Nancy Corkle

Senior Consultant

Nancy Corkle, Senior Consultant

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

As both an operational leader and an organization development professional, Nancy has over 25 years of experience developing leaders. She is an accomplished leader, coach, consultant, facilitator, and trainer. Her focus is on partnering with leaders and teams to strengthen their effectiveness, accelerate their performance, and enhance their contributions to the organization.

Background & Industry Experience

Achieving the highest credential from the International Coach Federation, Nancy is a Master Certified Coach (MCC) with extensive experience coaching senior executives, high potential leaders, and teams. Nancy builds trust quickly, guiding leaders through a collaborative process to define their leadership aspirations, accelerate their performance and advance business outcomes. In addition to her affiliation with TMCG, Nancy is an Adjunct Coach with the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), a member of the Executive Coach Cadre with BPI group, and a Master Trainer with the Institute for Healthcare Communication.

Nancy spent over decade as a leader at Aurora Health Care, a 15 hospital health system, where in her last role she served as Director for the Leadership Coaching Center of Excellence. In that role, Nancy designed and implemented the enterprise-wide Leadership Coaching Center of Excellence. She oversaw internal and external coaching engagements, provided executive coaching to senior leaders and physicians, developed internal coaches in alignment with International Coach Federation standards.

Nancy has worked extensively with leaders and leadership teams in several industries, including government, pharmaceuticals, health care, airlines, and automotive. Her clients are senior leaders whose backgrounds include engineering, medical, science, and regulatory oversight. Their responsibilities include securing our nation’s health and safety, fighting diseases, creating new technology, and driving innovation.

Coaching Approach

Nancy coaches from her heart. She builds trust quickly, and connects deeply with leaders, guiding them through a collaborative process of change to reach their leadership aspirations. A recent client described Nancy as a compassionate, deep listener who asks “stop me in my tracks” questions to generate breakthroughs and personal insights. Setting meaningful goals, measuring progress, and celebrating results are central to Nancy’s coaching process.

Facilitation & Teambuilding Approach

Nancy has facilitated cross-functional teams in several industries. As the facilitator, she builds a culture of commitment by establishing trust, building rapport, clarifying roles and responsibilities, establishing team goals, and encouraging open communication. A recent client shared, “She has done a supreme job of bringing our group together, building an atmosphere of trust, and modeling non-judgmental, supportive coaching.”

Relevant Coaching Assignments

  • CEO for two county visiting nurse associations – Coaching Goals: Increase leadership effectiveness by developing staff and building strong working relationships with board members. Results: Client shifted leadership style from “command and control” to “leader as coach,” and empowered her staff to grow and develop. She held individual meetings with board members to better understand their passions and strengths, and engaged them in the growth of the VNA.
  • Senior Director, Medical Group for health care system serving 30 communities in two states – Coaching Goals: To merge two medical groups with different systems, philosophies and structures and develop leadership skills to move to a higher position with greater responsibility. Results: By listening and empathizing with concerns, the client built trust quickly with leaders, and inspired them to work together for the greater good of the patients. Through self-reflection, he aligned with his passion as a leader, and enhanced his executive presence, crediting coaching for his promotion to Vice President of the system’s flagship hospital.
  • National Nurse Manager for global biopharmaceutical company with 7,500 employees in 40 countries – Coaching Goals: In her newly promoted role, foster a strong working relationship with her boss and develop a high performing team. Results: By clarifying key strengths and aligning with her leadership purpose, the client increased her confidence as a leader, allowing her to build an authentic relationship with her boss, and develop a strong, trusting team committed to quality and results.

Relevant Facilitation & Teambuilding Assignments

  • Airlines Sector: Led cross-cultural team to design, develop and conduct training to merge two separate flight attendant cultures into one professional, well-trained international flight attendant group. Facilitated MBTI Teambuilding workshops. Led cross-departmental team to develop and implement Alternative Work Schedule policies and training; Designed and implemented Sick Child Care initiative.
  • Pharmaceutical Sector: Designed and facilitated Team Executive Presence Workshops.
  • Healthcare Sector: Spearheaded enterprise-wide Service Excellence Initiative. Led cross-functional leadership team to merge two healthcare systems. Developed and managed OD staff to support multiple sites and service markets. Facilitated MBTI Teambuilding workshops. Participated on high level strategic teams and served as consultant to senior leaders of service markets. Facilitated Team Coaching with regional directors and their teams. Mentored internal coaches. Designed and facilitated Leader as Coach workshops for executives and below. Coached executive leaders and their teams to strengthen team performance.

Education & Professional Affiliations

  • Master Certified Coach (MCC), International Coach Federation
  • Certified Coach, Center for Creative Leadership; Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ) Certified Coach; Advanced Coursework – Center for Executive Coaching, Harvard Medical School and the Institute for Coaching
  • Assessments and Certifications include: Hogan; Executive Presence Certified Partner Bates Communications; CCL 360 Assessment Suite; PDI Profiler 360 Feedback Tool; Hay Group ESCI; Prosci Change Management Process; MBTI; FiroB; WorkPlace Big Five Profile™; CSI; Facilitator, Crucial Conversations, DDI, Achieve Global
  • MEd, Counseling Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago
  • International Coach Federation/Georgia Coach Federation
  • Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association
  • American College of Emergency Physicians