Leadership Fundamentals

Get the skills you need to establish a solid leadership foundation.

Everyday Leadership

• Running an Effective Meeting (Video)
  
• Leadership Development - Processes, Competencies, & Consciousness
  
• Solve Conflict with These Four Steps
  
• Be Certain Your Behavior Around Colleagues, Patients Stays Professional
  
• Three Keys to Stronger Practice Operations 
  
  

 

Wellness & Stress Management
Feeling stressed? Click here to take a quick stress test from Mental Health America. 

• Crash Course for First-Time Managers: Secrets for Success
  
• Recipes for a Happy Staff
  
• Rx for Success: Patient-Centered Communication for Physicians, Managers, and Staff

Recommended Reading

• The Way of the Shepherd 
  By Kevin Leman & William Pentak
  
• Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life, One Conversation at a Time 
  By Susan Scott
  
• The Five Dysfunctions of a Team 
  By Patrick Lencioni
  
• The Leadership Challenge 
  By James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner
  
• Death by Meeting 
  By Patrick Lencioni
  
• TED Talk: Are you a Giver or a Taker?
  Adam Grant at TED@IBM 2016

TMA Resources

• TMA Leadership College
  Established in 2010, the TMA Leadership College helps to ensure strong and sustainable physician leadership within organized medicine. Alumni serve as thought leaders in their field - narrowing the divide between clinicians and health care policymakers and serving as trusted leaders in their communities.  
  
• Young Physician Section (YPS)
  TMA's section for physicians under the age of 40 or in their first eight years of practice, providing networking and educational activities, as well as representation in the TMA House of Delegates.

Leadership in Perspective: Best Advice for Young Physicians 

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