Kimberly McNally received certification as a Professional Effectiveness Coach from New Ventures West, one of the leading coach training programs in the U.S. She earned a Master's degree in Nursing/Business from the University of Washington and a Bachelor's degree in Nursing from Saint Anselm College.
Active in professional organizations, Kimberly is a past-President of the Health Care Education Association and served on the board of the American Hospital Association's Society for Healthcare Education and Training from which she received the "Distinguished Achievement Award." She is a member of the International Coach Federation. She is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, American Organization of Nurse Executives, Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society for Nursing, International Association of Facilitators and the Organizational Development Network. She is on the clinical faculty of several universities and speaks at national conferences on topics such as; coaching and mentoring in health care, leadership skills and
personal effectiveness.
In 2003, Kimberly was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Harborview Medical Center, a regional Level 1 trauma/ academic medical center. Previously, she served on the Board of Directors of a theatre company and provided organizational development services to non-profit arts and cultural organizations for the Business Volunteers for the Arts (BVA). In 1997, she was named the BVA Volunteer of the Year." In addition, she served on the Board of Directors of both a mental health and homecare agency.
Kimberly McNally has been profiled in The Magazine of Saint Anselm College, Spring 2005 in an article titled Portraits of Leadership.
Kimberly McNally was also profiled in Healthcare Leadership Report, Vol. 12, May 2004, Ron Shinkman, in an article titled That Trustee RN: As Boards Diversify, Nurses Gradually Play an Bigger Role in Healthcare Governance.
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
- 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
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