109 Coaching Client Spotlight: Leslie Coker Appiah, M.D.

Dr. Leslie Appiah is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Chief of the Division of Academic Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado. She is a fellowship-trained pediatric and adolescent gynecologist and Director of the Fertility Preservation and Reproductive Late Effects program at the Comprehensive Cancer Center and Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. Dr. Appiah’s clinical and research interests include team science and outcomes research in pediatric, adolescent, and young adult fertility preservation, reproductive late effects in cancer survivorship, and hormone replacement therapy in the medically complex patient. She is passionate about improving the health of girls and women so that they may pursue life, career, and education unencumbered by reproductive health concerns. She is also an alumnus of our Get That Grant® coaching program!Listen in as we discuss her coaching journey and: How to say NO with pleasure, peace, and confidence as a leader with many varying responsibilitiesHow keying into her energy balance has improved her productivity and leadership ability How she *finally* shifted away from the strategy she learned in every other coaching experience and found greater balance AND impactHer advice to mid and senior-level academics thinking about coaching and want to experience a similar transformation as she did  Loved this convo? Please go find Dr. Appiah and show her some love on Twitter @DrLeslieAppiah and Instagram @drleslieappiahIf you'd like to learn more foundational career navigation concepts for women of color in academic medicine and public health, sign up for our KD Coaching Foundations Series: www.kemidoll.com/foundations.Text Dr. Kemi directly.