Connectedness, empathy, and relationships, when brought together, become a strong formula to potentially leverage true patient-centered care, to re-invigorate the professional joy of practicing medicine, and to make the deep work of doctoring satisfy...

When presenting ideas to the CEO, even seasoned leaders who don’t regularly interact with the C-suite fall into a few common traps that can be easily avoided. These traps include presenting an idea without its problem or a clear indication of its ROI...

Mastering the art of spontaneous speaking is important for leaders. They must do more than just deliver a good prepared keynote—they need to nail the Q&A and small talk afterward, or crush off-the-cuff toasts and speeches. The author suggests that an...

How do we, as physician leaders, consider commonplace occurrences that may be harmful to patients and proactively assert our expertise on topics that are in the best interests of those patients we serve?

Physicians working to improve our healthcare system give us hope. Elizabeth (Beth) Garner, MD, MPH, is one of those extraordinary physician leaders.

In this SoundPractice episode host Mike Sacopulos speaks with Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, about her chapter in the book, Lessons Learned: Stories from Women Physician Leaders, her work for a non-profit, and her work in academic medicine.

In this interview with host Mike Sacopulos, Wendy Dean, MD, discusses what constitutes a moral injury and how technology and compensation models can add to the problem for healthcare employees.

Deborah M. Shlian, MD, MBA discusses her own path as a physician leader, the main reasons keeping women from leadership roles, the statistics on women in medical school and medical training, and COVID-19 and its impact on women physicians.

A lack of constructive feedback is detrimental to your team, depriving them of mentorship and growth opportunities. Giving feedback is essential to being an effective leader. In this article, the author offers five ways to overcome your fear of givin...

There’s so much power in understanding what your values are — they can help you make decisions, guide your career, and even live a happier life. But how can you think about your values in an intentional way?

Mike Sacopulos and Brenda Denzler discuss how patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, caused by past medical treatments, choose to call themselves “treatment-traumatized” patients although healthcare professionals may categorize these patients ...

Through an analysis of more than 2,000 venture-backed startups, the authors found that women-led firms whose first round was raised exclusively from female VCs were two times less likely to raise a second round. This is because of an effect known as ...