LeadWell Med: Leader as Coach 2025

Healthcare professionals, including physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs), often face challenges in translating new knowledge into effective practice. A key barrier is the lack of training in coaching and development strategies that support team growth and performance. This activity addresses the critical need for providers to build coaching competencies that enhance communication, foster professional development, and improve team dynamics.

Participants will explore the foundational principles of coaching within a professional healthcare environment. Through interactive discussions and practice-based exercises, learners will:

• Define coaching and understand its unique role in professional development.

• Compare and contrast coaching and mentoring, identifying when each approach is most appropriate.

• Discuss the coaching mindset, including attitudes and behaviors that support effective coaching.

• Engage in a coaching conversation, applying techniques in a simulated setting.

• Reflect on personal coaching strengths and areas for growth, identifying actionable strategies for continued development.

This activity is designed to empower providers with practical tools to coach and communicate more effectively with their direct reports, ultimately leading to improved clinical practice and team performance.

1. Define coaching and its role in a professional environment
2. Compare and contrast coaching and mentoring
3. Discuss the coaching mindset
4. Practice a coaching conversation; Enable reflection and identification of coaching skills to be developed

Corewell Health West Michigan designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Corewell Health West Michigan adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.