"Never has the American healthcare system been in more desperate need of the wisdom and unique perspective of physician leadership than it is today. Dr. Liesching's seminal manuscript on the importance and role of 'white coat leadership' is a must read for all existing and aspiring physician leaders."
— Timothy J. Babineau, MD
Professor Emeritus, Warrant Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Retired President and CEO, Lifespan Health system, Rhode Island

"Dr. Liesching has encapsulated the necessary dimensions of leadership demanded by today's high-complexity healthcare environment. He recognizes that individual effort and excellence are now not enough to produce excellent care, if in fact it ever was. Instead, he teaches us that great healthcare today can only be created by groups of individuals working together for a common vision of comforting, healing, and caring for everyone in the process—the caregivers as much as the patients. Tim believes this begins with great leadership fully realized in its intelligence and humanity. His is a clear voice in a challenging world where we increasingly ask ourselves, 'How do we do our best when it isn't easy?'"
— Jay Want, MD
Former Executive Director, The Peterson Center on Healthcare

"Like a superb ICU physician (which he is), Liesching breaks down the complex challenges of being a healthcare leader during our tumultuous times. With confidence and humility, he identifies and addresses tensions that result from competing values. The result is a highly readable argument: That leaders today may benefit from thinking like clinicians, and that clinicians should not shrink from the challenge of leadership."
— Thomas Lee, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Press Ganey; Editor in Chief, NEJM Catalyst

"At no time in the history of medicine has clinician leadership been more important than now. In White Coat Leadership, Dr. Timothy Liesching provides a scholarly, inspiring, compelling, wise, and practical guide for clinician leaders traveling the path from the bedside to the board room. It is a 'must read' for those who aspire to a career in healthcare leadership."
— David L. Longworth, MD
Former Chair, The Medicine Institute at Cleveland Clinic; Former President and CEO, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center; Former Chair, Primary Care, Beth Israel Lahey Health System

"Dr. Timothy Liesching’s book, White Coat Leadership: Empowering the Next Generation of Healthcare Leaders from Bedside to Boardroom is a deep dive into why healthcare organizations, led by physicians, are succeeding. Great leadership requires the ability to navigate the cross-section of complex cutting-edge medicine, fragile healthcare economics, and workforce challenges with emotional intelligence and confidence. White Coat Leadership is the blueprint, in these challenging times, for physician leadership, empowerment, and success."
– Joanne M. Conroy, MD
CEO and President, Dartmouth Health

"Healthcare organizations face incredibly complex strategic and organizational challenges. White Coat Leadership demonstrates that the needed solutions depend less on upper management than on the everyday, pivotal decisions made by countless clinicians and practitioners. Dr. Liesching's book is an essential roadmap for medical professionals aspiring to enhance their leadership skills, empowering them to elevate their organizations and, most importantly, to transform patient care."
— Jesper B. Sørensen
Jeffe Professor, Organizational Behavior, Stanford Graduate School of Business

“Valuable for anyone aspiring to lead with compassion in a system that requires it more than ever.” —The Book Revue