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Last Friday morning, Leaders Connect gathered at Zingerman’s Roadhouse to honor our Veteran’s and learn some leadership lessons from four esteemed military officers: Eric Fretz, Len Haidl, Demond Johnson, and Skip Walton.  Each told us stories about their time in the service including their missions, and deployments.  Along with these stories came lessons in leadership that we can apply to our personal and professional lives. Eric Fretz, who served 20 years in the Navy, with a very memorable deployment in Iraq, …

Leadership Lessons from Military Officers In celebration of Veteran’s day I will be hosting a special edition of the Leaders Connect Breakfast on Friday, November 9th.  The entire session will be devoted to leaderships lessons from the the military.  The presenters are four military officers, one still active, who are now prominent leaders in the Ann Arbor community. The will discuss how the lessons they learned from the military have empowered them to be successful in their current leadership roles.  …

At the October Leaders Connect meeting, I had the unique opportunity to do a Q&A session with Astrophysicist, Thomas Zurbuchen.  Thomas is the Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA. Prior to this, he was Professor of Space Science and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, where he helped found the Center for Entrepreneurship. Thomas is currently overseeing the leading Earth Science program in the world, where he is involved with 105 missions currently.  Since Thomas joined NASA the missions funding increased …

The scientist, John Brockman, a few years ago asked prominent scientists a crucial question: “What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit?” He compiled the scientist’s answers into a book titled ” This Will Make You Smarter” Today, I have tried to condense a few of their answers into life lessons which I believe may be applicable to my readership. As I found the book extremely thought-provoking, I would invite you to provide your responses to these ideas and to others found in …

Defeating the Demon of Self Doubt Self-doubt undoubtedly plagues us all.  While we all experience it much of the time, most of us are afraid to admit it. Yet, self doubt is not always a bad thing.  Actually, when used in the right way, it can help us to evaluate life’s risks and lead us to make good decisions. However, when it becomes excessive, it can immobilize us in a way that freezes us in indecision. Self-doubt is that voice in …

On September 14, 2018, we kicked off our fall Leaders Connect Breakfast series with “everything you wanted to know about emergency medicine, but were too afraid to ask”.  We were fortunate to have a panel of veteran emergency physicians give us insight into their fast paced, rapidly evolving field, and answer our questions about, among other things: Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Affordable Care Act (ACA) and its impact on emergency medicine Physician burnout and disillusionment Opaque billing process Aging population …