American Association for Physician Leadership

This week we honor nurses everywhere, including the nurse leaders transforming healthcare from within. Your expertise and leadership make a difference every day. Happy #NationalNursesWeek from the AAPL community. #LeadershipIsLearned #NurseLeaders

30 case studies. 30 difficult calls. Difficult Dilemmas for Chief Medical Officers is a practical guide to the decisions CMOs face when there's no easy answer. hubs.ly/Q04g05Wh0

AAPL's Joe LiVigni is presenting at #ACCMELearnToThrive in Chicago this week. AAPL earned ACCME Accreditation with Commendation — now Joe is sharing what it actually takes to get there. "Commendation Cross-Examination: Can You Handle the Tough Questions?" — May 7, 11 AM CT with Erin Schwarz of Vivacity Consulting.

The Leadership Learning Curve: A Woman Physician's Journey as a Chief Medical Officer. Part memoir, part practical guide, with honest lessons on the path to executive leadership in medicine. Get your copy ➡ hubs.la/Q04f89-Y0

Eliminating entry-level jobs to cut costs is shortsighted. These roles build tomorrow's leaders. The answer is not elimination, it's redesign. Read more ➡ hubs.la/Q04c9rr70

Episode 200 of SoundPractice. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling connects the battlefield to the bedside and the leadership lessons are ones every physician leader needs to hear. ➡ hubs.la/Q04c9Rs30

A credential is not the same as authorization. No relationship or good intention justifies unauthorized access to patient information. ➡ hubs.la/Q04c8XRG0

Bad execution is not why most strategic pivots fail. It's misjudging how invested your shareholders are in the story you originally told them. ➡ hubs.la/Q04c9Hb-0

Financial fluency is a leadership skill. The Chief Medical Officer's Financial Primer gives physician executives the tools to navigate budgets, contracts, and strategy with confidence. Get your copy. ➡ hubs.la/Q04c9nRW0

Small changes, big consequences. Neil Baum, MD applies the butterfly effect to the medical practice and the implications for physician leaders are worth considering. ➡ hubs.la/Q04c8XRm0

Patient loyalty is built in split-second moments of kindness. Susan Baker shares practical strategies for turning everyday interactions into lasting trust. ➡ hubs.la/Q04c8nbH0

Your vendors know more than you think. A new article in HALMJ breaks down how practice managers can turn routine vendor interactions into a strategic intelligence advantage. ➡ hubs.la/Q04c8Hdc0

A terminal diagnosis. Skyrocketing premiums. One story that shows exactly why accessible healthcare and long-term financial planning matter more than ever. ➡ hubs.la/Q04c90kg0

70% of transformations fail, and it's rarely the strategy. It's leaders who misread silence as buy-in and miss the human warning signs until it's too late. ➡ hubs.la/Q04c958m0

AI is shrinking entry-level roles in professional services. Firms that don't adapt their hiring and talent strategies risk losing their pipeline of future leaders. ➡ hubs.la/Q04c9c4j0

Innovation fails not because of bad ideas but because of poor cross-boundary collaboration. What organizations need is a bridger. Read the article ➡ hubs.la/Q04bX78k0 #PhysicianLeaders #HealthcareLeadership #Innovation

35,000+ residents and fellows graduate each year with major career decisions ahead and very little guidance. Managing the Maze changes that. Get your copy ➡ hubs.la/Q04bXqRv0

Proud to see AAPL member Archana Shrestha, MD, MS featured in @TIME sharing an important truth on burnout: We train high performers to push through. We don’t teach them how to recover. A conversation physician leaders need. 👏 Read: time.com/article/2026/0… #PhysicianLeadership #Burnout #AAPL

Addressing an underperforming clinician is one of the harder challenges in medical leadership. This article offers targeted strategies for doing it well. Read the article ➡ hubs.la/Q04bXfHJ0

SMART goals need to be smarter when physician compensation is at risk. This article adds tools to the framework to make quality incentives fairer and more achievable. Read the article ➡ hubs.la/Q04bX4v20