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To transform your work environment, start with transforming yourself. In today's episode, we discuss practical steps to catalyze these transformations.

Key Points Discussed:

1. Recognizing Personal Agency: Acknowledge the decisions and hard work that has led to your current slate of professional achievements. You have already achieved the impossible and you can and will do it again.
2. Embracing Inner Power: Appreciate the immense personal power you have, thus far, harnessed to overcome obstacles. Recognize that it remains available to you.
3. Understanding Power Limitations: Acknowledge that personal determination primarily influences our actions. It has limitations in affecting others' behaviors.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

• Clinical Researcher Podcast website: clinicianresearcherpodcast.com
• Coag Coach website: coagcoach.com

Call to Action:

Share this episode with at least one colleague. Reflect on your journey and recognize the immense personal power possessed to drive positive change.

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Sponsor/Advertising/Monetization Information:

This episode is sponsored by Coag Coach LLC, a leading provider of coaching resources for clinicians transitioning to become research leaders. Coag Coach LLC is committed to supporting clinicians in their academic and research endeavors.

Are you seriously reconsidering your research career? In this episode, we discuss the unspoken yet significant consideration of reevaluating your research career.

Key Points Discussed:

1. Acknowledging Feelings of Uncertainty: It is OK to question the suitability of a research career. Your ability to voice these thoughts is an important breakthrough.
2. Focus on Impact: Shift your perspective from what you do to the impact you want to make. Re-evaluate your career in terms of the influence you wish to have on the world.
3. Recognizing Benefits: Reflect on the benefits gained from your research career. Appreciate the ways your research career has contributed positively to your personal growth and professional development.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

• Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy
• Clinician Researcher Podcast website: clinicianresearcherpodcast.com
• Coag Coach website: coagcoach.com

Call to Action:

Take a moment today to reflect on your research career. Consider taking one small step towards exploring your thoughts and feelings about its suitability for your aspirations and well-being.

Sponsor/Advertising/Monetization Information:

This episode is sponsored by Coag Coach LLC, a leading provider of coaching resources for clinicians transitioning to become research leaders. Coag Coach LLC is committed to supporting clinicians in their academic and research endeavors.

Your mentors should come from within and without your organization. In this episode, we discuss the limitations of relying solely on institutional mentors. Discover the invaluable benefits of external mentorship.

Key Points Discussed:

1. Focus on Advancement: External mentors are solely invested in advancing your goals, devoid of institutional concerns.
2. Stimulating Creativity: Novel ideas from external mentors may initially cause anxiety; but ultimately foster creativity.
3. Challenging Assumptions: External mentors challenge ingrained assumptions, reshaping perspectives.
4. Network Expansion: External mentors expand networks beyond institutional boundaries
5. Thought Diversity: External mentors share ideas that foster thoughts different from those that originate within your institution.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

• https://www.clinicianresearcherpodcast.com
• https://www.coagcoach.com

Call to Action: Share this episode with at least one person you know who many be struggling to find a mentor.

Sponsor/Advertising/Monetization Information:

This episode is sponsored by Coag Coach LLC, a leading provider of coaching resources for clinicians transitioning to become research leaders. Coag Coach LLC is committed to supporting clinicians in their academic and research endeavors.

How can I be a good mentee? What if you asked a different question: "How can I better use my career in service of humanity?" In this episode, we challenge conventional mentorship norms in academia. Discover a perspective that places the responsibility on the mentee to drive their career journey.

Key Points Discussed:

• Debunking misconceptions about the ideal mentee and its impact on career development.
• Mentorship as a guide, not a directive force, in a mentee's career path.
• The role of clarity in determining one's career destination before seeking mentorship.
• Mentorship's purpose in serving the mentee's career aspirations.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

• Clinician Researcher Podcast website
• Contact email: [email protected]

Call to Action:

Reflect on your career aspirations and consider aligning them with your professional goals. Share your feedback on this episode via social media, podcast voicemail, or email.

Sponsor/Advertising/Monetization Information:

This episode is sponsored by Coag Coach LLC, a leading provider of coaching resources for clinicians transitioning to become research leaders. Coag Coach LLC is committed to supporting clinicians in their academic and research endeavors.

What happens when you find yourself in a job situation that you don't want? Don't quit yet; first listen to this episode. It provides insights and actionable steps to turn unexpected job situations into fulfilling career paths.

Key Points Discussed:

• Accepting the Challenge: Embrace the job you didn't want as an opportunity to shape the career you desire.
• Importance of Coaching: Seek guidance to maximize your potential and navigate career transitions effectively.
• Defining Success on Your Terms: Get clear on what success means across various aspects of life, not just professionally.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

• www.coagcoach.com
• www.clinicianresearcherpodcast.com

Call to Action:

Subscribe to the Clinician Researcher Podcast for more insightful episodes on navigating careers in academia and beyond. Share this episode with someone who might benefit from these strategies.

Sponsor/Advertising/Monetization Information:

This episode is sponsored by Coag Coach LLC, a leading provider of coaching resources for clinicians transitioning to become research leaders. Coag Coach LLC is committed to supporting clinicians in their academic and research endeavors.

So you hate your job. Now what? In this episode, we discuss how to address dissatisfaction at work.

Key Points Discussed:

• The importance of owning your dissatisfaction.
• The power of making informed choices.
• Crucial questions to narrow down the specific cause of the dissatisfaction.
• The importance of investigating possibilities.
• The importance of negotiating for change, whether within the current job or considering a transition.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

• COAG Coach Website: COAGCoach.com
• Webinar on Transitioning from Clinician to Research Leader

Call to Action:

Take a moment to reflect on your job satisfaction. Consider the actionable steps you can take to make a positive change in your professional life.

Dr. Dasha Babushok is an accomplished physician-scientist and assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work revolves around acquired and inherited bone marrow failure, disease progression, and transformation. Dr. Babushok is committed to advancing patient care and medical knowledge in treating hematologic diseases.Highlights from the interview are the following:

1. The role of early curiosity.
2. The importance of passion and drive.
3. The delicate balancing act between patient care and research,
4. The challenge inherent in transitions.
5. The importance of resilience.

Dr. Babushok's inspiring tale shines a light on the need for passion, dedication, and perseverance. Her narrative also emphasizes the significance of mentorship, community, and the willingness to learn and evolve at every turn. Whether you're an aspiring clinician researcher or someone contemplating this path, Dasha's insights provide valuable guidance and motivation to conquer obstacles and create a meaningful impact.Are you looking for a coach to help you negotiate your academic career more effectively? If yes, book a coaching discovery call today: https://www.coagcoach.com/book-online

A research career comes with many gifts. Although the drudgery of writing manuscripts and submitting grants may get to us, it is important that we focus on the gifts that come with research. In this episode, we highlight the various gifts that come from a research career and its transformative impact.

Key Points Discussed:

1. Intellectual Freedom: The gift of expansive thinking, crafting discourse, and the ability to challenge existing norms within the research field.
2. Flexibility: The freedom and flexibility found in research; thus enabling a better work-life balance.
3. Impact: The inherent desire to make a significant difference in patient care; and how a research career provides the platform to achieve this.
4. Mentorship: The joy and humility found in guiding the next generation of physicians and researchers, and the transformative effect it has on oneself as a mentor.
5. Collaboration Synergy: The power of collaborative efforts, combining expertise to achieve greater results than individual capabilities alone.
6. Big-Picture Thinking: The ability to situate your work within the larger context of an existing body of work. The power to think innovatively about solving big challenges..
7. Creating the Future: The process of conceptualizing a future that you create. The gift of writing proposals as a means to bring new ideas and possibilities to fruition.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

• Book: Who Not How? The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy

Call to Action: Reflect on the gifts and potential joys of their own careers, whether in research or any other field. Consider the impact of these gifts on personal and professional growth.

Join us for our upcoming webinar.

Sponsor/Advertising/Monetization Information:

This episode is sponsored by Coag Coach LLC, a leading provider of coaching resources for clinicians transitioning to become research leaders. Coag Coach LLC is committed to supporting clinicians in their academic and research endeavors.

You may have writing goals; but how do you accomplish them? This episode delves into effective strategies for establishing writing goals; and ensuring accountability in achieving them.

Key Points Discussed:

1. Document your Goals: Writing down goals solidifies commitment and creates a sense of responsibility.
2. Share your Goals Publicly: Publicly sharing goals within a group setting fosters community-based accountability.
3. Acknowledge your Successes: Celebrating achievements, no matter how small, reinforces progress and encourages further productivity.
4. Learn from Setbacks: Exploring setbacks provides insights for growth and refines future strategies.
5. Set your Intention for the week: Planning and setting achievable objectives for the upcoming period ensures a clear path forward.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

Join us for our upcoming webinar 5 critical steps for your successful transition from clinician to research leader.

Call to Action:

Reflect on your current writing goals and accountability structures. Consider implementing shared goal documentation. Work within a supportive community to enhance productivity.

Sponsor/Advertising/Monetization Information:

This episode is sponsored by Coag Coach LLC, a leading provider of coaching resources for clinicians transitioning to become research leaders. Coag Coach LLC is committed to supporting clinicians in their academic and research endeavors.

Structure is inherent in clinical medicine; but not in our scholarly endeavors. the lack of inherent structure in our scholarly pursuits can make it difficult to succeed in our academic careers, In this episode, we talk how we can leverage structure to achieve our own academic goals .

Key Points Discussed:

• The vital role of structure in clinical training success.
• The challenge of limited inherent structure within our faculty careers.
• The need for self-created structure in academic research and writing.
• Strategies for creating structure to succeed in any research and writing goal.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

• Clinician Researcher Podcast Website
• Upcoming Webinar on Transitioning from Clinician to Research Leader

Call to Action: Join the Clinician Researcher community! Visit the website, sign up for the upcoming webinar on transitioning from clinician to research leader, and connect with like-minded individuals. Share this podcast to support its growth and help others in their academic journeys.

Sponsor/Advertising/Monetization Information:

This episode is sponsored by Coag Coach LLC, a leading provider of coaching resources for clinicians transitioning to become research leaders. Coag Coach LLC is committed to supporting clinicians to achieve academic and research success.