Pursuing Board Roles for Doctors: Essential Tips
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Pursuing Board Roles for Doctors: Essential Tips

Board Roles for Doctors If you are a doctor considering whether a board role might be for you, or are already looking for your first board position then, you likely have some questions. Perhaps you are unsure that your experience would be valued by boards, or think that without existing board experience you would not…

Ikigai and Medicine
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Ikigai and Medicine – Meaning and Purpose Can Be Tricky

Doctors are often put into positions that can cause them stress, burnout and depression. Many doctors will reach a stage in their career when they question their choice to practice medicine. If this sounds like you then perhaps the concept of Ikigai is worth reflecting upon. Ikigai is a Japanese word that roughly translates to…

Difficult Boss in Medicine

How Do You Deal with a Difficult Boss in Medicine?

Those who know me know that I am a big fan of Robert Sutton‘s classic book on Workplace Civility (The No Asshole Rule).  In this book Sutton demonstrates how one bad egg can have such a devastating effect on workplace culture and harmony.   Including, yes you guessed it! Hospitals, where the difficult boss in medicine…