Many of the leaders I work with are accomplished physicians, scientists, researchers, clinicians and technical experts. They know their field. But as responsibilities grow, their toughest challenges often become less technical:

• How do you get highly accomplished people to work effectively across functions and disciplines?
• How do you make good decisions when smart people disagree?
• How do you influence colleagues when data and analysis alone are not enough to create alignment or action?
• How do you surface difficult issues early, without unnecessary conflict or drama?
• How do expert technical leaders become equally effective people leaders?

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽.

I’m Michael Papanek, an executive coach, leadership and team consultant, and master facilitator. I help scientific, medical, clinical and technical leaders and teams work better across disciplines and achieve better results together.

I work in healthcare, biotech, pharma, clinical medicine, research and other highly technical organizations. I am honored to have worked with Kaiser Permanente, Gilead Sciences, John Muir Health, Sutter Health, Lyten, Genentech/Roche, Molina Healthcare, Mercy Hospital System, Texas Children’s Hospital, UCSF Health and The Mayo Clinic.

My clients are already exceptionally capable. They need practical ways to navigate the human dynamics surrounding complex, high-stakes work.

I help leaders and teams:

• Build candid, resilient leadership teams
• Make better decisions when perspectives differ
• Navigate conflict productively and with less drama
• Increase influence across functions and stakeholders
• Lead organizational and cultural change
• Help technical experts become effective people leaders

Through executive coaching, team development, qualitative 360s, team observation and facilitation, we work on real decisions and organizational challenges. We use an Action Learning method, so development happens through the work itself, improving both today’s results and how the team works together tomorrow.

My book, From Breakdown to Breakthrough, explores how leaders build relationships resilient enough to withstand the heat of significant change.

𝗠𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹: Help highly capable people master people leadership, so they can accomplish important but difficult things, especially when the heat is on and pressure is high.