2021 Annual Meeting Startup & Practice Management Access Pass-Leadership and Balance: Lessons Learned Over the Last 25 Years

Leadership and Balance: Lessons Learned Over the Last 25 Years

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In this intimate Q&A session, an experienced physician shares insights on managing a demanding medical career alongside family life. He emphasizes the importance of responsible delegation, building a competent and loyal team, and ensuring team members feel valued. He advocates for deliberate time management, including blocking out time for exercise and taking regular vacations to maintain physical and mental health. The speaker highlights the necessity of saying "no" to tasks outside one's expertise or that don't add value, to preserve balance and reliability. Reflecting on personal growth, he admits early career struggles with health and overwork, but improved by working smarter and carving time for family. Key advice includes focusing on efficiency over perfection and prioritizing meaningful family time, noting, "kids don't know how much you know until they know how much you care." He encourages ongoing learning from life experiences and welcomes further dialogue, underscoring leadership, work-life balance, and personal well-being in medicine.

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Dr. Brian Cole

Keywords

medical career management

work-life balance

team delegation

time management

physician well-being

family priorities