Frequently Asked Questions
Who is coaching for?
Coaching supports physicians moving into leadership and physician executives navigating greater responsibility, including aspiring and early-career Chief Medical Officers. The work is tailored to your role, organization, and goals.
What can coaching help me work on?
Common themes include leadership judgment, executive presence, influence, difficult conversations, competing priorities, and organizational dynamics. Coaching creates space to reflect, practice new approaches, and turn insight into action.
Why work with a physician executive coach?
Lee Scheinbart brings experience in clinical practice, Chief Medical Officer leadership, and physician leadership education. That background provides context for the responsibilities, relationships, and pressures physician leaders face.
How do coaching, advising, and advocacy differ?
Physician Executive Coaching focuses on your development as a leader. Strategic Advising provides perspective on a decision or organizational challenge. Career and Role Advocacy supports your next career move, executive positioning, and evaluation of opportunities.
What does an engagement look like?
Sessions take place virtually and focus on your goals and real-world challenges.
Get acquainted. Start with a conversation about your needs and fit.
Provide context. A pre-needs assessment helps clarify your role, priorities, and goals.
Work together. Your coach reviews that context before your session.
Put insight into practice. Follow-up may include a summary, action items, and reflection prompts.
Review progress. Revisit themes and goals as your responsibilities evolve.
Is coaching medical care?
Physicians who receive coaching are clients, not patients. Coaching does not establish a doctor-patient relationship.
Is the engagement confidential?
Confidentiality is addressed in the client agreement. Client assessments, development, and summaries are not disclosed to third parties without the client’s written instructions and consent, subject to court orders or other legal requirements. We can discuss these terms before an engagement begins.
How do I get started?
Schedule a conversation to discuss your goals and the type of support you need. For other questions, send us a message.