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  • 1.  Question of the Week: Favorite super duo?

    Posted 05-30-2022 07:38:00 AM

    Have you ever considered hiring 2 people at once to work together? Or hiring someone based largely on their compatibility with another employee? Consulting firm Long Dash recently made an interesting suggestion about Hiring Duos. “Hiring duos is a creative way for companies to build inclusive environments that attract, retain, and nourish people.”

    They cite some of the highest performing duos: Michael Jordan and Scotty Pippin, Coach Lasso and Coach Beard, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. Each helps the other be their best selves.

    Who are your favorite duos? Or, what duos—real or imaginary—would you hire into your organization?



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    Janet Stiles
    Sr. Director, Member Engagement & AAMC CareerConnect
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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  • 2.  RE: Question of the Week: Favorite super duo?

    Posted 05-31-2022 08:50:00 AM
    We have hired the lab/research assistants of one physician researcher, all at once. We have also hired trailing spouses, especially if the spouse is also a physician. 

    As for my dream duo, I'd hire Camara Jones and Philip Alberti or Andy Slavitt and Daniel Dawes, or any combination of them.  (I don't believe any of these folks are looking for a job, nor do I have the budget to entice these folks to move to Springfield, IL. Minor details...)

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    Carolyn Pointer
    Assistant Professor
    Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
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  • 3.  RE: Question of the Week: Favorite super duo?

    Posted 05-31-2022 12:46:00 PM
    Carolyn! My name being in the same sentence as the others is an honor beyond compare. And let it be known that I would carry water for Dr. Jones whenever she asks! 

    Hope you and yours are well and thank you for the shout out!

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    Philip Alberti
    Senior Director, Health Equity Research and Policy
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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  • 4.  RE: Question of the Week: Favorite super duo?

    Posted 06-01-2022 09:17:00 AM

    As for my favorite on screen duo, I say Pinky and the Brain.

    In real life, I would look at Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.  These two were fierce competitors on the court playing for different teams, but when playing on the same team (Olympic Dream Team) or off the court (when Magic had health issues, one of the first people to reach out was Larry) they were great friends.  Both in basketball and in life, you need to know where you need to plant your roots and stand for what you believe, but also what you need to make those roots stronger (friendship, belonging).  



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    Ashley Ellis
    Manager, ITSM
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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  • 5.  RE: Question of the Week: Favorite super duo?

    Posted 06-01-2022 12:42:00 PM
    This is good to think about. There are a lot of duos who have done great work together. Led Zeppelin worked really well as a quartet, but they also had strong duos with Page & Plant and Jones & Bonham. Other remarkable duos include Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan, Marie Skłodowska–Curie and Pierre Curie, Ruth Bader and Marty Ginsburg, David Mitchell and Lee Mack, Sean Lock and Jon Richardson, and, pandemically, Richard Corsi and Jim Rosenthal. Fictionally, there's also Holmes and Watson, Calvin and Hobbes, Shrek and Donkey, and Kuzco and Pacha.

    I believe several pairs of AAMCers worked together before coming here, including @Jennifer Schlener and Darrell Kirch.

    This post also led me to consider my own experience: A lot of my good work has been in duos-with my high school best friend on our knowledge bowl team, with my brother at our first full-time jobs, and here at AAMC with @Diane Cassidy.

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    Lee Crowther
    Library Specialist
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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  • 6.  RE: Question of the Week: Favorite super duo?

    Posted 06-02-2022 06:13:00 PM
    @Carolyn Pointer, @Ashley Ellis, and @Lee Crowther

    Thanks for sharing your dream duo combinations and the practical partnerships too. 

    Yes, there are some great duos at AAMC!  Another AAMC duo is @Johmarx Patton and @Jeffrey Kaminski.  I've watched this team work diligently to grow and mature the MedBiquitous program over the past few years.  It's been exciting to watch their progress.  

    Do others have duo/team hiring success stories to share?"

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    Janet Stiles
    Sr. Director, Member Engagement & AAMC CareerConnect
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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  • 7.  RE: Question of the Week: Favorite super duo?

    Posted 06-03-2022 11:47:00 AM
    @Janet Stiles Thank you for this amazing kudos! I feel lucky to work with such a great colleague like @Johmarx Patton, and am proud of all we do to support and grow the MedBiquitous community.

    To keep this thread going, while not AAMC-related (although they did work together for about a decade at one point), I have to acknowledge the amazing duo of my parents. Married for over 60 years, raised six kids and several dogs - and still have a good sense of humor about the whole journey!​​​

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    Jeffrey Kaminski
    MedBiquitous Operations Specialist
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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  • 8.  RE: Question of the Week: Favorite super duo?

    Posted 06-07-2022 11:25:00 AM
    @Lee Crowther I love the pairings you listed.

    I once co-applied for positions with a colleague. There were two positions open at an organization. I think it was like a director of communications and a director of development and we cowrote the cover letter talking about how we collaborated and the past impact we had working together. It got us the interview. We kept thinking - this is either going to work really well or we are going to have to move and change our names...

    I think the best dynamic duos challenge each other and communicate to understand and have built a psychologically safe space to take risks and speak their minds. I think we often hire people like us and who don't always challenge the way we think and in our daily work, we don't intentionally communicate to understand and listen or build those psychologically safe spaces. We get too busy and aren't in the moment and mindful about it.

    @Megan Livingston I would say being able to work with you as a peer in college, and then again in my last role, 20 some years later, made me feel like a dynamic duo, for sure.  I'd love to hear who your dynamic duos would be.​​

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    Penny Schnarrs
    Virtual Communities Program Manager
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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