Patrick LaRose
Coaching
LEADERSHIP COACHING
You built the career. Now build the version of you who can lead it.
New nurse manager, CNO, VP, director, dean, program chair. Clinical or academic, the weight of leadership looks the same at every level: constant decisions, no room to think, no one above you to be honest with.
Free 30 minute conversation. No pressure, no pitch.
Executive Leadership Coaching
You earned the corner office, the deanship, the VP badge, through years of competence and care. Nobody warned you it would be this isolating. Every decision lands on your desk. Every crisis becomes your calm to manage. The board, the faculty senate, the C-suite, all of them need something from you, and there is rarely anyone left whose job is to ask what you need. This is coaching for the nurse leader carrying institutional weight, clinically or academically, who is ready to lead from clarity instead of exhaustion.
Start with clarity. Continue with strategic depth.
STEP ONE
3-Session Quick Start
Three 60-minute sessions, flexible scheduling
Designed to get an honest read on where you actually stand: what is yours to carry, what belongs to the system, where the real leverage is. By the third session you hold a workable plan, plus the opportunity to continue the deeper work in the 3-Month Executive Package.
No contract
STEP TWO
Month-to-Month Executive Coaching
Three 60-minute sessions each month, fixed monthly cost
Ongoing counsel for the executive already in motion: board season, accreditation cycles, a reorg, a search, a faculty conflict. No contract, no major commitment, cancel anytime.
STEP THREE
3-Month Executive Coaching Package
Ten 60-minute sessions over three months
Deep work rooted in a leadership plan that lets you run the institution without losing yourself in the process. We design and implement a plan specific to your seat, whether that is the C-suite or academic administration.
The deep work
This is for you if
- you hold or are stepping into a CNO, VP, director, dean, associate dean, or program director role
- you want a plan for the institution, not just encouragement to push through
- you are ready to do honest work between sessions, not just talk about it in them
This is not for you if
- you want answers handed to you
- you are looking for clinical therapy or crisis care
- you want a management consultant for the organization instead of a coach for yourself
Staff Nurse to Manager Transition
She got promoted because she was exceptional at the bedside: sharp clinically, trusted by patients, the nurse everyone else called for backup. Then she stepped into her first leadership role, and the skills that made her great at the bedside are not the same skills the unit needs from her now. Performance reviews that used to glow start to note gaps. Staff she used to work beside now need her to lead them, hold them accountable, have hard conversations she was never trained to have. This is not a competence problem. It is a transition nobody prepared her for. I work with nurses navigating exactly this crossroads: how to lead the unit instead of just working harder on it, how to set boundaries with former peers, how to close the gap between clinical excellence and the very different discipline of leading people.
Start with clarity. Build the skillset the promotion didn't include.
STEP ONE
3-Session Quick Start
Three 60-minute sessions, flexible scheduling
Designed to get clear on the gap between the nurse you were at the bedside and the leader your unit needs now. By the third session you hold a workable plan, plus the opportunity to continue the deeper work in the 3-Month Nurse Manager Package.
No contract
STEP TWO
Month-to-Month Coaching
Three 60-minute sessions each month, fixed monthly cost
Steady support through the first year of unit leadership: the hard conversation you've been avoiding, the boundary with a former peer, the performance review that finally reflects the leader you're becoming. No contract, no major commitment, cancel anytime.
STEP THREE
3-Month Nurse Manager Package
Ten 60-minute sessions over three months
Deep work building the leadership skillset nursing school never taught: delegation, accountability, difficult conversations, presence on the unit. We design and implement a plan specific to your team, so the promotion becomes the role you were meant for instead of the one that is quietly wearing you down.
The deep work
This is for you if
- you were recently promoted to nurse manager, charge nurse, or unit leadership and it is harder than expected
- your performance reviews have started noting gaps that never showed up when you were at the bedside
- you want a plan for leading your team, not just more encouragement to push through
- you are ready to do honest work between sessions, not just talk about it in them
This is not for you if
- you want answers handed to you
- you are looking for clinical therapy or crisis care
- you are not ready to look honestly at how you are leading, not just how hard you are working
How I coach
Three pillars carry every engagement
Orientation
1
Locate yourself honestly inside the role. Clarity about what is actually yours to carry, what belongs to the system, and what you have been holding out of habit. This applies whether you are six months into your first charge role or six years into a VP title.
Proximity
2
Leadership isolates by design, at every level. We work close in: regular sessions, real accountability, one relationship in your life where the conversation is not upward or downward, just honest.
Integration
3
We turn what you discover into decisions, presence, a leadership style that holds up under real pressure, on the unit, in the boardroom, or in the classroom.
New nurse manager or seasoned executive, the packages above lead to the same place: a leader who is carrying more than the org chart shows, working from clarity instead of exhaustion. Not sure which path fits? The discovery call sorts that out, free, before you commit to either.
What to expect
How do sessions happen?
Online video sessions, 60 minutes each, scheduled flexibly.
What happens on the discovery call?
Thirty minutes, free. We look honestly at where you are, then decide together whether coaching is the right bridge.
What does it cost?
We discuss investment on the discovery call once we know which path fits.