Margaret Moore, MBA (aka Coach Meg) is a 17-year veteran of the biotechnology industry in the US, UK, Canada, France. She served in executive roles at three companies which later joined Sanofi, and served as CEO and COO of two biotech companies. In 2000, Margaret shifted from high tech medicine to coaching in healthcare and wellness, and founded Wellcoaches Corporation - strategic partner of the American College of Sports Medicine, now a standard-bearer for professional coaches in healthcare and wellness. The Wellcoaches School of Coaching has trained more than 10,000 health professionals as coaches in 45 countries.
Margaret is co-founder and co-director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and a course director of the annual Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare conference organized by the Institute of Coaching and delivered by Harvard Medical School. She is a faculty member of Harvard University Extension School, teaching the Science of Coaching Psychology. She is a co-founder and executive board member of the National Consortium for Credentialing Health & Wellness Coaches and led the formation of a strategic partnership with the National Board of Medical Examiners to deliver national standards and certification of health and wellness coaches.
Books & Book Chapters:
- Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life, a Harvard Health book published by William Morrow (2016)
- Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life, a Harvard Health book published by Harlequin (2012)
- Coaching Psychology Manual, endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine, published by Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins (2009, 2nd edition in 2015)
- Chapter 29, Coaching in Healthcare, The SAGE Handbook of Coaching, in press
- Chapter 22, Health & Wellness Coaching; The Complete Handbook of Coaching, 2nd edition (2014)
- Chapter 27: Health & Wellness Coaching Skills for Lasting Change; Lifestyle Medicine (medical textbook), 2nd Edition (2013)
- Health & Wellness Coaching for Sustainable Change, Wegener/Fritze/Loebbert, Coaching-Praxisfelder (2013)
Peer-Reviewed Papers:
- Submitted for publication: A Pilot Study of Health & Wellness Coaching for Fibromyalgia
- Advancing a new evidence-based professional in healthcare. BMC Health Services Research. 2016, 16:205
- Credentialed Chefs as Certified Wellness Coaches: Call for Action. Eating Behaviors. 2015. 12(19):65-67.
- American College of Lifestyle Medicine Expert Panel Discussion. Treat the Cause: Evidence-Based Practice. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. 2015. 9(5):328-335.
- National Training and Education Standards for Health and Wellness Coaching: The Path to National Certification. Global Advances in Health and Medicine. 2015: 4(3): 46-56
- Delivering Change that Lasts. ACSM Health & Fitness Journal. 2015: Volume 19. Issue 2. 20-26.
- Coaching the Multiplicity of Mind: A Strengths-based Model. Global Advances in Health and Medicine. July 2013. Volume 2, Number 4
- Group Health Coaching: Strengths, Challenges, and Next Steps. Global Advances in Health and Medicine. May 2013. Volume 2, Number 3
- Coaching for behavior change in physiatry. Am J Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 2011; 90:1074-1082.
- Climbing up Mount Lasting Change; ACSM Health & Fitness Journal. (2009)
- Relational Flow: Theoretical Model for the Intuitive Dance (new theory of coaching psychology); Coaching Research Proceedings, International Coach Federation (2005)
- Principles of Behavioral Psychology in Wellness Coaching; Coaching Research Proceedings, International Coach Federation (2004)
Articles:
- Organize Your Mind for Personal Training, IDEA Fitness Journal, 2016
- Finding Focus, IDEA Mind Body Wellness Review, 2016
- ICF Coaching World: Organize Your Mind for Coaching, 2014
- ICF Coaching World: From Surviving to Thriving, 2014
- WELCOA: The Power of Coaching, 2012
- Harvard Business Review: Train your brain to focus, 2012
- CMSA Today: Facilitating Change When Change is Hard - The Work of Professional Health and Wellness Coaches, 2012
- CNN Health: Organize your mind to organize your health, 2012
- Body Intelligence: A Guide to Self-Attunement; IDEA Fitness Journal, Nov 2010
- Coaching through the lens of consciousness; IDEA Fitness Journal, Nov 2009
- Flow to Health & Happiness: IDEA Fitness Journal, Oct 2008
- White paper: The obesity epidemic - a confidence crisis calling for professional coaches, 2006
Videos:
- Organize Your Mind to Thrive, (for physicians) Massachusetts Medical Society, 2015
- Reclaim your Addicted Brain: Coach for Lifelong Recovery, International Recovery and Wellness Coaching Conference, 2015
- Organize Your Mind Course Intro, 2015
- Keynote for American Association of Thoracic Surgeons: Organize Your Mind for the Operating Room, 2014
- Coaching: A Catalyst for Change, 2013
- Health Coaching Summit, National Health Service, UK, 2013
- Coaching: A Catalyst of Change, 2012
- Harvard Business Review: Turn Coaching into Collaboration, 2012
- Harvard Business Review: Prepare Your Brain for Change, 2012
- Translating Science into Best Coaching Practices: Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare conference 2012
- Coaching for Sustainable Change: Cleveland Clinic Grand Rounds, 2011
- What is Thriving; 2011
- Positive Psychology: Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare conference, 2009
- How Coaching Works - YouTube animation presented to the first Coaching & Leadership Conference in 2008
Conference Presentations:
- Course Director of Coaching in Leadership & Healthcare, Harvard Medical School (2008 through 2016)
- Harvard Medical School Institute of Lifestyle Medicine (2008 through 2016)
- Harvard Medical School - Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives (2011 through 2016)
- Harvard Medical School Obesity Conference (2010/11/13)
- American College of Sports Medicine Summit (2005/6/9/13/16)
- German Coaching Congress, Basel (2012)
- IDEA (2004/5/6/7/8/16)
- IHRSA (2005/6/8/9)
- American College of Lifestyle Medicine (2014 through 2016)
- International Coach Federation International Conference (2004/5/9/10/11/14)
- National Wellness Conference (2005/9/10/12/14/15)
- Israeli Coaching Congress (2014)
Education:
B.S. Biology, University of Western Ontario, 1978
M.B.A., Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, 1983; last term at London Business School under an international scholarship
Margaret, a dual Canadian and US citizen, was born on a dairy farm northeast of Toronto where she attended a two-room school and learned to drive a tractor. She is a board member of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. Margaret lives with her husband, Paul Clark, a prominent biotechnology patent attorney, in Wellesley, Massachusetts.