
Leadership advisory & executive coaching
Leadership that strengthens everything around it
We partner with executives and leadership teams to sharpen judgment, deepen alignment, and build the systemic capacity that turns individual growth into sustained organizational progress.
- Experienced practitioners
- Former executives, physicians and clinical leaders
- Distinguished credentials
- MD · MCC · PCC · PhD
- Cross-industry reach
- Leaders and organizations across industries
- Proprietary approach
- See · Design · Move · Sustain · SOHA · Oceans 360°
Why choose us
Where leadership experience meets coaching mastery
Our coaches bring firsthand experience as executives, physicians, clinical leaders, and organizational experts. They pair that experience with advanced training in coaching, human behavior, and systems change.
They understand the realities leaders face while bringing the independence, discipline, and skill to help them see what those closest to the situation may not see.
Leadership experience from the inside
Former executives, physicians, clinicians, and senior leaders who understand complex decisions, organizational dynamics, and the responsibility of leading through others.
Advanced coaching expertise
A multidisciplinary team that includes ICF MCC and PCC coaches, PhDs, and deeply trained practitioners skilled in creating insight, challenging assumptions, and turning reflection into action.
Proprietary, evidence-informed insight
Oceans 360°, the Systemic Organizational Health Assessment (SOHA), and a broad portfolio of validated assessments reveal the patterns, relationships, and organizational conditions influencing results.
One integrated framework
Our See, Design, Move, Sustain model carries development from deeper understanding through deliberate action and sustained progress.
Leaders gain the rare combination of an informed peer perspective and a confidential, independent coaching relationship.
Experience gives us context. Coaching mastery is what makes that context actionable.
How we work with leaders and teams
Each engagement combines firsthand leadership experience, evidence-informed insight, and a systemic perspective. We tailor the work to the client's context, priorities, and desired outcomes.
Explore our areas of supportOur framework
SOHA™
The Systemic Organizational Health Assessment (SOHA™) is Oceans Coaching's proprietary diagnostic tool. It surfaces the invisible dynamics across a leadership system, measuring how a team functions emotionally, relationally, and strategically, so change starts from evidence rather than assumption.
Proprietary assessment
Oceans 360°
The Oceans 360° Leadership Assessment is a confidential snapshot of how a leader is currently experienced by the people they work with regularly. The goal is actionable awareness that enables focused leadership adjustments.
Why this work matters
Research signals
- ROI from enterprise coachingEstimated through the organizational ripple effects of a Microsoft coaching initiative¹¹ Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions coaching initiative, cited by the International Coaching Federation, 2026.
- 670%
- Greater shareholder returnsAmong organizations in the top quartile for organizational health²² McKinsey organizational health research, 2024.
- 3×
- Of work is cross-functionalMaking team effectiveness central to organizational performance³³ Deloitte team-based performance research, 2023.
- 65%
Results reflect independent research and organizational examples; individual results vary.
Leadership experience. Coaching mastery.
The Oceans Coaching team
Our carefully selected team includes former executives, physicians, clinical leaders, PhDs, and ICF MCC and PCC coaches. Each brings firsthand leadership perspective, advanced coaching expertise, and the judgment to challenge and support leaders at the level their roles demand.
Meet the whole team- Amanda Connelly, MCC, STC, Founder & CEO
- Dr. Cristine Adams, MD, PhD, PCC, Executive Coach
- Dr. Miriam Bayés, MD, PhD, PCC, Executive Coach
- Denise Edmond, PCC, Executive Coach
- Rhonda Ellis, DBA, PCC, Executive Coach
- Amy Rebecca Gay, PhD, PCC, Executive Coach & Facilitator
- Marcela Genis, PCC, Intercultural Executive Coach
- Kenneth Lay, Executive Coach
- Dr. Susan MacLellan-Tobert, MD, PCC, Executive Coach
- Brady Ross, PCC, Leadership Coach & Facilitator
- Garry Senna, MCC, Executive Coach
- Cheryl Sivan, RN, MCC, Executive Coach
What every leader should experience, whoever they work with
Oceans coaches are selected not only for credentials and expertise, but for the quality of the experience they create for leaders. Each practitioner brings a distinct background, perspective, and coaching style. What stays constant is this.
- Presencewith purpose
- Curiositywith discernment
- Partnershipwith accountability
- Systems awarenesswith foresight
- Sustainable growthwith integrity
This gives organizations access to diverse expertise while maintaining a consistent Oceans standard.
Who we work with
Our ICF-certified coaching cadre includes former executives, physicians, and healthcare leaders with leadership experience spanning healthcare, retail, technology, financial services, manufacturing, and nonprofit organizations. Collectively, our coaches have partnered with organizations including:















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Start with a conversation
A discovery call is 30 minutes. We'll ask what's happening, who it involves, and what you've already tried, and tell you honestly whether coaching is the right instrument.
