Staffing & Salary

Missy Plohr-Memming is senior vice president of MetLife’s Group Benefits National Accounts Sales organization, which provides employee benefits solutions to U.S. based employers with 5,000 or more employees. In this role, Plohr-Memming oversees sales strategy and key growth initiatives to drive top-and bottom-line financial results and is responsible for the development of global strategies and sales of expatriate and multinational solutions to U.S.-based businesses for all Group Benefits sales teams.

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As healthcare worker burnout is on the rise and job satisfaction falls at twice the rate of other sectors, it’s clear healthcare employers may be underestimating the level of support needed across the industry.

What burned out workers really want from employers

Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.

Practice tip of the week: Six ways to motivate your team for free

How physicians fight burnout

Nance Goldstein, MDc, ACC, PhD, partners with physicians as a leadership coach to find ways through today’s tough times and enjoy medicine more.

Her evidence-based work enables physicians to sail through the challenges of influencing others to deliver excellent care. Her clients learn simple, quick ways to lead high quality, thriving care groups – one conversation at a time. She’s an Affiliate Faculty at AriadneLabs (Brigham & Womens Hospital and Harvard’s Chan School of Public Health), as well as a scholar at Brandeis University WSRC. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancegoldstein/

, curates recent research and stories of physicians making medical practice better – leadership that honors their purpose 

 improves their experience of practicing.

Her podcast offers conversations with seasoned women MDs talking about how they navigated the competing demands of practice, family and the rest of life.

She’d like to hear what troubles you in your practice. Email her: 

Reducing generational tension among staff can make your practice run smoother.

Messy moments: Physicians productively address relational problems so that it’s better for everyone

As millennials are seeking changes to the day-to-day operations of the system, they’re driving a much larger conversation about what health care should look like.

Managing millennial physicians

Monica Bolbjerg, MD is a physician, entrepreneur, and digital health pioneer. She is the founder of 

 and has been a speaker at several health innovation think tank forums.

New technology can make a remote workforce a pleasing reality.

How a remote and virtual workforce model can benefit your practice and patients

Practice tip of the week: How to remove a negative online review

 is president of CompHealth, the nation’s largest provider of locum tenens physicians and founder of the traveling physician industry. She joined CompHealth in 2001 as a sales consultant and served in a variety of management roles prior to being named president in 2017. Lisa is passionate about building lasting relationships and helping her team members reach their highest potential.

Work-life balance is the key to staving off burnout.

Physicians want work-life balance

Inclusion is a surprising way to create safer, more efficient patient care.

The importance of inclusion

Neil Baum, MD, a Professor of Clinical Urology at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Baum is the author of several books, including the best-selling book, 

Marketing Your Medical Practice-Ethically, Effectively, and Economically,

 which has sold over 225,000 copies and has been translated into Spanish. He contributes a weekly video for 

 on practical ideas to enhance productivity and efficiency in medical practices.  His 5–7-minute videos and short articles provide practical ideas that can be easily implemented and incorporated into any medical practice. Dr. Baum can be reached at 

Recognition is key to keeping practice staff motivated.