Ann began coaching me when I was Interim Dean and continued when I was named Dean. The experience has been excellent. She then began working with my leadership team to assist with individual goals as well as team building. In addition, Ann has led 2 leadership retreats for us. She helped me to know myself and the members of my team better. We now understand how to communicate more effectively as a team and are spending more time together socially, which is an added benefit.
Having heard colleagues talking about the wonderful experience they’d had working with Dr. Chinnis, when I ‘graduated’ to a new full-time executive role, I reached out to the person I thought could best help me prepare for success. No surprise, Ann was wonderful in helping me identify my personal work style and be aware of how that would impact my relationships with others on the leadership team. She assisted me with developing a plan for working and collaborating with my direct reports, and encouraged me to clearly define a stegy to convey my expectations to all so everyone would be successful. Nine months in, I feel confident that my success in leading is the result of this work with Ann, and while we touch base periodically, the techniques and approaches are part of my daily tools.
Ann facilitated a communication effectiveness retreat for the faculty and staff of the WVU School of Public Health. She was able to quickly adapt the content of the material to best meet our needs, as they became evident during the sessions. There was an immediate impact upon our team cohesiveness, effectiveness and understanding of one another.
At West Virginia University we have been on a “Journey to Excellence” for the past two years. As we strive to achieve a culture of excellence in everything from employee engagement and patient satisfaction to targeted clinical outcomes, we have made significant investment in training and coaching our leadership group.
Ann facilitated ten “Coaching for Excellence” clinics for approximately 300 of our leaders in which she provided expert, insightful training specific to conducting effective performance conversations. The response from attendees was overwhelmingly positive and many felt these sessions to be among the most helpful they had attended. As one who has been in multiple management roles throughout my career, I thought I knew every concept and tactic in the book. Not so! I walked away from one of Ann’s sessions with renewed confidence in my ability to have truly meaningful performance discussions with my employees.
Ann’s coaching helped me capitalize on my strengths in my current roles as well as identify areas that needed further development and how to improve these skills and responses in different situations. Her style put me at ease and allowed me to think out of the box for new career directions.
Dr. Ann Chinnis working with the chair of the department designed and ran a complex obgyn departmental retreat which included private MDs, academic MDs, residents, nurses and midwives from a large academic medical center. The goal of the retreat was to bring the participants together to facilitate a common belief in the need for a work environment founded in participatory respect for each other in our pursuit of excellence in women’s health care. Dr. Chinnis’ approach utilizing her experience, her sense of humor and the DISC process was immensely successful. The participants had a great weekend, gained new respect for each other and in the 6 months since the retreat have retained their enthusiasm for working to maintain a collaborative culture in the maintenance of the provision of excellence in health care.
Dr. Chinnis provided our large faculty with an understanding of our own diversity and provided us with some tools to better communicate. Having an opportunity to see our communication styles graphically represented and understand how others best could hear what we had to say will allow us to continue to grow and thrive as a department. The morning was professionally run and her experiences as an emergency physician made it that much easier to listen and learn.
My journey with Ann Chinnis has been extraordinary. I underestimated the power of highly effective coaching and found myself profoundly impacted during every session. Ann’s experience in academic medicine allowed her to understand my environment and focus immediately on my challenges. Her mastery of the Sherpa process gave me the ability to deeply examine myself in an honest and healthy way. My experience with Coach Chinnis has been transformational – I have found myself again.
I have had the benefit of other leadership training opportunities but none of them have provided me with the specific skills I need to be a better manager, listener and ultimately more effective leader. Matrix Executive Coaching has provided my faculty and me with invaluable tools to achieve our goals and move our division forward.
Through Matrix Executive Coaching, I developed insight to identify my weaknesses and embody my strengths to become a more effective leader. I learned to accurately perceive how my actions and words affect the workplace and my employees and develop new techniques to improve my leadership and communication. It is a well rounded program with great structure and individuality.
Ann Chinnis is truly gifted as a coach and is a positive inspiration for reaching your goals. The techniques I learned will forever be part of my leadership.
I was presented with the opportunity to take part in a professional coaching engagement by my department chair during a time when I was transitioning from a resident (in-training) physician to an attending (supervising) physician. At that time I was also taking on a management role within the department. Matrix Executive Coaching, particularly Dr. Chinnis, was an integral part of this transition. Not only did it help me solidify my strengths and identify and correct my weaknesses, but I learned techniques and tools for management that have proven invaluable in my professional activities. I would highly recommend this program to anyone in a professional transition or anyone who wishes to improve their management skills. Not only will this help me deal with the inevitable professional challenges that arrive, but I have the confidence and abilities to use my strengths to my advantage and prevent my weaknesses from holding me back.
My coaching experience has been outstanding. There is nothing like having an expert’s perspective to help guide you to success in your work. I’m more focused professionally, my life is more balanced, and I can’t wait to take on whatever is next.
Executive coaching has identified opportunities for personal improvement, has pinpointed my SuperPower, and has caused me to realize that leadership is about influence.
Ann has helped me to realize how I can exert a positive influence from my SuperPower, and her guidance has helped me develop personal totems that serve as the foundation of my interactions.
Ann’s feedback and coaching skills are thought provoking, non-threatening, and profound. The skills that I developed during my executive coaching experience will have long-term relevance both professionally and personally.
Working with Ann Chinnis has been an amazing journey. Ann provided me with a personalized,
results-oriented leadership exploration which has opened my eyes to who I am and what I want to be as a leader. Ann guided me on this journey to openly look at myself to explore my strengths and weaknesses. The tools she teaches and the support she provides are extremely helpful to engage your talents to set you on a course for success. I would highly recommend her coaching services.
My SHERPA coaching has and is one of the best things I have done in decades. It has tremendously improved my outlook on my workplace and private lives. Dr. Ann Chinnis is a wise and kind person whose insights are thoughtful and provocative as I have evidenced in her superlative performance as my SHERPA coach.
Ann is electric. As a new coach, she has embraced the process and excelled to a whole new level. With her experience as an emergency room doctor, she’s quick, thinks on her feet, and is able to give everything she has to her client. This is going to be so much fun for me to watch Ann transform into one of our most successful Sherpas!
Matrix Executive Coaching has changed how I view myself as a leader. From the start the experience has been transformational, beginning with identifying targeted areas for improvement followed by practicing and mastering techniques. Ann’s individual coaching challenged me to find the best parts of myself. If you are ready to go to the next level, Ann will show you the way.
Matrix Executive Coaching is an invaluable service for executives at all levels and a wide array of experiences! After working with Ann for just a few weeks, I was able to use new management skills to become a more effective leader, listener, and role model. The process is fun and engaging. This is one investment that really pays off!