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In Physician Leadership, renowned medical leader Dr. Karen J. Nichols delivers a concise guide for busy physicians doing their best to successfully lead people and organizations. The book covers foundational leadership essentials that every physician needs to master to transform themselves from a highly motivated novice leader into an effective, skilled, and productive leader. Each chapter offers listeners a summary of the crucial points found within, sample questions, and exercises. Ideal for doctors who don't have the time to peruse an unwieldy collection of the latest research and thought on organizational leadership, Physician Leadership distills the author's extensive research and personal experience into a short and practical handbook. Physician Leadership includes a thorough introduction to personal approach and style when interacting with patients, managers, boards, and committees; an exploration of how to employ the principles of effective communication to achieve desired results and practical techniques for implementing those principles; practical discussions of the role that perspectives play in shaping an organization's culture and how those perspectives affect leadership efficacy; and in-depth examinations of approaches to decision-making that get buy-in from others and achieve results.

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Karen J. Nichols, DO, has extensive leadership experience, from private practice to being the academic dean of a college of osteopathic medicine, to serving as president of city, state, and national medical organizations. She lectures nationally and internationally on the topics of physician leadership and women leaders in medicine. Pam Ward has had many incarnations, including private detective, classical musician, television talk-show host, and actress, having performed in dinner theater, summer stock, and Off-Broadway, as well as in commercials, radio, and film. But she found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress Talking Books program, for which she received the prestigious Alexander Scourby Award from the American Foundation for the Blind. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner, her many audiobooks include Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich, Breaking Free by Lauraine Snelling, The Second Journey by Joan Anderson, and Lion in the White House by Aida D. Donald. She now records from her studio amidst the beauty of the Southern Oregon mountains.

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