243 {ENCORE} How Skill Gaps Create Toxicity

In this encore episode, Kemi asks why academic medicine and public health keep treating research achievement as proof that someone can lead people. After reading Burn It Down by Maureen Power, Kemi looks at how demanding industries can excuse harmful behavior when the person behind it is producing results. She applies that same idea to academia, where a person may bring in grants, hold power, or have a respected title while still missing the skills needed to lead people well. This episode is not about toxic people. It is about the systems that move people into bigger roles without teaching them how to communicate, manage staff, set expectations, plan ahead, or manage pressure without passing it down. Kemi shows the cost of those gaps and pushes us to stop treating poor leadership as the cost of getting ahead. Tune in for a clear, honest conversation about what happens when people are trained to achieve, but not prepared to lead.  Order Dr. Kemi’s Book: A Terrible Strength: The Hidden Crisis of the Black Womb and Your Survival Guide to Healing   If 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.