Richard Winters, MD, MBA

Richard Winters is an emergency physician and author of You're the Leader. Now What?: Leadership Lessons from Mayo Clinic.

Physicians

How to improve decision-making effectiveness

October 6, 2022Oct 6, 2022

An excerpt from You're the Leader. Now What?: Leadership Lessons from Mayo Clinic. What is most important when making a decision: process or expert analysis? If you're like many people I've worked with, you're probably thinking, "they both are," but…

An excerpt from You’re the Leader. Now What?: Leadership Lessons from Mayo Clinic.

What is most important when making a decision: process or expert analysis?

If you’re like many people I’ve worked with, you’re probably thinking, “they both are,” but I’m asking you to pick just one. Which one is most important in improving the effectiveness of decisions?

A study published in the McKinsey Quarterly examined 1,048 complex decisions made …

Physicians

3 steps physicians use to become an expert and avoid mediocrity

Richard Winters, MD, MBA

May 12, 2013May 12, 2013

As I sit on this old wooden pew, I rock side-to-side to ensure that blood flows to each part of my bottom. We've been at this rented church for 75 minutes listening to the sounds of my daughter's violin class…

As I sit on this old wooden pew, I rock side-to-side to ensure that blood flows to each part of my bottom. We’ve been at this rented church for 75 minutes listening to the sounds of my daughter’s violin class recital and now it’s time for the last piece.

A high school student with a large tattoo of a stanza on her left …