Emergency physician, executive coach, and change leader at Mayo Clinic · Author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller You’re the Leader. Now What? · Former president of an 800-physician medical staff

Lead change.

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: higher engagement, a stronger culture, and better care for patients.

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Richard Winters

Sound familiar?

  • A merger, consolidation, or new structure that gives leaders the chance to build something together.
  • Stuck quality metrics, flat survey results, or a culture leaders want to improve.
  • Physician, nursing, and administrative partners who want to lead as one team.
  • Strategy set at the top that hasn’t reached the front line.
  • Talented clinicians stepping into their first leadership roles together.
  • Teams worn down by change that never stops.

Focus areas

Turn strategy into action

Set a strategic pulse. Drive engagement, action, and results.

Strategy set at the top doesn’t carry itself to the front line. Bring your leaders together to connect the organization’s priorities to the work of each department and division. Define objectives and key results, then set a strategic pulse: a regular rhythm of check-ins and accountability to see what’s working, spot new opportunities, and adjust.

Strategy is what we do together, not what we say separately.

See a sample strategic leadership program →

Jumpstart your dyads and triads

Jumpstart new partnerships. Reinvigorate established ones.

The best partnerships don’t happen by accident. Bring together your physician, nursing, and administrative partners to work side by side on real challenges. Build habits of communication, support, and trust, and leave with a shared plan for effective action.

No dyads or triads yet? Start with the leaders who already want to work together.

See a sample dyad/triad program →

Lead difficult change

Improve quality and engagement.

Change fatigue is real. Yet people still rally around the change they help shape. Bring your leaders together to share perspectives, generate options, and choose a way forward. Build a culture of engagement and responsiveness to necessary change.

Tried before without success? This time will be different.

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Level up leadership effectiveness

Master one-to-one leadership. Elevate the people you lead.

One-to-one conversations make everything else possible. Help your leaders coach colleagues, delegate without micromanaging, lead authentically from their strengths, and prevent burnout in themselves and those they lead. Develop facilitators people turn to, not just experts with answers.

Get these conversations right and you elevate the people you lead, the teams you build, and the outcomes you deliver.

See a sample level-up leadership effectiveness program →

What to expect

  • A planning call with you to shape the session around your goals.
  • No pre-work. Colleagues arrive and get to work on their real challenges.
  • Short teaching, breakout groups, highly interactive.
  • Each session ends with next steps for action. Not theory. Action.
  • Lots of networking between participants. Connect your organization.
  • Direct application of AI frameworks, models, and thinking.
  • Programs for one leadership team sitting around a table and for hundreds of leaders in a large conference room.

Formats

Keynote

45 to 90 minutes for a conference, leadership meeting, or retreat, with time for table discussion or questions. Keynotes may be virtual or in person.

Single- or multi-day programs

A working retreat for an executive team, a group of dyads and triads, or leaders throughout your organization. Teams take on real challenges from first conversations to plans for action and results.

Virtual programs

Live online courses that run over several months. Sessions use breakout rooms and chat to connect colleagues through shared learning and development. Directly applicable, not boring theory. Delivered across your organization.

What participants say

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.

Physician leader

I’ve been to plenty of leadership training, but this was different. We worked on MY actual challenges, not hypothetical case studies. I left with tools I used the very next day, and my team has noticed the difference in how I coach and delegate.

Administrative leader

I would love to have more development opportunities such as this. Many organizations make grand promises about “personnel development and training” yet fail to do more than unguided online courses. This was an excellent experience to collaborate with and enrich each other.

Physician leader

Dr. Winters did an excellent job weaving our initiatives into the discussion about execution in a complex healthcare environment.

Physician leader

This course completely transformed how I approach my role. I went from constantly fighting fires to actually leading change. The frameworks alone have saved me countless hours of frustration by helping me match my approach to the problem.

Nursing leader

Engaging, interactive, easy to understand, thus easy to apply in the workplace setting.

Nursing leader

The energy, engagement, and depth of insight throughout the event were truly inspiring. From the strategic frameworks shared by Dr. Richard Winters to the collaborative discussions with peers, every moment felt purposeful and empowering. I left with actionable tools, renewed motivation, and a clearer vision for leading complex change within our teams.

Administrative leader

I absolutely loved this course. The instructor’s teaching style, comedic inserts, the way he was able to get us all interacting and networking even just together was so much fun.

Administrative leader

One of the best leadership conferences I have attended.

Physician leader

I really enjoyed this training. It was so great getting to actually practice the things that were being taught. The presentation was so engaging; I was excited to come back for day 2.

Physician leader

In my 28 years, that was the best presentation on well-being and self-care I have seen. Fantastic content and exceptional delivery. I will be promoting your recording to colleagues.

Administrative leader

He was relatable, providing real world examples we all could understand.

Nursing leader

Excellent presentation, very informative and Dr. Winters made it fun and easy to participate. Loved the stick figures!

Administrative leader

Timeline

  1. Leadership and Change ManagementUpcoming · · Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Grand Rounds · Mayo Clinic · Virtual
  2. How to Lead Change When Everyone DisagreesUpcoming · · Healthcare Leadership Summit keynote · National Center for Healthcare Leadership · Chicago, Illinois
  3. Mindtraps, Polarity, and Adult DevelopmentUpcoming · · Family Medicine Residency lecture series · Middlesex Health · Middletown, Connecticut
  4. How Leaders Create Well-Being in the WorkplaceUpcoming · · Virtual leadership series · Marion Health · Virtual
  5. How to Decide When Experts DisagreeUpcoming · · Keynote · Wealthspire Advisors · Chicago, Illinois
  6. Why Are We Here?Upcoming · · Length of Stay Learning Collaborative kick-off · Mayo Clinic Care Network · Rochester, Minnesota
  7. How to Connect Organizational Strategy with Frontline NeedsUpcoming · · Leadership Meeting 2026 · Mayo Clinic Care Network · Rochester, Minnesota
  8. How to Create a Strategic Pulse · Leadership series · Witham Health Services · Virtual
  9. Level up your leadership effectiveness · Seven-session course, April to October · Mayo Clinic Care Network · Virtual
  10. How to Lead Change · All-staff retreat · Mayo Clinic Platform · Rochester, Minnesota
  11. Dyad and Triad Leadership Effectiveness and Service Line Strategy · Willis Knighton Health · Shreveport, Louisiana
  12. Stomp Out Burnout: Move Toward Well-Being · Family Medicine Residency lecture series · Middlesex Health · Middletown, Connecticut
Show 30 earlier talks
  1. How to Set a Strategic Pulse · Leadership lecture series · Mayo Clinic Health System · Virtual
  2. How Leaders Create Well-Being in the Workplace · Leadership series · Witham Health Services · Virtual
  3. Leading as a Triad: Advancing Strategy and AI Readiness · Chief nursing officer meeting · Mayo Clinic Care Network · Salt Lake City, Utah
  4. How to Lead When Change Never Stops Changing · Leadership series · Witham Health Services · Virtual
  5. How to Coach a Disruptive Colleague · Family Medicine Residency lecture series · Middlesex Health · Middletown, Connecticut
  6. How to Lead Difficult Organizational Change · Marion Health · Marion, Indiana
  7. Leadership Framework for Navigating Change and Technology for Medical Educators · Faculty Development 2026 · Mayo Clinic · Denver, Colorado
  8. Leading the Agentic AI Healthcare Organization · Webinar · Mayo Clinic Care Network · Virtual
  9. How to Lead Change When Everyone Disagrees · Strategy department retreat · Mayo Clinic · Rochester, Minnesota
  10. How to Lead Change · Hendricks Regional Health · Plainfield, Indiana
  11. Coach Colleagues to Find Solutions · Family Medicine Residency lecture series · Middlesex Health · Middletown, Connecticut
  12. Leading the Agentic AI Healthcare Organization · Billings Clinic · Billings, Montana
  13. How to Lead Change · Keynote · Billings Clinic · Billings, Montana
  14. Dyad/Triad Strategic Effectiveness Meeting · Mayo Clinic · Jacksonville, Florida
  15. Leading Others Through Change · Physician leadership retreat · WVU Medicine · Bridgeport, West Virginia
  16. Burnout · Leadership Launch · Mayo Clinic · Rochester, Minnesota
  17. Leadership and Well-Being · Clinical Chemistry Grand Rounds · Mayo Clinic · Rochester, Minnesota
  18. How to Coach a Disrupted Colleague · Workshop · Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors · Scottsdale, Arizona
  19. How to Be an Authentic Leader · Keynote · Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors · Scottsdale, Arizona
  20. How to Be an Authentic Leader · Family Medicine Residency lecture series · Middlesex Health · Middletown, Connecticut
  21. Change management for healthcare leaders · Seven-session course, August 2025 to February 2026 · Mayo Clinic Care Network · Virtual
  22. How to Lead Change · Pediatric retreat · Wellstar Health System · Atlanta, Georgia
  23. How to Decide When Everyone Disagrees · Pediatric retreat · Wellstar Health System · Atlanta, Georgia
  24. You’re the Leader. Now What? · GI Unit Leadership Course · American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · Virtual
  25. Leadership Development · NorthBay Health · Fairfield, California
  26. How to Decide When Everyone Disagrees · Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds · Mayo Clinic · Rochester, Minnesota
  27. How to Decide When Everyone Disagrees · Family Medicine Residency lecture series · Middlesex Health · Middletown, Connecticut
  28. Why Are We Here? · Pressure Injury Prevention Collaborative kick-off · Mayo Clinic Care Network · Jacksonville, Florida
  29. How to Make Decisions When Experts Disagree · Grand Rounds · Witham Health Services · Lebanon, Indiana
  30. Two-Day Leadership Retreat · Witham Health Services · Lebanon, Indiana

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