White Coat Leadership

About White Coat Leadership

White Coat Leadership is a practical and inspiring guide for clinicians ready to grow into transformative leaders in healthcare today.

Healthcare is changing faster than ever—technologically, financially, and culturally. The system faces rising complexity and growing pressure to evolve.

To navigate this, healthcare needs leaders who can think clinically, manage strategically, and lead others with clarity, humility, and vision.

Written by physician and healthcare executive Dr. Timothy Liesching, White Coat Leadership equips readers with a clear leadership path forward.

Liesching introduces a three-dimensional leadership framework: palpable, performance, and people leadership. Each element empowers clinicians to lead with intention.

Palpable leadership focuses on presence, vision, and trust. Performance leadership centers on strategy, metrics, and operational excellence.

People leadership is about building culture, motivating teams, and leading with emotional intelligence and accountability.

Together, these dimensions form the foundation of “white coat leadership”—a model grounded in excellence without ego and designed for today’s healthcare challenges.

Readers will learn how to communicate vision, set priorities, and foster followership in complex medical systems without losing their clinical identity.

The book emphasizes intentional leadership—by design, not default—giving clinicians tools to drive outcomes and elevate their organizations.

This book is ideal for physicians, nurses, administrators, and medical students who want to grow their impact beyond bedside care.

With real-world insights and a values-driven mindset, White Coat Leadership helps healthcare professionals lead in ways that improve teams and systems.

From building trust to balancing care quality with business demands, this guide offers practical steps for leading healthcare forward.

You’ll learn how to:
– Communicate vision and lead with resolve
– Balance clinical care with strategic decision-making
– Build high-performing, values-aligned teams
– Practice leadership through humility and emotional intelligence
– Lead change across departments, systems, and organizations

Whether you’re starting your leadership journey or refining your executive approach, White Coat Leadership meets you where you are.

This is your prescription for growing into the kind of leader healthcare needs now—capable, collaborative, and committed to meaningful progress/