Blog
July 16, 2025
The Immunity to Change Assessment: Why Knowing Better Isn't Enough
An overview of Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey's Immunity to Change framework — how hidden competing commitments keep physicians stuck even when they know exactly what they should be doing differently.
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July 15, 2025
The Difference Between Accountability and Blame
Why academic medicine often confuses accountability with blame — and how a coaching mindset helps physician leaders hold themselves and others accountable without creating a fear-based culture.
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July 14, 2025
Moral Injury in Academic Medicine: Beyond Burnout
Why the burnout framework doesn't fully capture what many physicians are experiencing — and how moral injury better explains the crisis in academic medicine.
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July 13, 2025
A League of Their Own and What It Takes to Be Taken Seriously
Using the Rockford Peaches' fight for legitimacy in A League of Their Own to explore what women in academic medicine face when trying to be taken seriously in leadership.
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July 13, 2025
Virtual Coaching vs. In-Person Coaching: Does It Matter?
A practical comparison of virtual and in-person coaching — what the research says about effectiveness, the convenience factor for busy physicians, and when each format works best.
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July 12, 2025
Why You Plateau After Promotion — and What to Do About It
Why so many physicians hit a wall after getting promoted — the goals that drove them are gone, the new role has different demands, and nobody prepares you for the identity shift.
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July 12, 2025
What It Actually Means to Be Coachable
Being coachable isn't about being weak. It's about the traits that drive real growth—and why high achievers sometimes resist them.
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July 10, 2025
The Culture Code — Review for Academic Medicine
Daniel Coyle's research on what makes great teams tick — safety, vulnerability, and purpose — applied to academic medicine. Why culture isn't about pizza parties, and what physician leaders can actually do to build it.
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July 9, 2025
Whiplash and the Line Between Demanding and Destructive Leadership
Using the Fletcher-Neiman dynamic from Whiplash to explore where the line falls between pushing people to greatness and pushing them to the breaking point — and why physician leaders need to understand the difference between high standards and toxic behavior.
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July 9, 2025
How to Run an Effective Faculty Meeting (Seriously)
A practical guide to running effective faculty meetings in academic medicine — agenda design, time management, and follow-up that works.
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July 9, 2025
Using CliftonStrengths to Navigate Your Academic Medicine Career
How CliftonStrengths helps physicians in academic medicine identify natural talents and find their best-fit roles.
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July 8, 2025
The Energy Leadership Index: Mapping How You Show Up Under Stress
An overview of the Energy Leadership Index — the seven levels of energy, how stress shifts your default level, and how physician leaders can choose more intentional responses.
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