Leadership and Career Coaching
UMass Department of Psychiatry Leadership College
The Leadership College is a peer coaching group that supports faculty, staff, and trainees develop or enhance emotional intelligence, essential for leadership. These competencies include: communication and relationship management, leadership and professionalism (ACHE Competencies Assessment Tool, 2016).
Communication and Relationship Management- The ability to communicate clearly and concisely with internal and external stakeholders, establish and maintain relationships, and facilitate constructive interactions with individuals and groups.
- Examples: Relationship Management; Communication Skills; Facilitation; and Negotiation.
Leadership- The ability to inspire individual and organizational excellence, create a shared vision and successfully manage change to attain the organization’s strategic ends and successful performance.
- Examples: Leadership Skills and Behaviors; Organization Climate and Culture; Communicating Vision; and Managing Change.
Professionalism- The ability to align personal and organizational conduct with ethical and professional standards that include a responsibility to the patient and community, a service orientation, and a commitment to lifelong learning and improvement.
- Examples: Personal and Professional Accountability; Professional Development and Lifelong Learning; and Contributions to the Community and Profession.
Feedback from our Leadership College Graduates:
“Good experience, looking at our hard work from so many angles. Really a thoughtful and respectful group formed and together, we paid attention to the leadership skills we all need to develop.”
“I think the most beneficial thing I have gained from this experience is the new or stronger relationships I have built with colleagues in the department. I have more people I can turn to for advice moving forward.”
“This was definitely an experience where you get out of it what you put into it. Because leadership development was a personal goal of mine, I think I got a lot out of it.”
“Group facilitators were wonderful! Very thoughtful and modeled facilitating a group well.”
Leadership College Team:
Mary Ahn, MD, Leadership Coach
Boris Lorberg, MD, Peer Coach Facilitator