Margaret Ann Moore (born December 24, 1957) is a Canadian-American author and executive coach. She is the co-founder and co-director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, and also serves as the co-director of the annual Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare conference provided by Harvard Medical School. [1]
She was born on a dairy farm near Toronto, attended a two-room elementary school, and learned to drive a tractor. [2] Her maternal grandparents were Russian German Mennonite refugees who escaped the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. [2]
She graduated from the University of Western Ontario in Biology (1978) and completed an MBA in 1983. [3] She initiated her 17 year biotech career in the UK following an MBA term at the London Business School, supported by an international scholarship. [4]
She is the founder and CEO of Wellcoaches Corporation, [5] a co-founder and chair of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, and also serves as the a co-director of the annual Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare conference provided by the Institute of Coaching, McLean, and Harvard Medical School [6] She teaches program on Psychology at Harvard University Extension School. Moore played a role in establishing a strategic partnership with the National Board of Medical Examiners to institute national standards and certification for health and wellness coaches. Additionally, she co-authored the Coaching Psychology Manual published by Wolters Kluwer in 2009 and 2015. [7] Furthermore, She is a co-author of two Harvard Health books: "Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life" released by Harlequin in 2012,relaunched by Harper Collines as Train Your Brain in 2020 and "Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life" published by William Morrow in 2016. [8]
She is a co-editor and chapter author of the American Medical Association book published by Elsevier titled: Coaching in Medical Education in 2022. [9]