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October 24, 2025
Coaching for Physician-Scientists: Unique Challenges
Why physician-scientists need coaching that addresses the dual-role challenge of balancing clinical and research careers in academic medicine.
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October 24, 2025
Multipliers — Review for Academic Medicine
A multipliers Liz Wiseman review for physician leaders — why the smartest person in the room may be making everyone else dumber.
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October 23, 2025
AI Replacing Physicians — A Reality Check
Cutting through the hype about AI replacing doctors — what AI will actually change about academic medicine careers, and why human judgment, coaching, and leadership matter more than ever.
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October 22, 2025
Dead Poets Society and the Cost of Playing It Safe
Keating's unconventional teaching as a metaphor for the tension between conformity and authenticity in academic careers
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October 22, 2025
From Perfection to Progress — A Physician's Mindset Shift
The shift from chasing perfection to tracking progress is one of the most powerful transformations coaching enables — especially for physicians whose training rewards flawlessness.
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October 21, 2025
Soul — Finding Purpose Beyond Achievement
Pixar's Soul challenges the idea that purpose comes from achievement. A powerful reframe for physicians searching for meaning beyond the next milestone.
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October 20, 2025
Decision Fatigue and the Physician Leader
How the sheer volume of decisions physician leaders make daily erodes judgment — and practical strategies for protecting your decision-making capacity.
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October 20, 2025
CliftonStrengths for Physician Teams
How the Gallup CliftonStrengths assessment helps physician teams understand complementary strengths, reduce friction, and assign work based on what people do best rather than what they've always done.
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October 19, 2025
Navigating Academic Medicine as an International Medical Graduate
The unique challenges IMGs face in academic medicine — cultural navigation, credential perception, networking from scratch, and finding advocates. What coaching and intentional career strategy can do to level the playing field.
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October 18, 2025
Is Coaching Right for Physicians in Crisis?
An honest look at when coaching is appropriate for physicians in acute distress and when it's not — why coaching isn't therapy, but can be a powerful complement to clinical support during career or personal crises.
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October 16, 2025
The Equity Problem in Academic Medicine Compensation
Why compensation inequity — across gender, race, and specialty — remains one of the most corrosive issues in academic medicine, and what transparency and coaching can do about it.
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October 16, 2025
Never Split the Difference — Review for Academic Medicine
Chris Voss's FBI negotiation tactics applied to academic medicine — salary negotiations, resource allocation, committee dynamics, and the art of tactical empathy for physician leaders.
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