Expert Overview

My clients are healthcare administrative and physician leaders who aspire to grow their leadership skills and create more successful relationships with others. I help clients build on their strengths as well as address career-limiting behaviors that are blocking them from achieving their full potential. To increase my client’s business acumen, I bring over 20 years of professional development, strategic planning consulting and facilitation experience with over 200 institutions, from healthcare to higher education. I also design and deliver customized leadership development programs for leaders and their teams, increasing satisfaction, performance and teamwork.

Client and Business Focus

My clients are healthcare administrative and physician leaders who aspire to grow their leadership skills and create more successful relationships with others. I help clients build on their strengths as well as address career-limiting behaviors that are blocking them from achieving their full potential. I bring over 20 years of professional development, strategic planning, consulting and facilitation experience with over 200 institutions, from healthcare to higher education. I also design and deliver customized leadership development programs for physician leaders and their teams, increasing satisfaction, performance and teamwork.

Background and Experience

My background is unique among coaches in that I bring a depth of experience in both organizational business planning and professional development. I have over 20 years of Fortune 100-500 corporate experience working first internally, then externally, with mid-level and senior management in the areas of strategic planning, leadership and team development and executive coaching. As a result, I believe the scope of my experience benefits the clients I work both organizationally and personally. In the last five years, I have been privileged to work extensively within the field of healthcare, coaching aspiring or current administrative and physician leaders to increase their leadership and interpersonal skills.

Education and Credentials

I studied at Michigan State University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. I am a graduate corporate coach of Coach U and the Planned Change Internship, a one-year intensive organizational and change management program, directed by Larry Lippett, Ph.D. & Sylvia Lippett, Ph.D., The University of Michigan.

I hold the designation of Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coach Federation. I am also a Certified Professional Behavior Analyst with TTI International, one of the pioneers in behavioral assessment as well as a Certified Physician Development Coach through the Physician Coaching Institute. Additionally I am a graduate of the EDS Leadership Development Program.

I am a member in good standing of the International Coach Federation and the Professional Coaches Association of Michigan. For the last four years I have been a member of the Executive Committee of the Small Business Association of Michigan, the nation’s largest state small business association. I am also a published author and presenter on leadership related subjects.

Contact information

Rebecca Kraus, PCC
Rebecca Kraus & Associates LLC
Strategic Planning/Change Management Consulting/Leadership Coaching & Development

1517 Hollywood Avenue
Grosse Pointe Woods, MI USA 48236
Office: (313) 886-6292
Fax: (313) 886-6295