Richard Winters, MD
I’m an emergency physician, executive coach, and change leader at Mayo Clinic. I authored the Wall Street Journal bestseller You’re the Leader. Now What? I speak and write about leadership and organizational effectiveness.
Speaking
Keynotes, single- or multi-day programs, and virtual programs.
Change in healthcare happens when physicians, nurses, and administrators come together to explore perspectives, weigh options, and decide on a way forward. Turn aspiration into action, and action into results.
Writing
- Bad News Gets Better as It Moves Up
The information that reaches you has already been edited. Your job is to go find the draft.
- 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
- 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
- Making Better DecisionsReconsidering
- You’re the Leader. Now What?The Leadership Podcast
- Leadership Lessons from Mayo ClinicThe Second City
- Organizational Vital SignsThe Action Catalyst
- 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 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.