--- title: Physician Burnout to Physician Wellness - One Doctor at a Time (25) description: Stop Physician Burnout, Build Better Physician Leaders | The Happy MD (25) --- [![Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W-1.jpg?width=995&height=146&name=Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W-1.jpg "Stop-physician-burnout-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-you-can-banner-11-5-2018_opt995W")](https://www.thehappymd.com) ## **The Creative Destruction of Physician Burnout ** [![prevent doctor burnout matrix](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/263814/da1e787d-095f-4485-9d4d-9a9bc4195d86.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/263814/da1e787d-095f-4485-9d4d-9a9bc4195d86) # [Chief Wellness Officer - CWO - does your organization need one?](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/chief-wellness-officer-cwo-does-your-organization-need-one) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2019%20IMAGES/2019%20BLOG%20IMAGES/chief-wellness-officer-cwo-does-your-organization-need-one-physician-burnout-physician-wellbeing-OPT150W.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/chief-wellness-officer-cwo-does-your-organization-need-one) ## **Chief Wellness Officer - CWO - does your organization need one?** It is all the rage in leadership circles these days. The mucky mucks are all in agreement. If your organization is serious about preventing burnout, the very first thing you need to do is appoint a Chief Wellness Officer - and watch the angry, dark clouds of burnout lift - revealing the rainbows and unicorns of a happy, healthy physician workforce. [![Quad Aim Physician Leader Retreat](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/263814/883fdfee-358c-4412-94ae-5a18cc044685.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/263814/883fdfee-358c-4412-94ae-5a18cc044685) ## ** This is Magical Thinking of the highest order** Let's drink the CWO KoolAide for just a moment ... to recognize it is *just another version of checking a box.* This C-Suite executive will be your savior, your cavalry cresting the ridge, your knight in shining armor, your hero among the bean counters. At the very least, they should be able to stop the rest of the C-suite from *hammering the doctors into little tiny piece*s. ## **Would *your* people or *your organization* actually benefit from installing a Chief Wellness officer - CWO** **The answer of course is "IT DEPENDS" **[ And for 99% of healthcare organizations a CWO is a distraction from building a wellness program in the first place ]**** Tags: [physician wellness](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-wellness), [Physician Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-burnout), [Physician Leadership](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-leadership), [quadruple aim](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/quadruple-aim), [chief wellness officer](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/chief-wellness-officer) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/chief-wellness-officer-cwo-does-your-organization-need-one) # [Physician Leadership Skills - The #1 Habit of the High Trust Physician Leader](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-leadership-skills-the-1-habit-of-the-high-trust-physician-leader) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2019%20IMAGES/2019%20BLOG%20IMAGES/physician-leadership-round-shadow-your-people-number-1-skill-build-trust-dike-drummond-physician-leadership-coach-Opt-300W.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-leadership-skills-the-1-habit-of-the-high-trust-physician-leader) ## **Round On Your People** **It is as simple as that ... and here is the monumental tragedy of current healthcare leadership behavior.** I have asked [thousands of physician leaders](https://www.thehappymd.com/mediaspeaking) - both physicians and non-doctor senior leaders - if they schedule time to round on or shadow their people. Their response is always the same. Just yesterday in a room of 30 CEO's and CMO's from independent groups around the USA, I asked that question -- and *how many hands went up do you think??* *============ Stop The Madness Help Us Lead the Physician Wellness Movement **Quadruple Aim Physician Leadership Retreat** [Get Complete Details at This Link](https://support.thehappymd.com/quadruple-aim-physician-leadership-retreat-2019-fall) ============* ## **ZERO - not a single one** The next words out of my mouth were "shame on you." I am sure that is something they have never heard from a speaker before -- and yet they knew my critique was spot on. ## **Two Leadership Consequences of NOT Rounding** Tags: [Physician Leadership](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-leadership), [stop physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/stop-physician-burnout) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-leadership-skills-the-1-habit-of-the-high-trust-physician-leader) # [Physician Burnout Surveys - 3 mysteries solved by latest super study](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-survey-3-mysteries-solved) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2019%20IMAGES/2019%20BLOG%20IMAGES/physician-burnout-survey-mystery-solved-repeat-survey-incentive-doctor-Opt-150W.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-survey-3-mysteries-solved) ## **What about the doctors who don't return the burnout study - the non-respondents?** **Are they different than the ones who do respond ?**Specifically, are they more or less burned out than the people who send in the survey the first time they are asked?? **For years this has been *the biggest mystery* surrounding any survey of physician burnout rates.** It is a question I field often at our [live training events](https://www.thehappymd.com/mediaspeaking). Up until now I have not been able to quote any research that attempted to answer the question. *========== **This is Blog Post #293* Complete Blog Library  [is Here ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/all)========== ## **Well now we have answer** The recent edition of the original physician burnout Super Study we wrote about [in the last blog post](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/mayos-physician-burnout-survey-2017-data-is-in-and-the-third-shoe-drops) contains a *hidden second wave of surveys* that solves this fundamental mystery.  *============ **Related:** [The Fatal Flaws in the Burnout Survey Industry](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-the-fatal-flaws-in-the-burnout-survey-industry) ============* ## **This survey modification actually gives us three important new data points:** Tags: [Physician Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-burnout), [stop physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/stop-physician-burnout) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-survey-3-mysteries-solved) # [Mayo's Physician Burnout Survey 2017 data is in and the third shoe drops](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/mayos-physician-burnout-survey-2017-data-is-in-and-the-third-shoe-drops) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/physician-burnout-survey-trends-mayo-study-dike-drummond-Opt-150W.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/mayos-physician-burnout-survey-2017-data-is-in-and-the-third-shoe-drops) ## **Mayo's physician burnout super-study finally released their third round of data from the 2017 survey. ** **The third shoe has dropped, but what does it all mean??** This was that infamous first study documenting [burnout rates above 50% in US physicians](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-rates-top-50-percent-in-usa) in Mayo Clinic Proceedings using US physician *burnout surveys performed in 2011 and 2014 compared to burnout in the general US population*. It is probably the s*ingle most important data point in the birth of the movement to track and address burnout in physician*s. That movement has spread far and wide since 2011, culminating in the current wave of industry-wide confabs like the [NAM Action Collaborative on Clinician Wellbeing and Resilience.](https://nam.edu/initiatives/clinician-resilience-and-well-being/) *========== **This is Blog Post #292* Complete Blog Library  [is Here ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/all)========== **Since 2014 we have been waiting patiently for that third round of surveys to report out.** Show us the 2017 data please, please, please ... and [here it is](https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(18)30938-8/pdf). Tags: [Physician Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-burnout), [Physician Leadership](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-leadership), [stop physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/stop-physician-burnout) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/mayos-physician-burnout-survey-2017-data-is-in-and-the-third-shoe-drops) # [Physician Burnout or "Moral Injury" what difference does it make?](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-moral-injury-what-difference-does-it-make) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2019%20IMAGES/2019%20BLOG%20IMAGES/moral-injury-human-rights-abuses-stop-physician-burnout-physician-coaching-dike-drummond-Opt-150W.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-moral-injury-what-difference-does-it-make) ## **It's not Physician Burnout dammit - it's Moral Injury, Victim Shaming, Human Rights Abuses, Right?** There is a wave of righteous indignation sweeping the online discussion of [physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/295048/physician-burnout-why-its-not-a-fair-fight) recently. It is spawning a series of increasingly outraged new terms to define burnout as a symptom of systematic, deliberate abuse perpetrated by "the system". Some even go so far as to accuse physician burnout coaches of "cannibalizing the corpses of their colleagues" - one of the more inappropriate and creepy examples of alliteration I have heard in a while. But hey, jump on the bandwagon. Tags: [stop physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/stop-physician-burnout) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-moral-injury-what-difference-does-it-make) # [Physician Leadership Lesson of the Day - Harm does not Require Malice](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-leadership-lesson-of-the-day-harm-does-not-require-malice) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2019%20IMAGES/2019%20SOCIAL%20MEDIA%20IMAGES/absenceofempathy.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-leadership-lesson-of-the-day-harm-does-not-require-malice) ## **When managers/leaders drive for production in the face of physician burnout ... this quote becomes the leadership lesson of the day.** ============ **Physician Leadership's ** [***Dirty Little Secrets* Video Series is Here**](https://support.thehappymd.com/physician-leadership-training-dirty-little-secrets-opt-in) ============ --- --- **Unfortunately *the absence of empathy and understanding* is often a blind spot in physician leaders. ** ** ** Tags: [Physician Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-burnout), [Physician Leadership](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-leadership) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-leadership-lesson-of-the-day-harm-does-not-require-malice) # [Stop Physician Burnout - 4th grade math shows the epic fail of the current practice of medicine](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-4th-grade-math-shows-the-staggering-waste-of-the-current-practice-of-medicine) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2019%20IMAGES/2019%20BLOG%20IMAGES/stop-physician-burnout-emr-electronic-medical-records-overload-team-based-care_opt150W.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-4th-grade-math-shows-the-staggering-waste-of-the-current-practice-of-medicine) ## **Stop Physician Burnout - 4th grade math shows the epic fail of the current practice of medicine** **We don't need no stinking spreadsheets** *========== **This is Blog Post #290* Complete Blog Library  [is Here ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/all)========== Let me show you a simple, reproducible, fourth grade math demonstration of the power of [team based care and up-staffing the back office](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/electronic-medical-records-physician-burnout-team-based-care). Along the way you will begin to sense the staggering waste in the current practice of medicine, caused in part by industry standards like the MGMA annual staffing survey. ============ We *Build, Install & Support Corporate Burnout Prevention Strategy* Using Experience with 165 Clients to date -- [CLICK to learn more](https://www.thehappymd.com/quadruple-aim-corporate-support-services-hub) ============ ## **The reason EMR is killing doctors is simple -- OVERWHELM** Doctors were never meant to handle both 1) the complex interactions and thought processes of diagnose and treat, teach and manage patients 2) AND the digital documentation of those interactions via any one of the current truly demonic user interfaces. **The implementation of EMR doubled the workload on the doctors.** **Most employers did not staff up to handle it. **Instead, relying on annual staffing surveys to show them the average back office staffing ratio is the same as it was back in paper chart days - 1 Doc + 1 Medical Assistant.  **That's right, the work load doubled without a change in the number of hands on deck.**  The documentation falls on the doctor simply because: - we are ultimately liable for what is in the chart - we don't punch the clock and stop working at 5PM **It is as if someone designed the system of care specifically to burn out doctors and now they use industry averages to reinforce the travesty. **You can't design a more perfect meat grinder for the average doctor and now it is considered the standard of care. ## **The result:** - [Two hours in the chart for each one hour of face time with patients](https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2546704/allocation-physician-time-ambulatory-practice-time-motion-study-4-specialties) - "[Pajama time](http://www.annfammed.org/content/15/5/419.full)" - Burnout rate in US physicians [hovering at 50%](https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(18)30938-8/fulltext) - It's a healthcare delivery failure of epic proportions ## ** A 4th Grade review of the numbers reveals a way forward** Tags: [EMR](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/emr), [EHR](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/ehr), [stop physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/stop-physician-burnout) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-4th-grade-math-shows-the-staggering-waste-of-the-current-practice-of-medicine) # [Stop Physician Burnout with a personal journal - the neuroscience of putting pen to paper](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-with-a-personal-journal-the-neuroscience-of-putting-pen-to-paper) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2019%20IMAGES/2019%20BLOG%20IMAGES/physician-journal-neuroscience-stop-burnout-wellness-wellbeing-dike-drummond-opt200W.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-with-a-personal-journal-the-neuroscience-of-putting-pen-to-paper) ## **Putting pen to paper in a personal journal is a powerful burnout prevention tool for doctors ...** **- and the research says a keyboard is not a substitute for pen to paper.** > *The unexamined life is not worth living* ~~ Socrates > > *The palest ink is better than the best memory* ~~ Chinese proverb **One of the best ways to step out of [the whirlwind of your daily life](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/the-whirlwind-of-the-practice-of-medicine-seven-ways-to-step-out) is to develop the habit of journaling about your experience.** Tags: [Mindfulness](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/mindfulness), [stop physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/stop-physician-burnout) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-with-a-personal-journal-the-neuroscience-of-putting-pen-to-paper) # [Stop Physician Burnout - the Courage to Take Better Care of Yourself](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-the-courage-to-take-better-care-of-yourself) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2019%20IMAGES/2019%20BLOG%20IMAGES/stop-physician-burnout-self-care-act-of-courage-massage-physicians-on-purpose-Opt150W.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-the-courage-to-take-better-care-of-yourself) ## **When burnout forces you to reverse the bad habits of our training - normal self-care can seem like an act of courage** *========== This is Blog Post #288* Complete Blog Library  [is Here ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/all)========== **Burnout is your destiny trying to get your attention.** It's objective - *wake you up and [knock you onto a path with more purpose](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/putting-physician-burnout-to-its-highest-and-best-use).* Most of the time, it must grind you to a state of complete exhaustion, before you will begin to challenge the habits that got you here. Those survival habits were learned in the crucible of your residency. Learning to take better care of yourself won't come easily. And if you are lucky, burnout finally gets you to look in the mirror and ask, "*Is THIS what I really want in my life and [my practice](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-always-be-building-a-more-ideal-practice)*?" **If you recover, better self-care will be a significant piece of your strategy. **You realize you don't have to live your life like a resident. There are other options. - You will learn how [turn off your "the patient comes first" programming ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/363537/the-difference-time-off-vs-life-balance-3-keys-for-vacations-and-holidays)when you are not at work - You will find new ways to take better care of yourself - to *put your mask on first* - Rest - Nutrition - Vacations/Holidays - even a little pampering here and there - will all play a role.  **Then you run into the next obstacle.**  ## **As soon as you start taking better care of yourself, GUILT will often rear its ugly head.** Tags: [stop physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/stop-physician-burnout), [physician wellbeing](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/physician-wellbeing) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/stop-physician-burnout-the-courage-to-take-better-care-of-yourself) # [Physician Burnout and EMR - it's the Keystrokes, Silly. Documentation Overload and Four Ways Forward](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-emr-ehr-keystrokes-silly-documentation-overload) Posted by [Dike Drummond MD](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/author/dike-drummond-md) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.thehappymd.com/hubfs/images/2019%20IMAGES/2019%20BLOG%20IMAGES/Keystrokesbycountry.jpg) ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-emr-ehr-keystrokes-silly-documentation-overload) ## **The consensus is clear, EMR and documentation overload is the single largest source of stress for most physicians.** **How did it come to this?** Because forcing physicians to both take care of patients AND perform as a data entry clerk is bad for everyone involved - the patient, the doctor, the doctor's staff and family ... EVERYBODY. We already have studies showing [two hours of documentation chores for every one hour of direct patient care](https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2016/09/06/for-every-hour-with-patients-doctors-spend-two-record-keeping/#332585a02950). This documentation disaster already has a slang term for its ability to destroy doctor's family life - "[pajama time](https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/digital/family-doctors-spend-86-minutes-pajama-time-ehrs-nightly)". *========== This is Blog Post #287* Complete Blog Library  [is Here ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/all)========== ## **In this blog post let me show you:** - ***A single graph* that perfectly expresses the overwhelm**, specifically for US doctors - check it out - **Four reasons why this is happening**, specifically to US doctors - **Four ways to *immediately ease your documentation workload ***- things you can do now, rather than *wait for the EMR industry to fix itself * [![Quad Aim Physician Leader Retreat](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/263814/883fdfee-358c-4412-94ae-5a18cc044685.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/263814/883fdfee-358c-4412-94ae-5a18cc044685) ## ** 1) A Single Graph that Says it All for US Doctors** Tags: [EMR](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/emr), [stop physician burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/topic/stop-physician-burnout) [READ MORE NOW >>>](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/physician-burnout-emr-ehr-keystrokes-silly-documentation-overload) [Previous](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/page/24) [All posts](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/all) [Next](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/page/26) ## **Find what you need here...** ## **We wrote the Book on Preventing Burnout** The first Field Manual to a more Ideal Practice - **40,000 copies in print. ** [**CLICK HERE to learn more and get your copy**](https://support.thehappymd.com/stop-physician-burnout-book) [![stop-physician-burnout-book-dike-drummond-40000_opt200W](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/stop-physician-burnout-book-dike-drummond-40000_opt200W.jpg?width=200&name=stop-physician-burnout-book-dike-drummond-40000_opt200W.jpg)](https://support.thehappymd.com/stop-physician-burnout-book) ## **The Burnout Prevention MATRIX 2.0 FREE Report** **Over 235 ways to prevent physician burnout inside.  **[**CLICK HERE to learn more and get your FREE copy**](https://support.thehappymd.com/physician-burnout-prevention-matrix) [![Physician-burnout-prevention-MATRIX-report-6000-downloads_opt.jpg](https://www.thehappymd.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/NEW%20HOME%20IMAGES/Physician-burnout-prevention-MATRIX-report-6000-downloads_opt.jpg?width=200&height=175&name=Physician-burnout-prevention-MATRIX-report-6000-downloads_opt.jpg)](https://support.thehappymd.com/physician-burnout-prevention-matrix) ### **Prevent Burnout** **~**  [Physician Burnout – Why It’s NOT a Fair Fight](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/295048/Physician-Burnout-Why-its-not-a-Fair-Fight) **~**  [Physician Burnout Symptoms Differ in Women and Men](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/294952/Physician-Burnout-Presents-Differently-in-Male-and-Female-Doctors)**~**  [Physician Burnout's Highest and Best Use ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/378959/Physician-Burnout-Highest-and-Best-Use)**~**  [Pathophysiology and Treatment of Burnout](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290248/Physician-Burnout-Pathophysiology-and-Treatment-of-Burnout) **~ ** [Physician Wellness - Two Ways to Tell If Your Group Cares](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290377/Physician-Wellness-How-to-tell-if-Your-Group-Cares) **~**  [Burnout vs. the Bottom Line - the Epic Battle ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/349242/Physician-Burnout-Vs-the-Bottom-Line-the-Epic-Battle)**~**  [Physician Burnout - Who Will Save Us? ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/381680/Physician-Burnout-Who-Will-Save-Us) ### **Physician Leadership** **~**  [3 Reasons Doctors Make Lousy Leaders and What You Can Do About It](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290715/Physician-Leadership-Skills-3-Reasons-Doctors-Make-Poor-Leaders-and-What-You-Can-Do-About-It) **~**  [Monthly Staff Meeting Power Up and Team Venting process](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/290401/Physician-Leadership-Monthly-Staff-Meeting-Power-Up-and-Team-Venting-Process) **~**  [Employed Physician's Guide to Managing Your Boss ](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/369921/Employed-Physician-Guide-to-Managing-Your-Boss)**~**  [Disruptive Physician's Toolkit](https://www.thehappymd.com/blog/bid/285327/Disruptive-Physician-Toolkit) #### **"Changed my toxic work situation" ** *"I started to feel better about my life within a couple weeks of beginning our conversations. 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