American Association for Physician Leadership

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March/April 2025

What if healthcare teams could unlock essential skills by stepping outside? Nature-based leadership development enhances focus, creativity, decision-making, trust, and communication.

March 18, 2025

Drawing on three years of research with senior leaders across industries, the authors create a framework for evaluating whether purpose initiatives are producing long-term value or when they’re leaving companies vulnerable to critique. The authors al...

February 26, 2025

There are systematic individual differences in how people present themselves, and these differences predict people’s leadership style and competence. When you are able to put thousands of leaders through the same self-report questionnaires, and you l...

February 24, 2025

Technology, geopolitics, and consumer habits are driving an unprecedented rate of change at a time when the organizations are already in flux with the rise of generative AI, remote work, and an aging workforce. Against this backdrop, employee learnin...

Storytelling in professional settings is important, particularly for physician leaders, and advocates for a structured, story-driven approach to enhance the effectiveness of workplace presentations and meetings.

February 7, 2025

Despite best efforts and intentions, not every individual can be successfully integrated into a team or guided to change their behavior. Leadership involves making difficult decisions, including recognizing when it's time to let someone go for the gr...

Unlock the full potential of your research conference experience with this comprehensive guide, offering essential insights on abstract submission, presentation formats, and best practices for impactful participation.

February 2, 2025

Creating context — on a regular basis — is a critical part of every manager’s job and could be considered a core competency of leadership.

Physician leaders from around the world share their experiences and insights.

Being a CMO is the best job in medicine because of the unique opportunity it offers to engage with all aspects of hospital operations and personnel.

January 20, 2025

CMOs must seamlessly collaborate across departments and with external stakeholders to drive strategic planning, policy development, and provider engagement, ensuring high-quality, cost-effective care.

Healthcare is slow to embrace innovation, often preferring the status quo. This article explores the concept of disruptive innovation and offers suggestions for successfully introducing it in modern healthcare.

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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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formerly known as the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE)