The American Association for Physician Leadership's Annual Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, began day one with more than 500 physician leaders from countries around the world ready to get into the rhythm of expanding and enhancing the s...

A paradox of business is that while leaders often employ a hands-on, directive style to rise to the top, once they arrive, they’re supposed to empower and enable their teams. Suddenly, they’re expected to demonstrate “people skills.” And many find it...

This article offers a playbook for developing six attributes that increasingly factor into executive presence, citing the examples of a dozen leaders who have cracked the code.

Regulatory organizations, such as medical licensing boards and private healthcare organizations, evaluate clinicians for lapses in professionalism involving ethics, record keeping, prescribing, and civic duties. Disciplinary action against these clin...

Mentorship matters. Consider what a difference you might make to someone else by serving their needs as a mentor. If you have been fortunate enough to have had a mentor, you know how important that was to you. Pay it forward.

Many aspiring leaders focus on developing a more confident-sounding persona. But building true confidence starts with cultivating a multi-faceted leadership voice.

Like all superheroes, healthcare administrators, leaders, and managers have superpowers and origin stories, even though many do not recognize them. This article explains why discovering and using origin stories is useful for both leaders and their fo...

If you are wondering how to generate more brand loyalty, consider implementing a gratitude program. Identify the shared purpose that you can work on together with your customer.

Physician leadership success now depends on several factors, including content and delivery channel of leadership training and education, board-level physician participation, mentorship, potential executive coaching, recognized opportunities to advan...

It is never too late to develop an idea into a lecture, an essay, or a book. My mission is to lessen the suffering around difficult patient interactions and to keep more of our colleagues practicing clinical medicine and nursing.

Healthcare faces simultaneous declining reimbursements and rising overhead costs. As a result, physicians’ incomes are losing ground. The challenge becomes figuring out how to be both more efficient and smarter at achieving productivity goals.

Few managerial transitions are more difficult than making the move from leading a function to leading an entire enterprise for the first time. The scope and complexity of the job increase dramatically, in ways that can leave executives feeling overwh...