LEAD in Healthcare / Coaching and mentoring
Coaching and mentoring · available now

One to one, with leaders who carry the responsibility.

Coaching and mentoring for leaders in healthcare, from someone who has held the role. Delivered personally.

Christian Schuhmacher
Executive coaching and mentoringSix-month and twelve-month engagements with Chief Executives and senior leaders. For rising leaders, longer-horizon mentoring that makes experience available to someone earlier on the same path.
The first hundred daysSupport for a newly appointed Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer or Chief Medical Officer across the first four to six months in post. Often commissioned by the board that made the appointment.
How I coach

Clarity, curiosity and a calm presence

I work with senior leaders to help them find their own insight, navigate ambiguity and reach solutions that last. That may be a Chief Executive preparing for a major transformation, a new Board Member stepping into governance, or an executive preparing to grow beyond the current role. Progress comes through structured reflection, challenge and encouragement.

The approach combines the discipline of executive coaching with the pragmatism of someone who has run hospitals. It draws on an understanding of leadership in healthcare and other regulated sectors, while the leader’s own goals, pace and values stay at the centre.

Solution-focusedMoving from analysis to action, in particular under pressure or uncertainty.
EnablingSpace for reflection and self-discovery, with structure and guidance when it helps.
Growth-orientedPersonal and professional growth that lasts and fits the leader’s own ambitions.
Peer to peerExecutive experience brought into the conversation, without imposing an agenda.

Background

Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching, Henley Business School (2025). Author of Leading with Purpose in Healthcare, published in March 2027.

The conversations draw on the same four commitments as the rest of LEAD in Healthcare, and on twenty years of running and governing hospitals.

Enquire about coaching or mentoring

A short description of your role and what you would like to work on is enough to start.