Why Doctors Avoiding Power Makes Healthcare Worse
Most physicians are uncomfortable with power. They went into medicine to help people, not control them. So when leadership starts to feel political, many doctors retreat. But, power doesn't disappear when you avoid it. It simply moves elsewhere. Often to people with different values and less clinical grounding. This post explores why learning ethical influence isn't selling out. It's the only way to protect what matters most. This is part 3 of 4 in the series on physician leadership based on a classic HBR article by Abraham Zalzenik.