Helping PhysicianLeaders Move Important Work Forward.

I coach physican leaders who are responsible for important initiatives and challenged to move that work forward within their organizations.

Through coaching, leaders strengthen their leadership by learning to navigate institutional dynamics, understand stakeholders, and make thoughtful strategic decisions.

ICF Associate Certified Coach

Advanced Certified Professional & Executive Coach

When important work stalls...

Physician leaders are often responsible for initiatives that matter deeply to their organizations--but moving that work forward can be complicated.

Common Challenges ...

Influencing colleagues without formal authority
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Navigating institutional dynamics

Managing difficult stakeholder relationships

Stepping into new leadership roles

Clarifying strategy and priorities
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Leading with integrity and presence

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Leadership Coaching for Healthcare Professionals

Many physicin leaders reach a point where the work they care about most requires influence, strategy, and thoughful leadership.

Coaching provides a confidential space to step back, reflect on complex situations, and develop a clear path forward.

My work focuses on physician leaders, but I also coach nurse leaders and other healthcare professionals responsible for leading important work within their organizations.

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Individual Physician Coaching

Not all physicians hold formal leadership titles--but many still face challenging dynamics within their organizations.

Some seek coaching to:
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• navigate difficult professional relationships
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• gain clarity about career direction
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• strengthen leadership presence
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• manage stress and competing demands

Coaching helps physicians step back, understand the landscape they are working in, and make thoughtful decisions about how they want to lead.

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Why Coaching?

Leadership in healthcare can be complex and isolating. Coaching provides a space to think clearly about difficult situations and develop thoughtful strategies for moving important work forward. Leaders often seek coaching because:
✔ They want to strengthen their leadership effectiveness
✔ They are navigating challenging institutional dynamics
✔ They are stepping into new leadership roles
✔ They want to approach difficult situations more thoughtfully

Coaching is Strategic

Coaching is Confidential

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Why Coaching?

Coaching is Strategic

Our work focuses on real leadership situations—examining the systems, stakeholders, and dynamics shaping the challenges you face

Coaching is Confidential

Coaching conversations provide a trusted and private space to think through difficult leadership situations and explore possible paths forward.

About MIchelle richard, md

About Me

I am a physician, executive coach, and former hospital leader.

Earlier in my career, I worked as an infectious disease physician and researcher focused on HIV prevention. Over time, I became increasingly interested in leadership and organizational systems in healthcare.

I eventually served as Chief of Medicine and Chief of Quality, where I worked closely with physician leaders navigating complex institutional dynamics and system improvement initiatives.

Today, I teach leadership and change management at Boston College, and I bring that perspective into my coaching work with healthcare leaders

During my own transition into hospital leadership, I worked with an executive coach for over a year. That experience profoundly shaped my understanding of leadership and ultimately led me to pursue coaching myself.

Today I work primarily with physician leaders and healthcare professionals who are responsible for important work within their organizations and want to lead more effectively.
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If you are responsible for important work within your organization and want to strengthen your ability to move that work forward, coaching may be helpful.

Schedule a conversation to explore whether coaching would be useful for your situation

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Coaching Engagements

Coaching engagements are designed around the real leadership situations you are facing.

We begin with an introductory conversation to explore your goals and determine whether coaching would be helpful. If we decide to work together, engagements typically involve 6-20 coaching sessions over 3-12 months, allowing time to reflect on situations as they unfold and apply new insights into practice.

Depending on the situation, our work may include gathering input from key stakeholders or reflecting on leadership interactions to deepen slef-awareness and identify opportunities for growth.

I live in Florida and Rhode Island and coaching conversations can take place in person, by video conference, or over the phone, depending on what is most convenient.

Coaching provides a confidential space to think clearly about complex situations, strengthen leadership efectiveness, and move important work forward within your organization.

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