Faculty Factory Addressing Leadership Skill Gaps in Academic Medicine with Judy Tung, MD
Oct 24, 2025
Judy Tung, MD, an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and expert in faculty development, discusses her innovative Leadership and Academic Medicine Program (LAMP). She highlights the importance of leadership skills for faculty well-being and retention. Tung explains the eight key leadership behaviors that enhance engagement and illustrates how role-playing and simulations can prepare faculty for real-world challenges. With a focus on transparency and trust, Judy advocates for evaluating faculty development programs to foster growth in academic medicine.
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Build Year-Long Leadership Programs
- Do design leadership courses for early-career faculty that run longitudinally, not as one-off workshops.
- Do include practical skills like giving feedback, motivating teams, and career conversations tied to academic success.
Eight Behaviors Drive Engagement
- Insight: Eight leader behaviors strongly correlate with staff engagement, vitality, and retention.
- Use an evidence-based framework (Leadership Impact Index) to focus which leader behaviors to teach.
Teach Concrete Leadership Behaviors
- Do teach specific leader behaviors: hold career conversations, empower work, encourage ideas, show respect, give feedback, recognize, inform about change, and develop talent.
- Map curriculum content to these concrete behaviors so faculty can practice them.