Minnesota Physician Leadership Institute

Innovative Disruption 

This session prepares leaders with strategies to face several disruptive forces. It will introduce the concept of Jobs to be Done and consumer centricity; how you spot opportunities, along with how to create disruptive solutions, create new business models, and finally, how to enable a culture of accountability.

Project Management for Leaders

Physicians are not project managers; their focus lies in achieving operational excellence within their medical practices. By guiding their teams to embrace project management methods, physicians can drive process improvements and enhance efficiency in healthcare delivery. This session will include a comprehensive review of a popular Agile method, specifically Scrum, providing valuable insights for physician leaders in optimizing healthcare practices.  

Negotiation Strategies 

Danielle Hansen, MBA 
Learn the art and science of building winning negotiation strategies. This session covers the basics of planning, distributive and win-win negotiations, group problem-solving, and multi-party negotiations. Discover expert tricks of the trade and convert that expertise into a competitive advantage. 

Leadership Presence/Presenting as a Leader

Diana Pavlovska 
This interactive session is focused on enhancing presentation effectiveness, using self-analysis and direct application to a real-life critical communication that participants will prepare to deliver. Participants will explore what their values are, their vision, and how that translates into communication and motivating an audience to act.  

Physician Leadership in Quality & Safety

David Satin, MD
This session will introduce participants to the local, national, and historical quality improvement and patient safety (QI/PS) landscape through small and large group activities. Participants will apply common QI/PS tools to case examples, highlighting the role of leaders. We will debate the benefits and burdens of clinical quality measurement and its modern incentive structures, as well as discuss current trends and opportunities for leadership. Finally, participants will be individually challenged to integrate QI/PS into their professional roles and aspirations.

Healthcare Policy 

Stephen Parente, PhD, MPH, MS
This session provides an introduction to key aspects of health policy including a framework for the analysis of health policy, the evolution of health policy in the U.S. including the implementation of federal health reform, and perspectives on the allocation of resources to and within the health care sector. 

Advocacy Strategies 

Matthew Anderson, JD
Effective advocacy is, and will continue to be, a key skill set for healthcare leaders. Public policy exerts a powerful influence on how healthcare services are distributed, delivered, measured, and financed. Therefore, it is imperative for policymakers to hear and understand the perspectives of our healthcare leaders. This session will provide a high-level overview of the opportunities for physician leaders to bring their voices and expertise into the policy-making process, as well as practical steps for effective advocacy so your voices and experience have as much influence as possible. 

Physician Health & Well-being

Burnout is an epidemic in healthcare and many other professions.  Dr. Martin talks about how common burnout is and the consequences to our personal well-being, the organizations we work for, and the people and patients we care for.  He shares simple, efficient techniques to combat and prevent burnout and improve our relationships with our loved ones, colleagues, and patients. 
 

Physicians’ Day at the Capitol 

Leading Change

Legal & Ethical Responsibilities 

Mentoring & Coaching

Jill Hauwiller, MA
Coaching team members is a core competency for effective leadership. Coaches help others solve problems, improve skills, maximize strengths, deal with challenging situations, or make needed changes. This session focuses on the skills coaches need,  including active listening, asking great questions, challenging, supporting, encouraging, and negotiating. The mentoring role involves helping others enhance their careers through assistance with professional development, networking, advising, and guiding.

Leading for Sustainable Performance & Well-being

Theresa Glomb, PhD, MA 
This session relies on a blend of research, personal stories, and practical micro-interventions centered around the themes of "Work Hard. Have Fun. Choose Kind. Be Present." Research in each of these 4 themes is woven together with personal practices and ways to implement small, practical disciplines to improve your work life. Participants then activate the content with breakout sessions and interactive activities designed to craft routines and share insights. The application can generalize to personal, team, or organizational practices. 

Healthcare Financial Accountability

Stuart Webb & Pinar Karaca-Mandic, PhD
Using a simulation and case study, this session will present the basic principles of Accounting and Finance as they pertain to the healthcare industry. Students should expect to leave understanding how investors view their organization and its cash flows and how time affects the value of those cash flows.

Inclusive Leadership

This session allows for deep reflection about personal identities, our multiple identities, how those identities move into leadership, and how to better lead people from multiple backgrounds. Moreover, this course explores how identity, power, and privilege play out in leadership. 

Emerging Trends Discussion & Panel 

Pinar Karaca-Mandic, PhD
Stephen Parente, PhD, MPH, MS
Various Guests

The panel session is not accredited for CME.

Program Conclusion & Reception