Leadership competencies

The Academy considers the following competencies important to the success of its governance structure. Residents, members, committee chairpersons, and directors alike should strive for excellence in these general areas. Progressive growth is encouraged with ongoing service to the Academy and at successive levels of seniority.

Members interested in participating in the Academy’s committees and governance structure are encouraged to review the Governance Handbook (PDF), which includes parliamentary procedure, and the Academy's vision, mission, and strategic plan. Chairs and deputy chairs can use the following competencies as a guide in mentoring young physicians and residents. Opportunities to gain experience in these competencies are presented below:

Basic Governance Competencies

1. Fiduciary responsibilities

• Duty of care, loyalty and obedience

• Confidentiality

• Protecting intellectual property

• See the Governance Handbook (PDF) for more guidance

Advanced Governance Competencies

1. Communicating to Lead and Influence

Such as:

• Active and empathic listening; understanding non-verbal cues

• Appropriate and effective use of social media

• Advocating with policymakers

2. Interpersonal and Team Leadership

Such as:

• Building an inclusive culture, collaboration with others, and managing teams

• Conflict resolution

• Running effective meetings

• Influencing with and without authority

3. Resource Stewardship

Such as:

• Strategic planning

• Building and maintaining a resilient workforce

• Developing value-based propositions and performing financial analyses in practice and in organizations

• Development and fundraising

• Understanding quality measures, metrics and medical analytics in healthcare and finance

• Leadership pipeline and succession planning

• Talent management: choosing and developing the right people

4. Self-Awareness and Personal Effectiveness

Such as:

• Acting with integrity: using ethical considerations to guide decisions and actions

• Emotional Intelligence: understanding and managing one's own emotions and understanding the emotions of others

• Understanding compromise

5. Leading Across Boundaries

Such as:

• Managing organizational politics

• Big picture thinking and cultivating vision

• Dedicated development of intersociety relationships/links to promote unification of specialty (i.e., state society relationships, grassroots)

Resources for developing these Advanced Governance Competencies can be found by accessing the following links: