Strong leadership in health care requires more than expertise—it also requires the ability to navigate tough conversations and make thoughtful decisions for patients, teams and organizations. This fall, health care professionals can advance these essential skills by joining The Art and Science of Constructive Disagreement, a live, five-week virtual course starting Sept. 30, 2025.
Disagreement is a routine part of health care, from everyday discussions about care protocols to broader questions about how teams work together. It’s common for strong opinions to lead to tension, especially when the issues at hand are complex or high stakes. Leaders are often faced with a challenge: Avoiding these conversations can mean missed insights and lost opportunities, while letting disagreements escalate into conflict can harm collaboration and trust.
When teams can address disagreements directly and skillfully, differing perspectives are more likely to be shared and considered. This leads to deeper understanding, better decisions and greater confidence in those decisions—even when conversations are tough. Equipping leaders and teams with the ability to manage disagreement constructively helps create an environment where tough issues don’t become barriers, but rather stepping stones to better solutions and stronger collaboration.
The Art and Science of Constructive Disagreement, taught by Harvard Professor, Julia Minson, PhD, is designed to help healthcare professionals break old patterns and build new skills for navigating disagreement productively. To learn more or register, click here.
Group discounts and custom in-person training options are also available.
AWPHD scholarships are available to PHD staff. Please contact Joanna Castellanos, joannac@awphd.org, if you are interested.
For more information, email Jenn Bui, jennb@wsha.org. (Jenn Bui)