As physicians advance into leadership positions, they often lack leadership training. A recent paper by the leadership working group of the Association of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Division Chiefs (APCCSD) titled, “Leading Change and Negotiation Strategies for Division Leaders in Clinical Medicine,” aims to address this unmet need by providing future leaders insights about these two important skills. The authors make the case that often a new leader is appointed because of the need to change but lacks the tools to implement change. They describe the use of an eight steps process to navigate change and provide tools to engage in negotiations and develop future leaders. In addition, due to the complex nature of leadership positions, the authors also highlight the need for emotional intelligence and personal well-being.
Naftali Kaminski, MD, Boehringer-Ingelheim Endowed Professor of Internal Medicine and chief of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine, was, in his role as the President of the APCCSD, among those who wrote this paper as part of a series of papers on leadership skills for physicians.
“The first thing I noticed as a new section chief a few years ago was that we did not have manuals for leadership in medicine,” said Kaminski. “At the APCCSD, we decided to change this situation and set up to develop a tool box for leaders in clinical in medicine. We believe that the tools and advice included in our papers will be helpful for faculty considering taking up leadership positions at all levels.”
This publication is the second in the leadership series from the Leadership Working Group of the APCCSD. Read the first paper, “Leadership Primer for Current and Aspiring Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Academic Division Chiefs,” in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
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