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We’ve all heard of medical malpractice and its dire costs, but what about leadership malpractice? Should there be consequences or at least more resistance to those implementing non-evidence-based leadership tactics in academic medicine?
Those questions and much more are explored in depth with our guest this week on the Faculty Factory Podcast, author Joshua Hartzell, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP, FIDSA, who joins us to discuss:
- Leadership responsibility and development
- Cultural strategies from the military that could be woven into academic health
- Excellence through empathy and compassion
- Utilizing delegation as a growth opportunity for others
With 25 years in military medicine under his belt, Dr. Hartzell is a retired army colonel and a practicing internal medicine and infectious diseases physician.
It’s all about being more intentional with how we lead and taking care of people—that is what a healthy workplace culture rides on, according to this interview with Dr. Hartzell.
“Most of the things we experience and our challenges are not clinical care issues. It’s a leadership issue. We’re really good at the clinical care part, but not so much the messy leadership stuff and how to deal with that,” he said.
This is an episode you may want to listen to on repeat, and we thank Dr. Hartzell for his time, wisdom, and talents.
Resources to Explore
- Dr. Hartzell’s book, “A Prescription for Caring in Healthcare Leadership: Building a Culture of Compassion and Excellence”
- Harvard Business Review Article: Management Time: Who’s Got the Monkey?
- “The Leadership Challenge: How to Make Extraordinary Things Happen in Organizations”
If you enjoyed this episode, consider listening to these previously released Faculty Factory episodes:
- Staying Grounded While Navigating Radical Disruptions with Kimberly Skarupski, PhD, MPH (Explores the VUCA concept)
- Acts of Leadership to Build Community within Faculty with Nausheen Jamal, MD, MBA
- Unpacking and Addressing the Challenges of Pursuing Leadership Roles as Faculty with Eva Feldman, MD, PhD
- Developing Leadership Skills in Academic Health Centers with Wendy Ward, PhD, ABPP, FAPA
- Leadership and Performance Coaching Guidance for Early-Career Physicians with Brian Clyne, MD, MHL