Apr 18, 2024 | Leadership, Resilience
Juggling work and personal obligations is a delicate dance that many women navigate daily. The constant tug-of-war between career aspirations and family responsibilities can leave us feeling stretched thin and overwhelmed. Societal expectations around caregiving and...
Jul 24, 2023 | Leadership Barriers, Resilience
As a woman in healthcare leadership, I understand the unique mindset challenges we face on our professional journey. From self-doubt and imposter syndrome to a lack of belonging, these barriers can hold us back from reaching our full potential. By prioritizing...
Dec 30, 2021 | Leadership, Resilience
Resilience is the ability to persevere through stress. Many articles focus on personal resilience strategies and self-care is certainly important to healthcare leaders. But where real change happens is within healthcare organizations. Organizational resiliency is...
Oct 19, 2021 | Career Success, Resilience, Resilient Leader Way
When team members are drained, how can you as a physician leader muster up the enthusiasm for them to keep going? The opening scene from The Gladiator comes to mind. Russel Crowe’s character charges on his horse up and down the line of Roman soldiers firing them up...
Sep 27, 2021 | Leadership, Resilience, Resilient Leader Way
Early in the pandemic, one of my clients asked, “How can I be effective in my role and not deplete my energy”? As Division Chief at an academic medical system, a broad scope of people depended on her. Each person has different pandemic-related stressors. Leaders at...
Apr 14, 2021 | Read First, Resilience, Resilient Leader Way
Six months into the Covid-19 crisis, I was discussing topics for an upcoming leadership workshop for women surgeons. By that time, all healthcare workers had been under enormous strain for months. I was sharing with the chairperson which themes my coaching clients had...
