High-performing leaders drive results — but at what cost?

In today’s healthcare landscape, executive and clinical leaders are under pressure to lead through complexity, increase productivity, and maintain high standards — all while navigating burnout, disengagement, and stress within themselves and their teams.

As a physician, educator, and certified energy leadership coach, I help healthcare leaders perform at their highest level — without sacrificing their well-being or their team’s culture in the process.

At Transforming Healthcare Coaching, we partner with healthcare executives and leaders to:

Improve personal and leadership performance under pressure
Manage stress in high-stakes environments
Lead with clarity, confidence, and emotional intelligence
Build team cultures that are engaged, resilient, and aligned
Prevent burnout through systems-level mindset and energy shifts

Our coaching programs combine evidence-based frameworks and assessments with our team’s deep healthcare experience — empowering leaders to show up with purpose, manage complexity with grace, and model the kind of leadership that drives organizational transformation.

This is more than burnout recovery — it’s about renewing the energy for powerful leadership, and it ripples across departments, teams, and, in turn, health systems.

We believe that everyone on the healthcare team can benefit from a coach: physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, social workers, executives, management, OT/PT, RD, RT! Imagine a healthcare team and system that actually works for you, the people caring for others, rather than setting you and your colleagues up for burnout.

Whether you're a Chief Medical Officer, emerging leader, or overseeing professional development in your organization, we can help your leaders become the kind of people others want to follow — especially when the pressure is highest.

Together, we can transform healthcare, one person at a time.®

👉 Let’s connect in the DMs to schedule a strategy call!

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A wonderful day at the University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business AI and Health conference!

An incredible line up of speakers, perspectives, and scope of topics.

Also great networking and diversity for applications for how AI is transforming healthcare.

Maria Abunto, MD, MPH, MBA HBA Mid-Atlantic region Pittsburgh chapter

Lillian Liang Emlet, MD MS CHSE CPC ELI-MP

Founder, Transforming Healthcare Coaching® | Executive Coach for Physician Leaders | Elevating Performance, Preventing Burnout, & Building Energized Healthcare Teams | Critical Care Physician | Newsletter & Podcast 👇

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The system will continue to change.

And with everyone's efforts, it will continue to change to a more sustainable, healthier workplace for healthcare professionals. 

Get excited for Saturday March 14's Podcasthon international charity podcast festival!

Our episode with J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA of Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation we talk about how far we have come since 2020 and how you can help!

With Klaus Grim, PA-C, CPC
Follow us on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Podbean so that you don't miss the episode!

Links to our podcast in the comments below
Link to how you can help in the comments below

#coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching #leadershipcoaching

What are YOU doing for your wellbeing and your team's wellbeing today?

I did hot yoga in the AM.
I witnessed supportive conversations between colleagues (venting is necessary! you are not alone!).

Wellbeing isn't all about spa days and vacations.
It's in the little moments that we actively curate.
It's in the leadership behaviours we cultivate.
It's in the policy we support and system modifications to help everyone feel belonging in our healthcare workplaces.

Join Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation National Academy of Medicine Coalition for Physician & APP Well-Being to celebrate Health Workforce Well-Being Day 2026!
#clinicianwellbeing #leadershipcoaching #coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching
Klaus Grim, PA-C, CPC Michelle Walter DO, ACC, CPC Vicki Landers PT DPT MHA ACC Gillian Faith MS, ACC, SHRM-SCP, CPQC

How do you grow as a woman physician in leadership?

Women physicians have a higher risk and rate of burnout compared to male physicians. 

So how can we step into the uncomfortable place of growth and find clarity, learning, and action?

I am so honored to be a guest on Cindy Van Praag, MD, NBC-HWC @Inspired Mom MDs podcast this week our episode is released,
Just in time for Women's History Month!

Celebrating all women physicians out there:
We see you, acknowledge you, and support you!

Link to episode in Comments below!

#womenphysicians #coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching #leadershipcoaching

Belonging to the team is critical.

When we have healthy, caring, professional relationships within our healthcare teams, we work better together and provide better care.

Leaders that cultivate belonging invest in long term success.

What is one small thing you can do to intentionally cultivate belonging?
#leadershipcoaching #coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching

Thanks for reading this week's installment of the Transforming Healthcare Coaching ® The Thriving Healthcare Leader newsletter with Gillian Faith MS, ACC, SHRM-SCP, CPQC

View newsletter: The Thriving Healthcare Leader

What makes an exceptional practice? Whether you are in the operating room, Emergency Department, or private outpatient primary care clinic, you can fe

Open article: How to Create Belonging in Healthcare: 
Why Your Team Relationships Matter More Than You Think
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How to Create Belonging in Healthcare: 
Why Your Team Relationships Matter More Than You Think

Early release glimpse of our Podcasthon 2026 episode supporting Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation that releases on Saturday March 14.

System-level policy change is what J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA updates us on:
With bi-partisan support, the Foundation continues to make change and provide resources to make healthcare (for all professions: physicians, nurses, pharmacists, APPs, etc.) healthier for all.

How can YOU help?

Remind Congress that this Bill should be funded, not just supported:
https://lnkd.in/emg6AESS

#mentalhealth #clinicianwellbeing #endburnout #coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching

Find us on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Podbean.
Klaus Grim, PA-C, CPC Podcast Director
Chelseia Concesa Joy Masumbol Podcast Editor

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We love leadership books!

Did you know that in our medTHRIVE® Connect free community,
We have quarterly Book Rounds book club on non-fiction books relevant to leadership and wellbeing?

Excited that our next author Josh Hartzell, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP, FIDSA is our May 2026 Book Rounds: Sign up in comments below!

Our last author in March was Amy Lafko with People First! (recording in our community portal in Circle)

And I love supporting authors (can you tell I love books?). I want to highlight a new leadership book by Dr. Shanea Clancy, DNP, EMBA-H, RN, CARN-AP,  FIAAN Mountaineering Mindset is OUT! Just released! Available everywhere you like to buy books. 

#booklover #leadershipbookclub #coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching

Klaus Grim, PA-C, CPC Michelle Walter DO, ACC, CPC Gillian Faith MS, ACC, SHRM-SCP, CPQC Vicki Landers PT DPT MHA ACC

Health is: Mental health + Physical health.
The fact that my re-credentialling paperwork requires another physician to "attest" that I am of physical ability to perform my duties is odd enough, and all of these questions about mental health as do not serve anyone. 

Thank you to those that continue to reform the system.
The Emotional PPE Project Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation

Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School | Residency Program Director, Massachusetts General Hospital | President, The Emotional PPE Project

Physician mental health matters, yet physicians often avoid seeking care due to profound fears of professional and licensing repercussions. 

Thanks to the tireless advocacy of organizations like the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation and others, we’ve seen tremendous progress in state medical licensing reform over the last few years.  But to truly eliminate the stigma and fear from licensing, there is still critical work to be done.

I’m incredibly proud to share our new research, from The Emotional PPE Project and collaborators, published in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education, co-authored with the brilliant Eileen Barrett MD MPH, Kate Hicks, and Lauren Hunt. We analyzed 2021 and 2025 initial medical license applications across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. to look beyond the standard questions, identifying five previously underexplored structural barriers to seeking care. 

While we saw encouraging improvements in several areas between 2021 and 2025, one crucial barrier worsened significantly: *Application Accessibility*. Currently, only 18 states make their full applications publicly visible without requiring registration, down from 29 just a few years earlier.  Why does this matter so much? Because without transparency, physicians can't see the recent progress with their own eyes. This lack of transparency breeds uncertainty and obscures recent progress, which can heighten reluctance to seek care. 

The good news? State medical boards can easily fix this by simply providing publicly accessible PDF examples of their applications on their websites. 

Alongside accessibility, our research highlights four other structural barriers that boards must address: 🔹 Stigmatizing question grouping (e.g., co-locating mental health inquiries with questions about felonies or misconduct) 🔹 Scrutiny of training gaps (which inadvertently deters physicians from taking beneficial medical leave) 🔹 Unclear or ambiguous wording of health questions 🔹 Uncertain privacy protections for personal records (raising fears [or at times stating] that personal health information could become public) 

We must continue to push for a licensure system that supports, rather than inadvertently deters, the well-being of our physician workforce. 

📄 Read our full paper here: https://lnkd.in/e8HwvsGg 
 
➡️ Swipe through the carousel below for a quick breakdown of our findings!

#PhysicianMentalHealth #MedicalLicensure #HealthcareAdvocacy #PhysicianWellbeing #JGME

Barriers in Licensing

Getting excited!

Leading SCCM LEAD (Leadership and Management Skills to Enhance Your Professional Role) 2026 Pre-Congress workshop with Mojdeh Heavner Kyle Gunnerson, MD, FCCM Roshni Sreedharan MD, FASA, FCCM Dr. Kate Madden Sergio Zanotti Kaitlin Alexander

Thanks to the many members of the SCCM LEAD Committee that worked all year to bring this content to life!

Society of Critical Care Medicine
Dawn Herman 
#CritCareMed #PedsICU #CritCareExplore #SCCM2026

It's not too late! Register to join us in Chicago!

We hit 100 episodes!

Klaus Grim, PA-C, CPC and I celebrate this week Transforming Healthcare Coaching ® podcast 100th episode!

We have learned a lot after 2 years of working on the video podcast, and we share those perspectives with you this week.

If you have ever wondered...
Could there be more?
What if I fail?
I am not ready yet.

Then this episode is for you.
You are ready.
There is more.
Failure is learning.
The faster you learn, the faster you succeed.
#coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching

We walk alongside healthcare professionals of all levels and all professions,
To support and augment personal and professional success,
Because healthcare is a team sport, and we are proud to support leaders and their teams.

Have you heard of Podcasthon? 🎧🌍

It’s the biggest charity Event in Podcasting world! An incredible and fast-growing non-profit initiative that unites thousands of podcasters globally. There's no money involved—it’s all about raising awareness for various charitable causes. ❤️

Our charity is Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation
And our interview next week with Episode 99 with J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA CEO of the Foundation is not to be missed!

Get an update on how much progress the Foundation has made in the last 5 years, how you can help, and more!

Follow us for more! 
Catch us on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Podbean
Klaus Grim, PA-C, CPC Podcast Director
Podcasthon #coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching

Leadership + Wellbeing?

I've been asked before about my tagline.
Am I a leadership coach?
Am I an executive coach?
Am I a wellbeing coach?

Yes.
Like our next LinkedIn & medTHRIVE Connect Live Webinar in April with Dusty Holcomb guest speaker will talk about: it is about both leadership + wellbeing.

The unlock for healthcare leaders (clinical and executive) and for founders with million dollar business revenue....

Is leadership + wellbeing.
Looking forward to diving into things with Dusty!

If you aren't part of medTHRIVE Connect where you'll have access to our weekly podcast, private free community where we host our quarterly leadership book clubs, and monthly webinars...Join us: https://lnkd.in/eaNw3gjv

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Career transitions...are just career evolutions.

And they are normal part of the growth process.
This week's Transforming Healthcare Coaching ® podcast with Vicki Landers PT DPT MHA ACC we talk about how you can LEAP through the process.

Check it out! Link to YouTube podcast in comments below:
Klaus Grim, PA-C, CPC
#coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching #leadershipcoaching #careercoaching #healthcarecareers

What matters most in healthcare? The People.

Come join us for our first 2026 medTHRIVE® Book Rounds book club
Featuring Amy Lafko's book People First

It's free, you don't need to have finished the book to join us.
Link to join in comments below. ⤵️ 
Link to book purchase in comments below. ⬇️ 
#coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching #leadershipcoaching #executivecoaching

Catch us Transforming Healthcare Coaching ® live!
on Wednesday March 11 2026
1pm EST/ noon CST/ 11am MST/ 10am PST

The first 90 days in a new leader's transition is vitally important.
First impressions matter: let's get strategic and curious and learn:
Excited to host a live podcast webinar here on LinkedIn!
Catch us streaming on all the socials.
With Kurt Mosley and Neill Marshall

RSVP so that you don't forget to join us!
Klaus Grim, PA-C, CPC
#coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching #executiveleadership #leadershipcoaching #careertransitions

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Your First 90 Days as a Healthcare Leader

It's never too late to work on and improve your leadership skills. For those moving into new executive leadership position, the first 90 days are critical. We talk about lessons from healthcare leaders with Kurt Mosely and Niell Marshall of Health Search Partners.

Your First 90 Days as a Healthcare Leader

Today's the day! Podcasthon 2026 Episode with Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes' Foundation CEO J. Corey Feist, JD, MBA

We talk about all the progress that the Foundation has accomplished.
We talk about how the system is slowly changing...for everyone.
We talk about what still needs to be done to help change the system for a sustainable, whole, and healthier workforce.

Check out the episode! 
Everywhere you normally listen to your podcasts: Apple, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Podbean.
With Klaus Grim, PA-C, CPC
#coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching #leadershipcoaching #clinicianwellbeing

Change is constant. And everyone we meet is both our student and our teacher.

This week's Transforming Healthcare Coaching ® podcast with Gillian Faith MS, ACC, SHRM-SCP, CPQC is all about how we navigate change as leaders in healthcare. 

Take a listen and let us know what you think by Following, Subscribing, and Leaving a Review. If you've already listened, comment below your perspectives on navigating change.

On Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Podbean.
#coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching #leadershipcoaching #executivecoaching 
With Klaus Grim, PA-C, CPC video editing by Chelseia Concesa Joy Masumbol

You are a leader.

Even if you don't identify with that term, name, designation, or label.
This week's Transforming Healthcare Coaching ® podcast with Klaus Grim, PA-C, CPC and Gillian Faith MS, ACC, SHRM-SCP, CPQC, 
Klaus unpacks what exactly is "silent" leadership.

Find us on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Podbean.
#coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching #leadershipcoaching

What's better than a book club?

A book club with the author!

Join us at next month's medTHRIVE® Book Rounds where we are joined by Amy Lafko  , author of People First.

How can you find a people first approach to your journey as a healthcare leader? 

Link to register (free) in Comments below!

Leadership Development Expert | Author of “People First”- talent management strategies and systems | International Keynote Speaker |

Do you run smooth, productive meetings?

In this week's Transforming Healthcare Coaching ® The Thriving Healthcare Leader newsletter, Gillian Faith MS, ACC, SHRM-SCP, CPQC gives tactical strategies and tips to run meetings more efficiently.

What other tips would you share? Comment below!
#coachinghealthcare #healthcarecoaching #executivecoaching #leadershipcoaching

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Following the birth of my second daughter, I had to resign from my position as a PA due to medical reasons. This turning point marked the start of my entrepreneurial journey. I am now the Mami, Founder, and Chief Creative Officer of Mami Works Design Studio. In my current role, I continue to pursue my passion for medicine and helping others by utilizing my creative energy to collaborate with remarkable women healthcare providers. Together, we work on a mission to educate and serve their communities, as they may lack the time, inclination, or expertise to bring their message to life through visual marketing assets.

Beyond my graphic design work, you can find me singing and dancing with my family, which includes my hardworking husband and our four amazing kids (3 girls and 1 boy, ages 2-12). My life is a colorful canvas of medicine, entrepreneurship, and a whole lot of family fun!

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