23 Coaching Client Spotlight: Carrie Francis MD

Dr. Carrie Francis is an Associate Professor in the Pediatric Otolaryngology Division of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Kansas University Medical Center (KUMC). She is also a woman on a mission to improve workforce development and innovation in academic medicine, an expert in medical education and serves as the inaugural Associate Dean for Workforce Innovation and Empowerment. She started her coaching journey with the 2020 RECLAIM Retreat, then enrolled in our Get That Grant group coaching program.  

Take a listen to hear some real behind the scenes of her coaching journey: 

• How she realized she was NOT ready when she first tried coaching years ago 
• What it felt like to be super accomplished and yet still yearning for ‘more’ 
• The key ingredients beyond motivational words, that she needed and found in coaching 
• The GTG frameworks she found most powerful as a med-ed oriented leader 
• Her panic moment and the real risk she took in signing up for coaching  
• Rediscovering ‘that chic’ in herself as a new ideal and her powerful motivation 

If you loved this convo, please go find Carrie on Twitter (@PedsOtoDoc) and show her some love!