Rowing in the same direction to achieve organizational goals: Integrating mentoring, leadership training, and coaching to manage and evaluate individual performance

Academic medicine provides ample opportunities and resources for medical innovation, but presents unique challenges for physician-scientists, support staff, and hospital administration. In an environment that prioritizes individual research-related productivity for professional advancement, how can management guide its workforce toward common organizational objectives? Here, we describe an approach that aligns individual goals to a high-level strategic plan continuously by combining annual goal setting, performance management, mentoring of early career faculty, leadership training, and professional coaching to achieve the three pillars of the academic mission: patient care, research and teaching.