Your Protocol for Healthcare Leadership Excellence
Books, Articles, Frameworks, & Tools for Healthcare Leaders
A Guide to Healthy
A personal leadership check-up that illuminates the powerful truth:
Who you are is how you lead.
A Guide to Healthy
The essential tools to diagnose and treat organizational health risks early—and create a team that is resilient, high-performing, and ready for change.
“A lifeline for those navigating complexity, burnout, and the demands of modern medicine.”
— DR. MARSHALL GOLDSMITH
Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author of The Earned Life, Triggers, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There.
My mission is simple: to help physician leaders complement their clinical mastery with leadership mastery—becoming confident, capable, and inspiring agents of change.
The Vital Signs book series, and associated resources, are dedicated to that effort.
For more than 35 years, I’ve worked with leaders at every level across most industries. A decade ago, I shifted my focus to physician leadership because I believe great patient care depends on great leadership—and most physicians have never been given the tools they need to lead effectively.
As a coach, educator, and strategist, I offer practical, experience-backed guidance that helps physicians lead with intention, vision, and heart.
On this site, you’ll find ideas, tools, and insights I’ve shared with leaders across the globe. Feel free to share anything you find useful—with a colleague, your team, or your organization.
If it helps you lead more boldly and live more meaningfully, then I’ve accomplished my mission.
In Healthcare, leadership matters—more than ever before!
— Jim Ice
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“Whether you're just stepping into leadership or looking to reinvigorate your team or organization, these books—and Jim—are invaluable resources.”
— LIRON PANTANOWITZ, MD, PhD, MHA
Physician Leader and Chair, Department of Pathology