Physician Leadership Coaching

Cecile Andreas, MB, ChB, CEC, PCC Since starting her coaching practice in 2014, Cecile is known to bring her deep experience as a physician leader and service provider to her coaching work, with a focus on unlocking the potential in people, teams and organizations. She uses a strengths-based approach with her clients and believes that our best opportunities lie in developing from the places in ourselves in which we already have strong ability.

Geographic Location: Cranbrook, British Columbia, also available on Zoom, FaceTime, Google Hangouts or Skype

Certification/Years as a coach: Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching (Royal Roads University) 2014

Advanced Certificate in Group and Team Coaching (Royal Roads University) 2017

Advanced Coaching Psychology Certificate (Royal Roads University) 2018

Certified Daring Way™ and Dare to Lead™ Facilitator

Certified LEADS Coach

ICF Professional Certified Coach 2018 - present

Phone number and/or email: info@cruxcoaching.ca • 250-919-6529

Website: cruxcoaching.ca

Expertise: Leadership, Women in Leadership, Groups and Teams, Managing Stress and Burnout, Resilience for Physicians and Physician Leaders, Daring Leadership

Mantra: "You either walk inside your story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness." – -Brené Brown

Cecile’s mission is to unlock the potential in people, teams and organizations through coaching. She brings her deep experience as a family physician to her work as an executive coach, coach supervisor and educator.

Cecile has a passion for supporting physicians to flourish through reflective practice, where she is able to draw on her whole experience and being to create a space for shared learning. She believes that values, leadership, courage and vulnerability are inextricably linked, and that we rise from our challenges if we are willing to walk through our stories and integrate the lessons in them.

Cecile is an associate faculty member in the Advanced Certificate in Group and Team Coaching and a mentor coach in the Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching Programs at Royal Roads University.

Cecile holds a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching, and an Advanced Certificate of Coaching Practice from Royal Roads University. She is a Certified Daring Way™ and Dare to Lead™ Facilitator and a certified LEADS™ coach. She is certified to use the TotalSDI™ and Integrative Enneagram (iEQ9)™ tools. She holds a medical degree from the University of Stellenbosch.

Amanda (Mandy) Brisebois MSc, Amanda Brisebois MSc, MD, FRCPC, FACP, AoADI, CEC, ACC (ICF), CHE, CCPE, Med., MMgmt (IMHL) Dr B Free Conflict Coaching for Physicians and Team Optimization

Geographic Location: Location not significant factor for conflict coaching. However, I am in Edmonton, AB and have also practiced in Calgary AB, and Victoria BC.

Certification/Years as a coach: Coaching since 2012 with certification from Mayo Clinic - Certified Wellness Coach, Center for Executive Coaching Executive and Healthcare Leadership. Certified through Justice Institute of British Columbia for Mediation and trained in negotiation and conflict coaching.

Phone number and/or email: drbfreecoaching@gmail.com

Website: https://amandabriseboismd.com/

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AMA Website: : https://albertazmsa.com/physician-advisor

Expertise: Dr. Brisebois is a certified Wellness, Healthcare and Executive Coach, a certified mediator, a General Internal Medicine and Palliative Medicine Specialist, as well as having extensive training in conflict, negotiation, equity, diversity and inclusion. She has served as the Medical Director for a large 360 bed hospital, the Medical Director of the Covenant Palliative Care Institute, as well as an Associate Chief Medical Officer of Covenant Health. She has completed a Masters of International Health Leadership through McGill University and has trained at multiple world renowned organizations including the Mayo Clinic, Berkeley, Oxford, UBC, London School of Economics, University of Alberta, and the Justice Institute of British Columbia.

Her leadership specialty is helping practitioners and teams create an environment of productive conflict and high-level “in-the-moment” interactions to optimize team successes. She has seen her support create happier, more efficient, and more effective healthcare teams. She has spoken as a keynote speaker at many international events, and she is a published author in her fields of expertise. Her most recent publication in this area is an opening chapter in the AAPL publication “The CMO Guidebook” which outlines her journey facing disappointments in the workplace and turning difficult situations into personal successes.

Mantra: B Free to get back to Medicine by mastering the art of managing our differences

I am a passionate physician who has worked tirelessly on the front lines caring for patients since 2000. Throughout my career, I have seen changes that have degraded physician autonomy and have negatively impacted our outlook. Health system culture changes and operational pressures have forced physicians to alter how they are practicing medicine, ultimately impacting our ability to focus on patient care. I have concerns regarding the sustainability of the profession and want to help.

Having been through conflict myself in my medical career, I have experienced too many situations in which little attention was paid to consistency and process. A lack of process and transparency can lead to the perception of unsatisfactory outcomes for many practitioners when facing conflict.  Seeing this lack of process firsthand drove me into leadership, hoping to impact change and to support physicians facing issues in their practices.

The formal leadership journey that I embarked upon started in 2014 and ended up in my leading a team of 350 physicians through Covid pandemic. During the Covid pandemic, it became apparent that conflict for practitioners and their teams was at an all-time high, and little resource was available to support these physicians. Physicians were losing sleep, sacrificing personal relationships, and removing themselves from their workplaces due to a lack of capacity to achieve satisfactory resolution to conflict. I spent 100s of hours coaching colleagues and teams during this time, but still saw a lack of process in the system to deal with physicians’ issues.

It was clear to me in my coaching that physicians are not trained to handle conflict, leadership, or equity and inclusion. I undertook over 2 years of intense education in these areas to become a respected advocate and teacher in these areas. As society entered summer 2022, and the new generation of the pandemic met us, I made a goal to ensure that practitioners have the skills to create professional success out of conflict. These skills can support practitioners to love their careers once again by freeing time to focus on the field of medicine that they strove so hard to enter. This is my calling, and I want to share the skills and process that can also lead you to productive conflict in your life.

Eve Gaudet, BA, CEC, PCC is an Executive and Leadership Coach for individuals and teams.  After a lengthy career in public service, Eve brings her senior leadership experience in supporting others to achieve their career and leadership potential.

Geographic Location: Victoria, BC.  I provide the option of coaching through phone, Zoom or face to face.

Certification/Years as a coach: Since 2014

Phone number and/or email: evegaudet@eveofchange.ca   • 778-679-3152

Website: eveofchange.ca

Expertise: Leadership, Systemic Team Coaching, coaching through change, on-boarding to executive positions, coaching with physicians, public service and private sector leaders.

Mantra: The Possibilities Are Infinite. The Results Definite.

In this increasingly complex world, Eve is devoted to helping professionals and managers become exceptional leaders. She has worked in senior and executive levels in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Her professional experience spans small business to global initiatives. Clients come from a range of sectors including healthcare, education, telecommunications, hospitality and governments. Known for her professional, caring and direct approach to coaching, Eve inspires her clients to make the changes they seek and reach their highest leadership potential.

As a coach facilitator, Eve inspires participants to deepen their self-awareness and improve their communication and performance. Her public speaking experience ranges from hosting Town Halls and public engagement symposiums to speaking at and hosting conferences.

Eve is certified as an Executive Coach through Royal Roads University and is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation. She is certified as a Systemic Team Coach, a Facilitator of Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, and a Practitioner of psychometric assessments including Lumina Spark, Leader, Leader 360 and Emotion, and DiSC Management.

Dr. Mamta Gautam, MD, MBA, FRCPC, CPDC, CCPE, CPE is a psychiatrist at The Ottawa Hospital and in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa; and President and CEO of PEAK MD.  Dr. Gautam is an internationally renowned clinician, consultant, certified coach, researcher, speaker and author in the areas of Professional Health and Professional Leadership.

Geographic Location: Ottawa, Ontario.  I am happy to provide coaching via Skype or Zoom regardless of your location.

Certification/Years as a coach: Since 2009

Phone number and/or email: mgautam@peakmd.ca; mgautam@rogers.com

Website: www.peakmd.ca

Expertise: Physician health, physician leadership, Physician executive coach, Coaching through leading change, career change, applying for an executive position

Mantra: “Who, exactly, seeks out a coach? Winners, who want even more out of life.” – Chicago Tribune

She is a pioneer in the area of physician health and well-being, and has been hailed as “The Doctor’s Doctor”. She is the founding director of the University Of Ottawa Faculty Of Medicine Wellness Program; as well as the Canadian Medical Association Centre for Physician Health and Wellbeing, where she served as the Chair of the Expert Advisory Group. She created the Canadian Psychiatric Association Section on Physician Health; and in 2008, she founded the International Alliance on Physician Health, bringing together experts worldwide to collaborate on work in this area.  She currently serves as the Chair of the Ontario Medical Association Burnout Working Group. She has written two bestsellers – Irondoc: Practical Stress Management Tools for Physicians and The Tarzan Rule: Tips for a Healthy life in Medicine. She brings this knowledge and expertise to PEAK MD, through which she consults to organizations and corporations; and coaches senior leaders internationally.  She is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards for her innovative work in professional health, and has been awarded Distinguished Fellowships in both the Canadian and American Psychiatric Associations

An experienced leader, she is a Past President of the Ontario Psychiatric Association and the Federation of Medical Women of Canada. She is a faculty member at the American Association of Physician Leaders, and Joule’s Physician Leadership Institutes, and serves on the Board of the Canadian Society of Physician Leaders.  Her key area of interest is in developing women leaders, and she has just launched a national Think Tank to promote and support women in medicine.

Angie Hong, MD, CCFP, FCFP, DABOM, ACC (ICF), is an ICF certified Professional Coach (PCC) who has experience coaching healthcare professionals including both physicians and non-physicians.

Geographic Location: Toronto, Ontario

Certification/Years as a coach: Professional coaching since 2022. International Coach Federation (ICF) certification 2023, Graduate of Brief Centre for Coaching, University of Toronto 2020, Flow Coaching Institute 2022 and Erickson Coaching Academy 2023.

Phone number and/or email: angiehongmd@gmail.com ,

Website:  angiehongmd.com

Expertise:  Coaching physicians in areas including:

• health and life balance
• well-being
• career and life transitions/planning
• executive presence

Mantra: You might be at a stage in your career where you don't have mentors. Who mentors the mentor? Who knows exactly what you need? You do!

     What is profound about the coaching conversation is the impact of facilitating a process whereby you realize your unique strengths and resources without someone telling you what to do.

     Whether you are the leader in the C-suite, surgical suite, office or home, Angie will help you hear and see yourself clearly so that you can execute all your roles thoughtfully, driven by your deeply held values of how you want to show up in the world.

    Using a solution-focused, Ericksonian approach, Angie creates a safe and compassionate coaching container. The level of challenge is up to the client and what you are ready for!

Dr. Anne McNamara MB ChB (NZ), FRACP, FRCP(C), CEC As a Respirologist, Intensivist and Physician Leader, during the last 25 years I have successfully coached  Leaders and teams through times of radical change and growth. I have seen fatigue, frustration and burnout in my “work family” of Physicians.  I have now fully refocused, serving Physicians and Physician Leaders as an Executive Coach. With wholehearted compassion and courage, I partner with you as you find clarity, design actions and see new perspectives. You find your path toward your "impossible" future.

Geographic Location: New Westminster, BC and available for telephone, Zoom, Facetime or other virtual contact.

Certification/Years as a coach: Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching, Royal Roads University, 2019.   Experience as a Coach: 10 years, prior to certification

Phone number and/or email:  anne_mcnamara@telus.net or +1-604-802-2334

Website:N/A

Expertise: Leadership Development, Career Transitions: starting out, career planning, retirement, Effective Communication, Wellbeing and Resilience

Mantra: Know yourself and build your awesome future, one conversation at a time

Wendy Pentland BSc(OT) MEd PhD PCC As an ICF certified Professional Coach (PCC) Wendy has provided life and executive coaching services since 2004 to over 600 individuals including professionals, academics and executives internationally in both the public and private sectors. A particular focus has been coaching physicians.

Geographic Location: Kingston, Ontario (services are offered in-person and nationally/internationally via telephone/Skype/Zoom)

Certification/Years as a coach: Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coach Federation (ICF). 18 years coaching experience.

Phone number and/or email: Inquiries are welcome by phone (613-542-8998) or email wendypentland@gmail.com

Website: www.wendypentland.com  LinkedIn – Wendy Pentland

Expertise: Coaching physicians in areas including:

• Enhancing communication, professionalism and collaboration competencies.
• Leadership.
• Transitions (personal and professional).
• Health and well-being.
• Coaching physicians who have been advised or required by a third party (e.g. regulatory body, professional association, hospital, academic medical organization, legal counsel) to engage in coaching to improve communication, professional behaviours, collaboration skills, self-management and/or interpersonal skills.

Mantra: “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom”  – Victor Frankl

Wendy completed coaching training in 2004 through the Adler School of Professional Coaching (Toronto) and previously obtained occupational therapy and graduate degrees in Canada and Australia.  She maintains ongoing certification with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and draws on additional trainings including Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mind-Body Centred Somatic coaching, Narrative Coaching, Retirement Coaching certification, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and am a LEADS Certified Coach with LEADS Canada/Canadian College of Health Leaders.

Wendy brings to coaching over 35 years of experience in healthcare and academia; as an occupational therapy clinician in Ontario, British Columbia and Australia, health care administrator, tenured university professor, researcher on the relationships between time use, health and well-being and consultant. She has taught, mentored in, presented and published about coaching internationally.

Wendy’s coaching approach is grounded in the belief that people are motivated primarily by two desires: to fulfill their own potential and to make a meaningful contribution to the world; to make a difference. People frequently have difficulty fulfilling these desires because we govern ourselves with beliefs and fictions that hold us back and blind us to what may be greater possibilities.

Wendy has coached physicians on a variety of issues including career transitions, leadership development, managing interpersonal workplace conflict, transitioning through mid-life as well as into retirement, completing book manuscripts, time management, stress reduction, work-life balance, setting and achieving strategic goals, and managing professional and personal relationships. She enjoys and has coached many physician clients who have been advised or mandated by a third party to engage a professional coach to address communication, interpersonal and/or professional conduct issues.

Shayne Taback, MD FRCPC Certified Executive Coach Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Child Health;

Community Health Sciences; and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Manitoba Faculty of Health Sciences

Geographic Location: Canada-only

Certification/Years as a coach: 2016 (Royal Roads University)

Phone number and/or email: 204-792-0960 / shayne.taback@physiciansupport.ca

Website:  www.physiciansupport.ca

Expertise: Developing female and male physician leaders (there's a difference); experience supporting both new physician leaders and senior executives

Mantra:  Our vision — vibrant physicians thriving in a strong health care system. Our mission — support Canadian physicians to lead significant positive change. Our belief — physician leadership, physician wellness, and quality of care are intrinsically linked

Dr. Shayne P. Taback, MD, FRCP, CEC is Director of the University of Manitoba Clinician Investigator Program, an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health, and President and CEO of The Canadian Physician Support Company Inc. He has over twenty years of experience in academic medicine including as a physician-scientist and as a physician-leader.

Shayne's coaching combines his strong orientation to supporting others with his enjoyment of conceptual thinking in areas such as mental models, teamwork, collaboration, and systems thinking. His coaching is non-directive and systematic using leadership models that link your leadership development goals with the changes you need in team culture to achieve your real world targets.

Shayne graduated from the Royal Roads University Faculty of Management as a Certified Executive Coach in 2016 and completed the Royal Roads University Coaching with LEADS course in 2017. He is a member of the International Coaching Federation and the Institute of Coaching (McLean Hospital / Harvard Medical School affiliate).

Debrah Wirtzfeld MD CEC CCPE ICD.D MBA

Geographic Location: In person (post-COVID!). Currently by Zoom or phone as per your preference.

Certification/Years as a coach: 2014 Royal Roads University/Seven years as a coach

Phone number and/or email: debrahwirtzfeld@gmail.com ,  (preferred), 780-819-8031

Website:  sheknowsshift.com

Expertise: Physician career transitions (especially into executive positions), women physician leaders, building resilience and confidence

Mantra: Coaching is meant to develop our individual strengths and bring us from good to great and great to excellent!

Debrah Wirtzfeld is an Executive coach and communications expert with extensive experience in assisting individuals and teams empower their performance, gain confidence, and achieve success! Her multidisciplinary background in psychology, medicine, and leadership development, allows her to assist clients in building and leading teams that can have significant impact in the healthcare sector. Her strongest asset is a deep understanding of the critical importance of effective communications in building successful relationships and teams.

My passion is in supporting professional transitions and assisting clients in adapting to new roles where their relationships and responsibilities have changed. I will work with you to build new relationships and strategic networks, define novel communications pathways, and develop and achieve important goals. I will support you in building a team where your influence will be greater because you have a focus on fostering the development and advancement of others.

As an ICF certified coach, I have extensive experience with the Myers-Briggs Type Indictor, Insights, the Emotional Quotient Inventory and Crucial Conversations. I have a strong background in fostering diversity and building inclusive leaders who want to bring all voices to the table.

I am the co-founder of Inspire Mindset MD (www.empoweringwomenprofessionals.com) where I work to foster empowered performance through a focus on building professional competence and confidence. I am also the founder and CEO of MD Confidence Consulting (www.sheknowsshift.com), an organization dedicated to supporting leaders through professional transitions. I provide consulting and coaching from the moment you are thinking about a change, including how to write an appropriate resume and approach a senior leadership interview, to leaving a position and re-establishing previous relationships and accountabilities.

I have coached Executive leaders, CMOs, Department/Section leads, Provincial Program leads and other administrators in the healthcare environment at the Health Authority and University level.  I also have experience in assisting CEOs within the private sector to build teams and recognize required return on investment. I work as a group coach in supporting communication skills and empowering performance.

If you are thinking about a transition, leading from your strengths, or building teams where there is successful communication and a vision for success, I would love to follow along with you in this journey!

CJPL Articles on Coaching

Coaching Competencies for Physicians – Part 1

https://cjpl.ca/comp.html

Coaching competencies for physicians: listening at the next level – Part 2

https://cjpl.ca/mrtwo.html

Coaching competencies for physicians: the artful question – Part 3

https://cjpl.ca/chcomp.html

Coaching competencies for physicians: change the conversation, change everything

https://cjpl.ca/chngconv.html

Cognitive Coaching: a leadership essential?

https://cjpl.ca/cogn.html