Richard Winters, MD
I help healthcare leaders bring people together, strengthen partnerships, and turn shared priorities into action and results.
Emergency physician and executive coach at Mayo Clinic · Wall Street Journal bestselling author
Speaking
Keynotes, retreats, and leadership programs.
- Turn strategy into action
- Jumpstart your dyads and triads
- Lead difficult change
- Level up leadership effectiveness
One of the best speakers I’ve ever had the pleasure to listen to. Very entertaining and directly applicable. I already feel like I’m a better leader.
Writing
- Bad News Gets Better as It Moves Up
A serious problem becomes “a concern.” A concern becomes “something we’re monitoring.”
- We Need to Get Better at Dogfooding
Clinicians who become patients or advocates see the system from both sides. A bug report is useless if no one feels safe filing it.
- Why Leaders Become Sock Puppets
A reactive leader sends the puppet. A strategic leader shows up as themself.
Book
You’re the Leader. Now What?
Leadership Lessons from Mayo Clinic
Proven strategies to help you become a more effective leader.
About the book →Podcast appearances
- Finding Excellence in CrisisThe Learning Leader Show with Ryan Hawk
- Making Better DecisionsReconsidering
- Organizational Vital SignsThe Action Catalyst
More podcast appearances
- Lessons in Leadership DevelopmentLEADx
- The Mayo Clinic Approach to LeadershipOnBrand with Nick Westergaard
- Leading and Growing as a PhysicianSpine & Nerve
- The Power of Leadership in MedicineKevinMD
- You’re the Leader. Now What?The Leadership Podcast
- Leadership Lessons from Mayo ClinicThe Second City
- Model to Becoming a Better LeaderBehavioral Health Today
- You’re the LeaderThe Gary Bisbee Show
- What Makes You a Great LeaderThe Strategy Skills Podcast
- Two Pages with Michael Bungay Stanier
- How to Lead at Any LevelCreating Confidence with Heather Monahan
- Keen On Podcast with Andrew Keen
Background
I’m an emergency physician at Mayo Clinic, where I provide executive coaching and deliver leadership programs. My work also extends to organizations in the Mayo Clinic Care Network.
Before Mayo Clinic, I led a physician group, served as president of an 800-physician medical staff, and was CEO and founder of a managed care startup.
Read full biography
I am an emergency physician at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. I provide executive coaching and deliver leadership programs at Mayo Clinic and for the national and international members of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. I serve as chair of finance for the department of emergency medicine and on the department executive committee, strategy committee, personnel committee, and enterprise specialty council.
Prior to my work at Mayo Clinic, I served as managing partner of a democratic physician group, chair of emergency medicine, president of an 800-physician medical staff, and CEO/founder of a managed care startup.
In 1994, I graduated from the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. I am board certified and residency trained in Emergency Medicine from the University of California, San Francisco at Fresno. I graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas Executive and Professional Coaching Program and am a professional certified coach through the International Coaching Federation. I completed a Healthcare Management Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas and UT Southwestern Medical Center. I obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
I live in Rochester, Minnesota with my family.
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