Working with Distressed Physicians: A Guide for Physician Leaders

Your Blueprint for Fostering a Positive Healthcare Culture

In today's fast-paced healthcare industry, leaders are tasked with creating environments that best serve patients while also supporting their colleagues. Working with Distressed Physicians: A Guide for Physician Leaders is an invaluable resource designed for physician leaders who face the challenge of fostering a positive workplace while managing distressed and disruptive behaviors among their peers.

This comprehensive guide serves as a blueprint for colleagues and administrative leaders within healthcare settings; and a beacon of hope for distressed physicians themselves. Drawing from lived experiences, the authors provide essential tools and insights to help you navigate these challenging situations, leading to personal achievement and advancements within your unit. By focusing on self and team improvement, you set an example of excellence in healthcare delivery and positively impact the larger healthcare landscape.

Addressing Key Challenges Preventing a Harmonious Workplace

In this book, you will identify solutions to three critical issues that often arise in healthcare environments:

  1. Recognizing Disruptive Behavior: Understand the profound impact disruptive behavior has on team morale and performance.
  2. Overcoming Inaction: Learn how to address and support distressed physician colleagues through early intervention and supportive leadership.
  3. Ensuring Equity and Optimal Outcomes: Improve outcomes for your unit by taking decisive actions and assuring fairness.

Leverage Practical, Research-Based Strategies Immediately

Grounded in research and inspired by esteemed thought leaders, this practical resource equips you with strategies to effectively manage distressed behaviors. Offering specific considerations, actions, and follow-up steps, you'll have the tools to coach and guide physicians right at your fingertips.

Implement these strategies immediately to foster a harmonious culture of positivity and respect through appropriate and productive actions.

Join the Movement

Healthcare leaders across the industry are driving change to create more harmonious and effective workplaces by enacting empathy, decisiveness, and commitment. This book is your essential guide to building the knowledge and skills needed to make a lasting difference.

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Working with Distressed Physicians: A Guide for Physician Leaders

Your Blueprint for Fostering a Positive Healthcare Culture

In today's fast-paced healthcare industry, leaders are tasked with creating environments that best serve patients while also supporting their colleagues. Working with Distressed Physicians: A Guide for Physician Leaders is an invaluable resource designed for physician leaders who face the challenge of fostering a positive workplace while managing distressed and disruptive behaviors among their peers.

This comprehensive guide serves as a blueprint for colleagues and administrative leaders within healthcare settings; and a beacon of hope for distressed physicians themselves. Drawing from lived experiences, the authors provide essential tools and insights to help you navigate these challenging situations, leading to personal achievement and advancements within your unit. By focusing on self and team improvement, you set an example of excellence in healthcare delivery and positively impact the larger healthcare landscape.

Addressing Key Challenges Preventing a Harmonious Workplace

In this book, you will identify solutions to three critical issues that often arise in healthcare environments:

  1. Recognizing Disruptive Behavior: Understand the profound impact disruptive behavior has on team morale and performance.
  2. Overcoming Inaction: Learn how to address and support distressed physician colleagues through early intervention and supportive leadership.
  3. Ensuring Equity and Optimal Outcomes: Improve outcomes for your unit by taking decisive actions and assuring fairness.

Leverage Practical, Research-Based Strategies Immediately

Grounded in research and inspired by esteemed thought leaders, this practical resource equips you with strategies to effectively manage distressed behaviors. Offering specific considerations, actions, and follow-up steps, you'll have the tools to coach and guide physicians right at your fingertips.

Implement these strategies immediately to foster a harmonious culture of positivity and respect through appropriate and productive actions.

Join the Movement

Healthcare leaders across the industry are driving change to create more harmonious and effective workplaces by enacting empathy, decisiveness, and commitment. This book is your essential guide to building the knowledge and skills needed to make a lasting difference.

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Overview

Your Blueprint for Fostering a Positive Healthcare Culture

In today's fast-paced healthcare industry, leaders are tasked with creating environments that best serve patients while also supporting their colleagues. Working with Distressed Physicians: A Guide for Physician Leaders is an invaluable resource designed for physician leaders who face the challenge of fostering a positive workplace while managing distressed and disruptive behaviors among their peers.

This comprehensive guide serves as a blueprint for colleagues and administrative leaders within healthcare settings; and a beacon of hope for distressed physicians themselves. Drawing from lived experiences, the authors provide essential tools and insights to help you navigate these challenging situations, leading to personal achievement and advancements within your unit. By focusing on self and team improvement, you set an example of excellence in healthcare delivery and positively impact the larger healthcare landscape.

Addressing Key Challenges Preventing a Harmonious Workplace

In this book, you will identify solutions to three critical issues that often arise in healthcare environments:

  1. Recognizing Disruptive Behavior: Understand the profound impact disruptive behavior has on team morale and performance.
  2. Overcoming Inaction: Learn how to address and support distressed physician colleagues through early intervention and supportive leadership.
  3. Ensuring Equity and Optimal Outcomes: Improve outcomes for your unit by taking decisive actions and assuring fairness.

Leverage Practical, Research-Based Strategies Immediately

Grounded in research and inspired by esteemed thought leaders, this practical resource equips you with strategies to effectively manage distressed behaviors. Offering specific considerations, actions, and follow-up steps, you'll have the tools to coach and guide physicians right at your fingertips.

Implement these strategies immediately to foster a harmonious culture of positivity and respect through appropriate and productive actions.

Join the Movement

Healthcare leaders across the industry are driving change to create more harmonious and effective workplaces by enacting empathy, decisiveness, and commitment. This book is your essential guide to building the knowledge and skills needed to make a lasting difference.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781960762283
Publisher: American Association for Physician Leadership
Publication date: 01/17/2025
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 154
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Charles (Chuck) R. Stoner, DBA, is professor emeritus at Bradley University and president of Stoner & Associates Consulting. Chuck earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees from Florida State University. An award-winning scholar and teacher, he has authored thirteen books and numerous academic articles. A dynamic and engaging speaker and facilitator, Chuck works with a variety of businesses and organizations throughout the country, specializing in leadership, interpersonal dynamics, and change, as well as leader coaching for personal growth and reinvention.
Jennifer Robin, PhD, is an executive coach and consultant with a doctorate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee. She is a psychologist, ICF credentialed (PCC) and Certified Co-Active coach (CPCC) and Strategic Doing workshop leader, and an expert in leadership development, organizational culture, and strategic human resource management. Jennifer is an affiliate professor at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and a former professor of management in the Foster College of Business at Bradley University. She has also served as the dean of the School of Business at Southern Connecticut State University and associate dean at Bradley University.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Part One: Foundations

Chapter 1 Setting the Stage

Purpose and Focus

The Context for Physician Leadership

Previews of Coming Attractions

Chapter 2 Pinpointing Our Target Physicians

Searching for a Meaningful Definition

A Legacy of Tolerance

The Impact of Unchecked Disruptive and Unacceptable Physician Behavior

Summary Checklist

Chapter 3 You Are Here

Multifaceted Impacts

Individual Skills and Training

Individual Circumstances

Team Dynamics

Leader Skills and Experiences

Diversity

Industry Trends

Systems Theory

Respond ... Don't React

Summary Checklist

Chapter 4 Are They Really That Different?

Physician Characteristics

Physicians and Disruptive Behavior: A Darker Side

Facing Reality

And of Course ... Context Makes a Difference

Summary Checklist

Chapter 5 Preparing to Engage with Your Target Physician

Physician Leaders as Coaches

Building a Coaching Relationship

The Coach's Mindset

The Coach's Self-Awareness and Perspective-Taking

Balancing Development and Action

Summary Checklist

Part Two: Conversations and Action Steps

Chapter 6 The Conversation

Early Intervention

The Communication Process: The First Message

Focus and Limit the Agenda

A Blueprint for the Next Step: Coaching

Additional Considerations for a Formal Conversation

Circling Back to Expectations and Needs

Summary Checklist

Chapter 7 Moving to Action

The Evidence

A Structured Approach

Consequences and Ramifications

A Winding Path of Growth and Development

The Next Best Step

Summary Checklist

Chapter 8 Areas for Growth

A Fundamental Perspective

Enhancing Self-Awareness

Impulse Control

Building Empathy

Apologies

Rebuilding Trust

Summary Checklist

Chapter 9 The Rest of the Team

Winning Teams

Team Leadership

Summary Checklist

Chapter 10 When Is It Finally Enough?

A Lack of Success Is Not a Failure

The Game Has Changed

And Once Again ... The Rest of the Team

Lessons of Leadership

Summary Checklist

Chapter 11 Conclusions

The Target Physician Is a Friend

The Target Physician Is a Disruptive Boss

How Can I Assert Myself and Have Respectful Disagreements?

The "Why Me?" Question

Stemming the Tide of Negativity

A Final Perspective

Summary Checklist

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