LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR
PSYCHIATRY CHAIRS
Daniel K. Winstead, M.D.
Tulane University School of Medicine
October 19th, 2013
Dedicated to James H. Shore, M.D.
DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL
RELATIONSHIPS
DR. DANIEL K. WINSTEAD
Has no relationships with any entity producing,
marketing, re-selling, or distribution health care
goods or services consumed by, or used on
patients.
How is Leadership defined?
Do you know it when you see it?
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else
to do something you want done because he
wants to do it.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Management is doing things right; leadership
is doing the right things.”
Peter Drucker
“Leadership is practiced not so much in words
as in attitude and in actions.”
Harold S. Geneen
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision
into reality.”
Warren G. Bennis
“Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not
a trumpet call to self-importance.”
J. Donald Walters
“The growth and development of people is the
highest calling of leadership.”
Harvey S. Firestone
Are Leaders autocratic?
Are Leaders democratic?
When should Leaders be autocratic?
When should Leaders be democratic?
Participatory Management
vs.
Crisis Management
I.
Few “natural born” leaders
II. Various pathways to leadership positions
A. Mentorship
1. Key route
B. Course work, seminars, etc. Professional
meetings and associations, e.g.
Association of Physician Executives.)
C. Formal degrees (MBA, Executive MBA,
MPH, MHA, etc.)
D. Networking
E. Create liaison activities with other national
organizations
F. Use conflict resolution to build your
reputation as a “peacemaker”
1. Search for “common ground”
2. Help people stay within priorities of the
organization
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the
courage to continue that counts”
Winston Churchill
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its
flavor”
Truman Capote
“Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to
listen to the voice within yourself. Your body
and mind will become clear and you will realize
the unity of all things”
Dogen
III.
Key ingredients of leadership (from Dr.
Ronald M. Davis, American Medical
News, February 18, 2008.)
1. Filling the vacuum
2. Pursuing noble causes
3. Recruiting a good team
4. Inspiring the team and the masses
5. Being bold
III.
Key ingredients of leadership (cont’d.)
7. Taking risks
8. Aiming high and pushing the envelope
9. Challenging the odds
10.Rolling up their sleeves
11.Leading the way in times of crisis
Time Management
1. Select committees for impact and time
sensitivity
2. Just say “no” (carefully) or negotiate
Fostering Professional Development
1. Mentors
2. Good bosses
3. Advantageous academic environment
4. Support autonomy yet structure
5. Opportunities for growth and new
challenges/positions
Take Courses
1. Organizational Behavioral
2. Hospital Management
3. Leadership
A. Warren Bennis
B. Stephen Covey
C. Others (?)
4. The finances of medicine, GME, etc.
Keep Your Options Open
1. Other universities
2. Other settings
A. Academic Medical Center
B. HMO
C. Private Practice
“We must combine the toughness of the
serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough
mind and a tender heart”
Martin Luther King, Jr.