How the 'Health Leader-as-Coach' benefits health leaders, their teams, peers, organisation and the system.

One of the main ways in which health leaders at all levels can be developed on a daily basis has been neglected by clinical leadership research, and by the research community generally, relating to the leader consciously using evidence-based coaching skills to positively impact their direct reports, team members, peers, organisations and the wider system in the context of their vocational role, as 'Leader-as-Coach'.This paper summarises the research on the role of 'Leader-as-Coach', and translates the learning from this into the practice of clinical leadership development.Line managers are increasingly expected to use a coaching approach and are in an ideal position to do so.

Psychologically informed leadership coaching positively impacts the mental well-being of 80 senior doctors, medical and public health leaders.

Introduction: Senior doctors, medical and public health leaders frequently experience poor levels of mental well-being. The aim was to investigate whether psychologically informed leadership coaching impacted on the mental well-being of 80 UK-based senior doctors, medical and public health leaders.

Methods: A pre-post study was undertaken during 2018-2022 of 80 UK senior doctors, medical and public health leaders.