{"podcast":{"title":"Flourishing in Medicine: From Surviving to Thriving","slug":"flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532","podcast_index_feed_id":6711532,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/20240126_090110_7e5ffb5ac296d289b50f416b3ea3877b.jpg","author":"EmPRO Insurance","episode_count":43,"summary":"Flourishing in Medicine: From Surviving to Thriving explores ways that health professionals- physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, physician assistants, mental health providers, therapists, and others- can truly flourish in the complex and challenging world of health care. The ability for physicians and other health professionals to practice high quality care and attain professional satisfaction and meaning in their work has been under continued challenge. These critically important members of our communities experience ongoing threats to their well-being and hence to the quality of care they deliver. The recent pandemic has only exacerbated changes that have occurred over the preceding years in the practice of medicine, exposing even further the fragility of our imperfect health care systems. This podcast explores the many ways that physicians can and do flourish, including a deeper exploration of what it means to work at the frontier of human frailty and suffering, while applying biomedical science and compassionate care to address the complexities of the human condition. It is the hope that this podcast can help support these health professionals and ultimately translate…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T20:18:43.222306+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532"},"episode":{"title":"Flourishing in Medicine: From Surviving to Thriving Episode 23 Executive Coaching Insights for Healthcare Leaders with Charles Pfeffer","slug":"flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-episode-23-executive-coaching-insights-for-healthcare-leaders-with-charles-pfeffer","published_at":"2025-04-25T21:53:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-episode-23-executive-coaching-insights-for-healthcare-leaders-with-charles-pfeffer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/1981952","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/240596/1981952/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving/2025_04_25_17_54_49_040629f2-134f-4bb4-9cd9-cd5fca5fc87a.mp3","summary":"Today, we are joined by Charles Pfeffer. Charles is an organizational consultant and executive coach with over 30 years of experience helping leaders harness their own and their organization's inherent ability to create change through learning and adaptation. He guides partly through his listening skills, honed through a life-long engagement with self-awareness approaches and group dynamics training, guiding his clients to clarify what they want – for their enterprise, their teams, themselves, and the world. Has assisted executives across many varied industries and organizations, including FedEx, Xerox, DuPont, and Medifast, to align teams, develop leaders, communicate rigorously, and produce results, and has coached teams with assignments ranging from bringing the world's first production digital color printer to market to safely closing the NASA Space Shuttle program. Collaborating with Nvolv Partners, Charles worked with Starbucks and Save the Children to align leadership, strategy, and talent, and has teamed with Brimstone Consulting on strategic change initiatives at the New York Times, ExpressScripts, and the State of Maine. Working with the pioneering DEI firm, The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Charles helped to bring the power of inclusion to accelerate strategy deployment at Merck, United Airlines, and EcoLab. In the conversation, Charles shares insights from his \"accidental\" journey into personal growth work and executive coaching, highlighting how he helps leaders navigate complexity and change while maintaining authentic purpose. We also cover: The fundamental question he poses to clients: \"What do you want?\" and how this simple inquiry can unlock deeper purpose How organizations navigate change through disruption and the role of leaders in transforming…","meta_description":"Today, we are joined by Charles Pfeffer. 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