{"title":"From OR to boardroom: Transferring surgical skills to executive leadership roles","authors":"Walter R. Peters Jr. MD, MBA","doi":"10.1016/j.scrs.2025.101100","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Surgeons develop skills throughout their career that provide a good foundation for executive leadership. Leadership, communication, and decision making are necessary for success in the Operating Room and the Boardroom. With effective mentoring, intentional study to broaden their knowledge base, and experience gained from participation in activities outside their clinical practice, surgeons can evolve to become effective leaders within the healthcare system. Executive leadership offers surgeons a rewarding means of utilizing their knowledge, skill, and experience to serve their colleagues and their communities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55956,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 101100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043148925000211","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"SURGERY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Surgeons develop skills throughout their career that provide a good foundation for executive leadership. Leadership, communication, and decision making are necessary for success in the Operating Room and the Boardroom. With effective mentoring, intentional study to broaden their knowledge base, and experience gained from participation in activities outside their clinical practice, surgeons can evolve to become effective leaders within the healthcare system. Executive leadership offers surgeons a rewarding means of utilizing their knowledge, skill, and experience to serve their colleagues and their communities.
期刊介绍:
Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery offers a comprehensive and coordinated review of a single, timely topic related to the diagnosis and treatment of proctologic diseases. Each issue is an organized compendium of practical information that serves as a lasting reference for colorectal surgeons, general surgeons, surgeons in training and their colleagues in medicine with an interest in colorectal disorders.