Blog
July 25, 2025
The Generational Divide in Academic Medicine
How different generational expectations around work, hierarchy, and career progression are creating friction in academic departments — and what leaders can do about it.
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July 23, 2025
Understanding Your Conflict Style — The Thomas-Kilmann Instrument
How knowing your default conflict style (competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, accommodating) can improve your professional relationships.
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July 22, 2025
Learning from Negative Feedback Without Spiraling
How to process tough feedback constructively rather than defensively — a core coachability skill.
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July 21, 2025
Red Flags When Hiring a Coach
Warning signs that a coach might not be the right fit — or might not be legitimate at all.
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July 21, 2025
How to Advocate for Yourself Without Burning Bridges
Why self-advocacy is one of the hardest skills for physicians in academic medicine and how to do it effectively without being labeled difficult.
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July 20, 2025
Rocky and the Value of Showing Up When the Odds Are Against You
Using Rocky Balboa's story to explore why showing up and doing the work — even when the odds are stacked against you — is often the defining quality of physicians who build meaningful careers in academic medicine.
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July 19, 2025
What Moneyball Teaches Physician Leaders About Data-Driven Decisions
Billy Beane's revolution in baseball and what it means for physicians challenging 'the way we've always done it.'
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July 19, 2025
The Coaching Habit — Review for Academic Medicine
Michael Bungay Stanier's seven coaching questions applied to academic medicine — better questions for physician leaders who want to develop their teams.
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July 18, 2025
The Succession Problem: Preparing Your Replacement Before You Need One
Why most academic medicine leaders fail to develop a successor — and why starting now, even if you have no plans to leave, is one of the most important leadership moves you can make.
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July 17, 2025
Hidden Figures and the Invisible Labor That Keeps Institutions Running
Using the Hidden Figures story to explore how much critical work in academic medicine goes unrecognized — from mentoring to committee service to emotional labor — and why physician leaders need to name it, measure it, and reward it.
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July 17, 2025
How to Be a Better Mentor — Even If Nobody Taught You How
Most physician mentors were never trained to mentor. A practical guide to being a more intentional, effective mentor in academic medicine.
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July 16, 2025
What to Look For in a Career Coach
The qualities that separate great coaches from mediocre ones and how to find the right fit.
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