After 18 years in nursing leadership roles in academic healthcare settings in Boston, Mary Connaughton founded Connaughton Consulting in 1997. Her consulting practice specializes in executive coaching, leadership development and strategic planning. To her work she brings a rich tradition of patient centered care; professional nursing practice; value for interdisciplinary collaboration; and mentoring and development of individuals and teams.
Experience the benefits of working with Mary who is passionately committed to helping her clients optimize their inherent talents in pursuit of their goals. Her capacity to establish trusting relationships, build on strengths, foster resilience and drive towards actions that lead to sustained success generates unwavering respect and loyalty among her clients in hospitals and academic institutions.
Resilience: the Leadership Imperative
There has never been more complexity, intensity and unrelenting change in the health care environment. With these factors comes a high level of stress for both practitioners and leaders. The degree to which individuals are resilient in the face of extreme challenge significantly affects the experience of patients and families and the health and well being of clinicians and their leaders. Skills and practices of resilience are woven into all of Mary’s work in an effort to strengthen the capacity of her clients to stay focused, calm and grounded when stressed.
Bamboo, a symbol of resilience, is reflected in this old Chinese saying: "Be like a bamboo reed...firm, yet yielding. Not too firm, because you become rigid and breakable. Not too yielding because you become too diffused and undefined"
My Services
- Executive Coaching
- Career Transition Planning
- Leadership Development
- Team Development
- Strategic Planning
- Leadership Retreats
"In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life." Albert Bandura, PhD |
Tel: 617-244-5478
