The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as:

“partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximise their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership”.

Coaching is different from therapy, consulting or the friend we go to, who “gives advice'.

• Rather than focus on the past, a coach helps his clients to move forward to gain better self-awareness and create actions and systems that would help client transform themselves and the departments they lead from “Good to Great.”

• The coaching process is collaborative.

• It is not telling the client “you must do this that way“ or ‘giving advice” with no follow through or accountability

• For this reason, coaching works.

Gabriel also understands that many healthcare leaders have had a challenging few years, especially given the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing burdens of looking after a healthcare service or team. Gabriel understand that many healthcare leaders have quit - thinking about it - or feel stressed in their current position and roles.  Many don’t want to be labelled as “needing help” - “we’re not as bad a Patient XYZ or Joe Bloggs” is the message going through our heads.

The fact remains that having a coach does not mean we are inadequate - or lacking- “We all need help at one time or another” even if it is to get a fresh perspective. Olympic Atheletes have coaches to help them with high-performance; the same concept applies for leadership excellence.

Gabriel’s coaching work enables his clients to rediscover themselves, their innate strength and brilliance. It is what drives him and he is good at it. Gabriel would love the opportunity to work alongside you, to enable you transform to become bold and exceptional leaders.

iPEC is a recognised world-class ICF Accredited Program.  iPEC coaches, like Gabriel, empower people to dig deeply, honestly and objectively to their energy levels and unconscious thought patterns that often hold executives, leaders, managers and staff back from achieving their innate potential.  Gabriel’s superpower -so to speak- is working with healthcare business owners (incl. dentistry), executives, department heads and clinicians/physicians leaders.

Through tools such as 'Core Energy Coaching' TM, Gabriel helps clients grow awareness in their work and personal life to address feelings such as 'being stuck'. What makes Gabriel’s coaching style unique is he complements his iPEC training, with his healthcare, project management, system thinking, and Lean/Operational Excellence (OpEx) expertise in his coaching sessions. More about Gabriel’s technical expertise including his role as Professional Industry Fellow for UTS’s School of Public Health can be viewed here.

Coaching can significantly shift an individual and health system’s effectiveness and that growth can happen rapidly. It is no wonder that healthcare systems globally employ executive coaching services to improve the leadership capabilities of their leaders.

https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/21477/coaching-and-mentoring/executive-coaching-register

Gabriel is also a clinician. More about the evidence and literature for coaching can be found here.