Kimberly McNally MN, RN is an executive coach and organizational consultant who brings a rich perspective from almost thirty years in diverse leadership, consulting, education and clinical positions. Informed by her first-hand experiences leading teams in complex environments, she understands the rewards and challenges healthcare leaders face as well as the value of healthy and innovative work environments.
She has provided leadership coaching to senior executives, physicians, nursing leaders, executive directors, managers and educators in health care and other sectors. Kimberly is known for her warmth, insight, commitment and ability to help leaders and teams create positive results; develop new competencies; and feel more effective and fulfilled.
Prior to forming McNally & Associates in 1998, Kimberly served as Director of Education at Valley Medical Center responsible for managing organization-wide training efforts. For Health Incentives, Inc., she held executive positions in service delivery and account management working with employers, benefits professionals and health care organizations throughout the country. In addition, she held leadership and clinical positions in two academic medical centers, a community hospital and a for-profit facility.
A seasoned coach, facilitator, trainer, and lifelong learner, Kimberly received certification in integral coaching from New Ventures West in San Francisco and certification in the Leadership Circle Profile Assessment Tools. She has a Master’s degree in Nursing with a minor in Business from the University of Washington and a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Saint Anselm College. She is a Past-President of the Health Care Education Association, a national organization for staff development and patient education professionals. She served as Board Member and President-Elect of the American Society for Healthcare Education and Training/ American Hospital Association and received the organization’s “Distinguished Achievement Award.” Kimberly enjoys speaking at professional conferences and is the author of articles on leadership development and organizational coaching.
Invested in influencing positive change, Kimberly is engaged in health care governance at the local, state and national level. She is Immediate Past President, Board of Trustees of Harborview Medical Center; Member, Washington State Hospital Association; Past Chair, Washington State Hospital Association Governing Board Committee; Member, American Hospital Association Committee on Governance and Member, AHA Blue Ribbon Panel on Trustee Competencies. Previously, she served on the Board of Directors of a regional theatre company, a community mental health center and a homecare agency and provided organizational development services to non-profit arts and cultural organizations for the Business Volunteers for the Arts.
She lives in Seattle with her spouse Mark, a physician executive. Among the many ways she finds inspiration are traveling around the world, enjoying the arts, reading and volunteering in the community.
Expertise
- Executive & Leadership Coaching . . . for leaders who want to deepen self-understanding and take more effective action.
- Personal Effectiveness Coaching. . . for leaders interested in exploring their values, aspirations, goals and commitments for the purpose of designing a fulfilling life.
- CoachFIRST® . . . a customized coaching skills training program for organizations, designed to develop leaders and support organizational change initiatives.
- Group Coaching. . .a cost-effective way to provide the benefits of coaching to a group; increases transfer of training and impact of team-building interventions.
- Systems Design . . expert consultation to help you create and sustain a coaching/mentoring culture in your organization.
Publications
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McNally, Kimberly and Cunningham, Liz. Guiding Managers to Communicate Effectively During Uncertain Times, Association of Healthcare Human Resource Administrators Newsletter, Spring 2009.
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Kimberly McNally and Rick Goss. Developing a Quality-Focused Board, American Journal of Medical Quality, March/April 2009.
- McNally, Kimberly. Coaching: A Strategy to Accelerate Change and Produce Sustainable Results, Relationship & Results Oriented Healthcare™ Planning & Implementation Manual, Hansten Healthcare PLLC, 2008.
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McNally, Kimberly. Build Resilience for Greater Leadership Effectiveness, CEO Newsletter, American College of Healthcare Executives, Winter 2007.
McNally, Kimberly and Wickman, Rosemary, Leadership Development: An External-Internal Coaching Partnership, Journal of Nursing Administration, March 2006.
- Leadershift® - Improving Organizational and Individual Performance through
Coaching: A Case Study - Read Executive Summary (co-authored with Liz Cunningham) Nurse Leader, December, 2003
- How to Improve Executive-Physician Relationships
(co-authored with Carolyn Smeltzer)
Michigan Health & Hospitals, November/December 2002
- Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders Through Succession Planning
(co-authored with Betty Noyes, Sharon Tourville and Pati Mitchell)
Seminars for Nurse Leaders, December, 2002
- Coach Corner - monthly Q & A column on coaching topics
Strategies for Nurse Managers, November, 2002 - March, 2003
- Preceptors: Develop and Nurture Your Critical Asset
Strategies for Nurse Managers, September, 2002
- Assessing Your Organization’s Staff Education Needs
The Joint Commission Guide to Staff Education, 2002
Kimberly McNally has been interviewed for and quoted in a variety of national publications, including:
Nurseweek/Nurse Spectrum - Mountain West Boardrooms Awakening to Advantage of Nursing Perspective (June 15, 2009)
Trustee - Making the Community Connection (May 2009)
The Magazine of Saint Anselm College - Portraits of Leadership (Spring 2005)
Healthcare Leadership Report - That Trustee RN: As Boards Diversify, Nurses Gradually Play an Bigger Role in Healthcare Governance (May 2004)
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