Kris McCrea - Tandem Solutions

Kris partners with leaders and teams to create meaningful, sustainable change by improving communication, streamlining work, and bringing more joy and humanity into the workplace.

Background

Kris drives meaningful change with a human-centered approach. She has an extensive 30-year career in healthcare, giving her firsthand insight into delivering patient care, supporting clinicians through technological shifts, implementing new care models, and using data to inform process improvement.

She is a nationally recognized thought leader. As a coach, speaker, and facilitator she has developed and conducted trainings at the local, regional, and national levels. As an active member of the Forbes Coaches Council, she has contributed to several articles published on Forbes.com.

She is a trusted advisor to a diverse range of leaders, including specialized experience guiding family-owned businesses through generational leadership transitions and helping physician leaders transform their team’s capacity to achieve desired results.

“Just finished my Leader as Coach course with Tandem Solutions. The materials and videos provided were useful in seeing how the concepts played out in a real world setting. I will continue to use the online templates as “cheat sheets” for my future coaching sessions. The best part of the program was the small group coaching opportunities with my peers at the University. All of us came from different backgrounds and departments, not knowing each other previously. By the end of the program, we were all able to cultivate a safe space to talk honestly and authentically about difficult conversations we were having as managers. Our facilitator Kris was amazing and continually challenged us to apply the coaching concepts to each of our scenarios. I would recommend this program to any leader who is interested in taking their skills to the next level.“

Sumana Northover, Director, Employer Engagement, Northeastern University

“Kris is fantastic as a coach for this course.”

Angela Miller-Associate, Leader as Coach Participant, Northeastern University

“I really enjoyed it. I did not realize how much I needed this to better my practice as a leader. After each zoom I took away something totally different every time! That could have been from my own questions I brought to the group, or another participant’s dilemma. Kris was fantastic, and made me feel like I can conquer these techniques!”

Leader as Coach Course Participant, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network

Select Experience

While at the MaineHealth System, she led the successful implementation of a $7M digital storage system. In this role, she effectively bridged the communication gap between IT and clinical teams, supporting hundreds of medical professionals as they developed new skills and confidence.
Conducted leadership training programs with academic medical systems to support leaders to reach untapped individual and team potential while achieving organizational goals.
Served as Expert Faculty, Coach, and Improvement Advisor for The National Institute for Children’s Health Quality (NICHQ) creating and delivering leadership programs, and coaching healthcare improvement teams to successfully lead change.

Education/credentials

Certified TandemCoach
Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation
Certified Coach in Conversational Intelligence
Certified Practitioner in Genos Emotional Intelligence
Master Practitioner in the Core Energy Leadership Framework (ELI-MP)
Certified Professional Coach (CPC) in the Energy Leadership Coaching Process
Maine Women’s Network State Board, Chair
Mainely Character, Board Member
DisruptHR Portland, Board Member
Mindful Employer, Advisory Board Member

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