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Lead Well MD: Transforming Healthcare Through Effective Clinician Leadership
Welcome to Lead Well MD where we dive into the art and science of effective clinician leadership. Through compelling stories and insightful conversations with guests from across healthcare, we explore the intersection between the foundational skills of emotional intelligence and effective clinician leadership. We examine how leaders can drive meaningful change and transform how they care for their teams, their organizations, and their patients.
Join Ashley Wendel, MA—physician leadership consultant, 1:1 advisor, and trusted guide—as she shares practical leadership tips and strategies honed over 17 years of partnering with clinician leaders like you. Each episode is designed to empower you with tools to lead more effectively and inspire change within your teams and organizations.
Our mission is to help you understand yourself and others more deeply while building the critical leadership skills needed to make a lasting impact. Together, let’s equip you to be the most effective leader possible, driving meaningful and transformative change in healthcare.
Tune in and lead well—because your leadership matters more than ever.
Lead Well MD: Transforming Healthcare Through Effective Clinician Leadership
"Making Excellence Accessible: How Human Development Drives Culture Change in Healthcare" with Dr. Stephen Beeson
In this episode, Dr. Stephen Beeson and I dive deep into what it truly takes to build, and sustain, a culture of excellence in healthcare.
Drawing from his experience leading transformation at Sharp Healthcare and founding Practicing Excellence, Steve shares why identity-based change is far more powerful than behavior correction alone, and why clinician engagement is the single most important predictor of successful transformation.
We explore:
- How and why Steve began his journey in human development in healthcare by founding Practicing Excellence
- Why healthcare cultures struggle with massive behavioral variance
- How clear identity creates consistency without stripping individuality
- The essential pillars of a culture of excellence: declared intent, measurement, human development, and accountability
- Why leadership development is often the first thing cut - and the most costly loss
- The role of vulnerability, authenticity, and coaching in effective leadership
- How scalable, continuous human development changes outcomes
- What future leaders must learn to thrive in an increasingly complex healthcare environment
This conversation is both strategic and deeply human, grounded in evidence, shaped by real-world leadership challenges, and rooted in the belief that healthcare can be better for patients and for the people who serve them.
If you care about culture, leadership, clinician well-being, and meaningful change, this episode is an invitation to think differently, and lead more intentionally.
