title: Physician executive promotes process for managing change. Building consensus for group plan is key to successful transitions.
abstract: Thrust into a leadership position after years in solo practice demanded quick thinking for one physician executive. Faced with a need for change, he developed his own process for turning an individual's idea into a plan of action for an entire group. Learn the steps he took to build consensus and ease resistance to change.
authors.affiliation: mikecarrigan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Carrigan
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007857:Leadership; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D008486:Physician Executives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011361:Professional Competence; D014481:United States