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My coaching programmes deliver a 17.4% increase in validated wellbeing scores; peer-review published in BMJ Leader & Public Health. |

If you’re looking for executive, leadership or business coaching for doctors or public health specialists, my bespoke coaching programmes will help you to succeed in your professional life. My evidence-based approach is grounded in doctoral-level psychology combined with my decades of experience in medical and public health leadership roles, and over 10 years’ experience of coaching over 500 senior doctors, public health, and health leaders. I can help you with all aspects of your professional life.
Are you a Clinical entrepreneur, running a health-tech start-up, or wanting to develop your medical or surgical private practice? I help clinical business owners to grow their healthcare companies through evidence-based strategy. Goals include securing NHS/ICB contracts, scaling services, gaining regulatory approval, and managing large teams and complex organisations.
My bespoke leadership coaching programmes for senior doctors in leadership roles and public health leaders in the UK and Europe (including Dublin, Ireland & Geneva, Switzerland) will help you transform your skills. You’ll be able to take on more responsibility, prioritise better, and gain confidence in complex roles. You’ll also learn to care for yourself and your team.
I can help you to seeking new roles following redundancy or organisational change, business coaching for your private practice, or shifting from the NHS to social enterprises and start-ups.
Together we can enhance your executive presence, strategic thinking, and ability to lead in complex environments. Specific goals include improving influencing and negotiating skills, managing board-level responsibilities, and delivering transformational change within the NHS and beyond.
There is growing interest in developing portfolio careers that combine clinical work with consultancy, the third sector, or industry roles. Some clients seek to “pivot” entirely out of medicine or toward global health.
The Focused Health Leader Coaching Partnership – Career clarity and leadership support for health leaders – under 6 months
The Strategic Health Leader Coaching Partnership – A strategic partnership to support health leaders in ongoing complexity – 12 months plus
The Global Health Leader Coaching Partnership – A unique service supporting global health leaders operating under extreme pressure – 12 months plus
I offer a safe and confidential partnership to help you develop exceptional leadership and management skills. This will enable you to transform health services and outcomes for populations.
I provide world-class support during and between sessions. Where needed, I’ll share my experience from my own Board-level medical and public health leadership career to guide your development through both coaching and mentoring.
I can help you to:
Leadership Coaching can also include elements of Career Coaching tailored to your needs. All programmes start with clear needs assessment and goal setting.
I’m flexible around your specific needs.
The Focused Health Leader Coaching Partnership – Career clarity and leadership support for health leaders – under 6 months
The Strategic Health Leader Coaching Partnership – A strategic partnership to support health leaders in ongoing complexity – 12 months plus
The Global Health Leader Coaching Partnership – A unique service supporting global health leaders operating under extreme pressure – 12 months plus
Many senior medical and public health leaders prefer a longer-term partnership. This approach provides a bespoke development programme and ongoing assistance for new challenges. A longer relationship allows you to navigate complex leadership and career issues with my full support.
Fiona speaks with great common sense based on considerable experience. I was always struck at how she could bring a different perspective to the issues I was dealing with.
Fiona has enabled me to nurture myself into a confident leader who seeks new challenges and is not afraid to say no to tasks & projects that do not satisfy my core values.
I always left the conversations feeling refocused, energised and empowered. Fiona facilitated our conversations with great expertise, professionalism, compassion and empathy.


Yes. My 1:1 bespoke leadership coaching programmes for General Practitioners (GPs), coaching for medical directors, leadership coaching for NHS consultants and healthcare clinical leaders, and coaching for DsPH are tailored to your specific learning needs through detailed needs assessment.
Yes. Coaching for doctors of medicine and public health leaders is emerging as the most effective method of leadership development, and is the only evidence-based method which can respond to the dynamic context you lead in. The impacts are sustained whether you are a physician, surgeon, public health leader, general practitioner leader.
Yes. As well as leadership coaching for health leaders, I also offer staff development training and group coaching courses – these are organised via employers for a cohort of staff or a whole senior leadership team.
Yes. This was found in a recent systematic umbrella review. While many leadership development courses for doctors exist in medical CPD and public health training, they often overlook the personal self-awareness needed for success as a senior public health or medical leader. This self-awareness is best achieved through 1:1 coaching, supporting effective communication skills and positive leadership behaviours in the workplace.
I offer medical leadership courses and leadership skills training for physicians, surgeons, general practitioner and public health leaders for groups of staff. Through 1:1 coaching partnerships, I can help you develop the crucial public health and medical leadership skills needed for your career success.
Yes. Adults learn best by doing, my coaching and mentoring programmes for medical and public health leaders focus on skills. They are unique and customised to fit your personal and professional needs.
Yes. As a Chartered Coaching Psychologist, my coaching programmes are evidence-based. I use cognitive-behavioural, adult development, and leadership psychology theories. This approach helps you build strong skills in medical management and leadership for doctors. You’ll enhance your clinical healthcare and public health leadership skills now and for the future.
Yes. I also use mentoring in my leadership coaching programmes for doctors and public health leaders. This helps teach new skills for your professional development. You’ll advance your skills in your speciality, whether in medicine, surgery, general practice, or public health. This prepares you to be a clinical and health leader of the future.
Yes. I offer executive coaching for doctors and executive coaching for medical directors, physicians, healthcare leadership coaching, leadership courses for doctors, leadership coaching for doctors, leadership development for doctors, leadership for medics, leadership skills for doctors, leadership training for doctors, business coaching for doctors with medic leadership development. You’re in the right place!
Yes. If you need an expert medical leadership coach, I can help you to cope as a medical leader, my medical leadership courses and coaching programmes will help you with medical leadership development. I can help with medical management training, mentoring for medical directors, mentoring for medical leaders, and I am also a public health leadership coach.
If you’re wondering why doctors need leadership training and why doctors need to be leaders, the evidence is clear: better outcomes for patients and populations! As a medical leadership coach, I can help you to cope as a medical director with my expert medical leadership coaching programmes.
Doctors in leadership roles including:
Clinical Leads
Clinical Directors
Medical Directors
Chief Medical Officers
Medical Academic Leaders
Medical Education Leaders
Medical CEOs
Clinical Chairs
Associate, Deputy, and Executive level Doctors
Consultant Physicians, Surgeons, GP Leaders, and GP Partners also play key roles. I provide coaching for Clinical Commissioners, Clinical Network Directors, and aspiring Medical Directors.
I also offer coaching to:
Clinical Chief Officers
ICS Clinical Directors
ICS Medical Directors
Medical technology consultants
Health informatics specialists
Innovation leads
Public and global health medical specialists
Coaching is available for Medical Educators, including Directors of Medical Education and Clinical Deans, as well as clinical leaders and epidemiologists. My support extends to senior Doctors, Physicians, Surgeons, Specialty Doctors, and SAS doctors in leadership. I also offer coaching for other post-CCT doctors in leadership roles such as:
Experienced NHS consultants
General practitioners in leadership
Medical professionals in clinical practice
Healthcare providers in leadership
Medical managers in management roles.
Including:
Public health specialists
Consultants in Public Health
Consultants in Health Protection
Senior Epidemiologists
Directors of Public Health
Unit Heads
Directors-General
Public Health Leaders and academics, along with global health leaders, focus on policy and strategy. My services are also suitable for senior epidemiologists and public health scientists.
Coaching is also offered for NHS Chief Executives, NHS Accountable Officers, NHS Executive Directors, including Directors of Strategy & Transformation, People, Workforce, and Human Resources Directors, Chief Nursing Officers, and Directors of Nursing. My coaching services are suitable for Healthcare CEOs, NHS Chairs, Executive Directors in the NHS, healthcare commissioners and providers, as well as ICS Chief Executives and Chief Operating Officers.
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