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Coaching as a Core Leadership Capability in Healthcare: A Framework for Embedding Adaptive Leadership Behavior in

Carolyn Kloek^1,2

¹Department of Ophthalmology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.

Journal of Healthcare Leadership

|June 18, 2026

Summary

Healthcare leaders can improve complex adaptive challenges by adopting coaching behaviors, shifting from directive approaches to build sustained organizational capacity. This leadership infrastructure enhances problem-solving beyond episodic interventions.

Keywords:

adaptive leadership coaching health systems improvement science leadership behavior organizational learning physician leadership psychological safety

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Published on: January 15, 2017

Area of Science:

Healthcare Management
Organizational Leadership
Systems Thinking

Background:

Healthcare systems struggle with adaptive challenges due to leadership behaviors being overly directive and technical.
Improvement initiatives often stall because leadership approaches do not match the complexity of the challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a practical framework for integrating coaching as a core leadership behavior in complex healthcare systems.
To offer a model applicable across clinical and operational settings and all leadership levels.

Main Methods:

Synthesizing current evidence and leadership theory.
Proposing a framework of three core leadership behaviors and two organizational routines.
Informing the framework with early implementation data from an academic health system.

Main Results:

A framework is proposed to guide health system leaders in embedding coaching capabilities.
Coaching behaviors (stance, listening, questions) foster sustained adaptive capacity.
The approach shifts organizations from episodic problem-solving to continuous improvement.

Conclusions:

Coaching must be embedded as an enterprise-wide leadership infrastructure capability.
This framework provides practical guidance for leaders to cultivate coaching.
The proposed leadership behaviors are learnable and observable, distinct from executive coaching services.