Reignite Your Purpose As a Leader in Academic Medicine
Leadership in academic medicine is more than a title – it’s a calling. Leadership is a commitment to the future of medicine as a field – a chance to impact the next generation of physicians, drive innovation and medical discovery, and advance patient care. Academic medicine challenges leaders to stay focused on their higher purpose while navigating the complexities of today’s healthcare and institutional systems. It requires the skillful balance of multiple identities: clinician, educator, and researcher.
Effective leadership in this arena demands a strategic approach that maximizes impact across diverse audiences, including academic peers, colleagues, teams, institutions, and the broader community.
The Challenge
Leading in a Complex, High-Pressure Environment
Leaders in academic medicine often find themselves in roles that demand more than just clinical, research, or teaching expertise. Many have advanced into positions with limited leadership training, relying instead on their depth of medical knowledge and academic accomplishments. Even those who have undergone leadership development previously find that the urgency of today's environment requires a dynamic learning journey that is proactive, responsive, and can address evolving challenges in real time.
You face unique pressures, including:
Balancing clinical duties, research, publishing, seeking grant funding, and teaching
Facing a competitive, high-stress environment still impacted by the global pandemic
Navigating bureaucratic institutions with stakeholders who have competing priorities
Exerting influence over colleagues and staff
Addressing generational gaps and heightened attention paid to diversity, equity, and inclusion practices
Preparing teams to collaborate effectively and build their capacity for optimal academic, research, and patient-facing impact
Here is how we can support you and your organization:
At The Carabiner Group, we understand the pressures facing leaders in academic medicine. A fresh and dynamic approach to leadership – one that helps you continue to grow your capability in real-time – is essential for continued success. In addition, we know that with career progression, comes more options and opportunities for impact with fewer requirements. Coaching can allow you to step outside your path, explore the possibilities, and benefit from an external sounding board.
How We Can Help
Lead with Purpose and Impact
At the Carabiner Group, we help clinician educators, leaders, researchers, and faculty equip themselves with the tools they need to lead more effectively, with renewed energy and greater impact.
Services for Leaders in Academic Medicine and Healthcare
Transform Your Leadership, Institutions, and Teams
Our services are designed to guide leaders in academic medicine and health care on a transformative journey. We help you expand your leadership competencies beyond traditional frameworks, giving you the clarity, tools, and support to succeed in today’s dynamic environment.
Executive Coaching
Customized coaching enhances your leadership skills, helps you operate more effectively within the constraints of the field, and amplifies your impact in new and meaningful ways.
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Utilize bespoke tools and learning frameworks to make shifts in mindset, actions, and subsequent behaviors.
Accelerate your ability to demonstrate impact for your leaders, colleagues, staff, residents, and the institution as a whole.
As your career trajectory becomes less prescribed, identify and pursue new opportunities for meaningful impact and career growth.
Leverage real-time support to enrich your learning journey and grow the leadership skills needed to thrive amidst the complexities of academic medicine.
Strengthen your emotional and somatic intelligence to deliver on your goals and commitments.
Find greater meaning and satisfaction as you become a more effective leader.
Organizational Effectiveness Solutions
Build inclusive, collaborative divisions, work teams, and labs that promote academic and research outcomes while strengthening faculty and staff engagement.
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Grow healthy, diverse, and inclusive teams and support underrepresented leaders in the field.
Foster collaboration and effective communication to promote productive dialogue and listening.
Develop an internal culture that reinforces desired values and behaviors.
Strengthen the engagement, morale, and retention of faculty and staff.
Drive collective learning and capability, resulting in greater academic, clinical, and research contributions.
Make strides towards the long-term vision and goals for leaders, department, team or lab, and the institution as a whole.
The Differentiator
Based on Trust - Built on Experience
Hi, I’m Jon Shuster. I bring over 25 years of coaching experience, with a deep focus on academic medicine, biotechnology, and healthcare. My team of coaches and I understand the evolving challenges within these fields and offer a dynamic approach to address challenges in real-time. We’re committed to helping leaders in clinical academia navigate their challenges with greater confidence and ease.
Institutions we have supported include:
UCSF School of Medicine
Indiana School of Medicine
UCSD School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Stanford School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
“The challenges leaders face in academic medicine are more complex than ever. My goal is to help you reconnect with and leverage your purpose, sharpen your leadership skills, and navigate these complexities with clarity and confidence. Together, we can create lasting change for you, your team, and the institutions you serve.”
Jon Shuster, Founder and Executive Coach, The Carabiner Group
