Leadership Skills for Mid Career Faculty Douglas A
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Leadership Skills for Mid Career Faculty Douglas A. Girod, MD FACS
What areas do you need help? • Take 5 minutes • List 3 areas do feel you need to develop leadership skills
Leadership Career Phases • Team Leaders (Early career) • Group Leaders (Mid career) • Organizational Leaders (Late career)
Medical Leaders • To practice medicine is to serve in the capacity of leader or team member on multiple teams simultaneously at any given time.
Teams in Medicine (Early Career) • Physician teams – – Fellows Senior residents Junior residents Students • Clinic teams – – Physicians Front desk staff Nursing staff Ancillary staff • Hospital Teams – – Physicians Nursing staff Ward staff Ancillary providers • Operating Room Teams – – – Surgeons Anesthesia Nursing Scrub Techs OR desk staff
Teams in Medicine (Early Career) Physician – Patient Team
Groups in Medicine (Mid Career) • Departmental – – – Section chief Division head Vice chair Clinic director Lab director • Hospital – Partnership leader – Medical Staff Committees • Educational – Student rotation director – Residency director – Fellowship director • School – Faculty council – Search committees • Medical Society – committees – Meeting program chairs • Academy leadership roles
Leadership Skills • All physicians function as a leader on a daily basis • Most physicians have some baseline skills • Some are naturally better at it than others • Leadership skills can learned, developed and honed
Leadership Skills • Endless amount of literature, books, courses, seminars, and institutes dedicated to leadership • Inadequate time to study leadership skills • Medical curricula do not include an emphasis on leadership
Traditional Leadership in Medicine • • Hierarchical Tyrannical Intimidation Fear • • Abusive Malignant Inflexible Intolerant “Never argue with the Chief”
Traditional Leadership in Medicine • No longer considered a successful approach • Not tolerated in clinical settings – Disruptive physician clauses in bylaws of medical staff and state boards
Successful Leadership Skills • Leadership skills carry over between different environments (business, military, medicine, etc) • Successful skill sets have been defined and are in demand
Learning Successful Leadership Skills • Formal training – Leadership series • University/School courses – Seminars • Edwards Campus • Non-medical – Formal Leadership Courses • Harvard Course: Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Health Centers • AAMC – New Manager’s Training Program • ACS – Leadership Skills to Overcome Obstacles • etc
Learning Successful Leadership Skills Leadership texts • Good to Great by Jim Collins • Dealing with Difficult People by Harvard Press • Bargaining for Advantage By G Richard Shell
Learning Successful Leadership Skills • Reading – Biographies of great leaders
Learning Successful Leadership Skills • Observation – Learn from those around you
Learning Successful Leadership Skills Endless supply of role models in medicine (good and bad)
Learning Successful Leadership Skills • Can learn as much from a poor leader as from a good one
Get Involved and Practice • Volunteer for leadership positions – School – Hospital – Medical Specialty Societies • Local • Regional • National
Learning Successful Leadership Skills • Learning from experience “A little experience upsets a lot of theory. ” S. Parkes Cadman, Cleric
Learning Successful Leadership Skills • Find a mentor – – – Someone you respect Someone you can approach repeatedly and in a crisis Ask if they will consent to being your mentor Recognize your mentors efforts Expect to do the same for others (be a mentor)
Traits of Successful Leaders
Traits of Successful Leaders • Fair – Can’t play favorites • Consistent – Inconsistency erodes confidence • Predictable – Helps people know what to expect • Avoid the abuse of authority
Traits of Successful Leaders • • • Seek input Spread authority Treat people with respect Don’t dictate Challenge your team members
Traits of Successful Leaders • Patience – Not everyone has your agenda, goals or motivation – That doesn’t mean they aren’t an important part of the team – Doesn’t mean they are wrong
“Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in the one ahead. ” Bill Mc. Glashen
Traits of Successful Leaders • Sense of humor – Don’t take yourself or the world too seriously – A smiling cheerful leader wins more cooperation than a grim or gloomy one.
Traits of Successful Leaders • Sense of humor – Don’t take yourself or the world too seriously – A smiling cheerful leader wins more cooperation than a grim or gloomy one. “The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything. ” Anonymous
Traits of Successful Leaders • Know yourself • Have/demonstrate a sense of direction and mission • Make the hard decision – Part of leadership is making the decision no one else will or wants to make – Take responsibility for the decision
Decision Making “When you come to a fork in the road, take it. ” Yogi Berra, Baseball philosopher
Traits of Successful Leaders “People don’t respond to titles, they respond to people whom they respect” Doug Girod, Struggling Chairman
Seven Five Deadly Sins “of a Leader” • Truth, if it becomes a weapon against persons. • Beauty, if it becomes a vanity. • Love, if it becomes possessive. • Loyalty, if it becomes blind, careless trust. • Tolerance, if it becomes indifference. • Self-confidence, if it becomes arrogance. • Faith, if it becomes self-righteous. Ashley Cooper, Writer
Conclusion • You must become a leader to practice medicine successfully. • Mid Career requires more complex and sophisticated leadership skills • Make leadership development a part of your daily routine. • Learn from those around you. • Seek out opportunities for skill development • Practice at every opportunity.
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