberate Calm to help leaders take stock of their situation and encourage them to discover new solutions with intention, creativity, and objectivity. The ...

The key elements of engagement range from simplistic and inexpensive, such as a smile, to staying connected to people you don’t even see.

Organizations create economic value and competitive advantage by facilitating the accumulation of employee tenure.

Coaching provides education, motivation, skill development, and insight when helping to facilitate an individual’s competency in and mastery of a particular discipline. Physician coaching has been identified as critical to physicians in the practice ...

This article is for the leader who wants to understand followers better: their motivations, their varieties, and their insights.