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October 4, 2025
The Values Card Sort: A Simple Exercise That Changes Everything
How a 15-minute card sort can clarify your priorities and reshape career decisions.
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October 3, 2025
Good Will Hunting — The Resistance to Being Helped
What Good Will Hunting teaches about the resistance to coaching — and why meeting high-achieving physicians where they are matters most.
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October 3, 2025
What Happens in a First Coaching Session
What actually happens in a first coaching session — demystifying the experience for physicians who've never worked with a coach.
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October 2, 2025
The Collapse of the Traditional Academic Career Ladder
The traditional academic career ladder is breaking down. How non-linear faculty career paths are reshaping academic medicine.
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October 1, 2025
The Loneliness of Physician Leadership
Leadership in academic medicine can be deeply isolating. Here's why physician leaders feel alone — and how coaching fills that gap.
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October 1, 2025
Executive Coaching vs. Career Coaching: Which Do You Need?
The differences between executive and career coaching and how to choose the right one for your stage.
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September 29, 2025
Learning to Celebrate Small Wins
Physicians focus on what went wrong. Coaching helps you celebrate what went right — and why that habit changes your career trajectory.
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September 29, 2025
The Wheel of Life Exercise for Physician Balance
How the Wheel of Life coaching exercise gives physicians a visual snapshot of balance — and why it's a powerful starting point for coaching.
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September 28, 2025
Can Your Mentor Also Be Your Coach?
Can your mentor also be your coach? Probably not. Here's why keeping those relationships separate makes both more effective.
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September 27, 2025
Remember the Titans — Building Unity Across Differences
What Coach Boone's leadership in Remember the Titans teaches physician leaders about building team unity across differences.
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September 26, 2025
When Your Research Doesn't Get Funded — What Now?
Grant rejection is demoralizing. Here's a practical guide for what to do after 'not funded' — from processing the disappointment to planning your next move.
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September 25, 2025
The Rise of Physician Side Hustles
Why more academic physicians are launching side hustles — and what it signals about satisfaction in academic medicine.
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