ADVANCING AND ACCELERATING LEADERSHIP SKILLS...
A ONE-DAY LEADERSHIP BOOT CAMP

"Helped me to see what characteristics are important to being a leader and how I can improve in my role..." medical director

"The course increased my self-awareness and contributed to my personal growth" ...family practice physician

"...these guys were quite good" ...medical director

"...took potentially abstract concepts and applied them to very real, every day scenarios and made them very practical" ...medical director

"These are valuable tools/information needed for physicians and other healthcare providers who are in leadership roles and have not had any formal leadership training." ...internal medicine physician

"...wish I had [this course] years ago!" ...partially-retired physician

A CME program designed for physicians who want to develop themselves as confident leaders in healthcare delivery organizations and systems. This is a day-long, hands-on, interactive immersion in leading edge leadership best practices, principles and modalities.

"What Leaders Really Do"

In this preliminary session, participants will learn what leaders really do by focusing on key leadership functions, the role of the team leader and the four basic building blocks of today's effective leader.

"It's All About Me" — Leveraging Your Leadership Profile

Explore—and understand—leadership strengths and behaviors that predict leadership success. This session will focus on how to leverage a physician's unique leadership profile by understanding leadership behavior and exploiting leadership styles and preferences, utilizing the University of California at San Francisco Leadership Assessment Profile.

"A Conversation With The Masters" — A Summary, Review and Discussion of Contemporary Thought Leadership

David and Steven present, summarize and synthesize what the top thought leaders in "leadership" are thinking--and writing about--and engage the audience in an interactive discussion about how physicians can impact their organizations and their own performance from the current thinking of leadership giants like: Stephen Covey (The 8th Habit), Larry Bossidy (Execution), Jim Collins (Good to Great), John Kotter (What Leaders Really Do), Noel Tichy (The Leadership Engine), and Ben Zander (The Art of Possibility).

"Playing Well With Others" — How to Effectively Collaborate, and Maximize Leadership Effectiveness, By Working With Groups and Teams

Physicians will learn how to maximize their leadership effectiveness as they interact in group settings, with a special focus on issues such as communication, team performance, and conflict management. Participants will have an opportunity to identify their own predominant conflict management style utilizing the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument.