Episode 168: A Year in Review with the Coaching Group

In this episode, I do something a little different. Instead of sitting down with a single guest, I bring together the team that makes the Healthcare Leadership Excellence Podcast and much of the work I do with leaders, actually happen. With more than 185 episodes behind us, this felt like the right moment to look back, and reflect on the year together.

We talk honestly about what stretched us last year. That includes deeper work in team facilitation and mediation with academic medical centers, growing our YouTube presence from scratch, and watching leadership principles move from theory into real life. I ask each team member to describe the year in one word, which leads to some thoughtful and personal reflections.

We also spend time on something we don’t talk about enough: how the talents we carry outside of our job titles, music, art, reading, listening, creativity, shape the way we lead and connect. Those skills matter more than we often realize.

We close with a conversation about leadership itself. Not leadership by title or org chart, but leadership rooted in empathy, adaptability, and influence. The kind of leadership that starts with people, not process, and recognizes that nothing meaningful happens without trust.

This episode is a behind-the-scenes look at the teamwork that makes this work possible, and a reminder that excellence in healthcare leadership is always a collective effort.

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