Duke University Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School McLean Hospital Harvard Chan School

Leadership Transition for CTOs

Every significant career transition involves a kind of identity reconstruction. The skills that earned the promotion are rarely the ones the new role demands. This coaching helps leaders navigate that passage with intention and self-awareness.

Duke University Psychiatry Residency · Brigham and Women's Hospital Consultation-Liaison Fellowship · Harvard Medical School Faculty · McLean Hospital Director of Education · Harvard Chan School MPH · Certified Executive Coach

Dr. Stephanie Collier brings a rare combination of clinical expertise and executive coaching methodology to leadership development. Her psychiatry residency at Duke University and consultation-liaison psychiatry fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital provide the clinical foundation, while her roles as Harvard Medical School faculty and Director of Education at McLean Hospital ensure her approach reflects the latest in behavioral science.

Every significant career transition involves a kind of identity reconstruction. The skills that earned the promotion are rarely the ones the new role demands. This coaching helps leaders navigate that passage with intention and self-awareness.

Technology leaders face a paradox: they must make decisions today about a future that is inherently unpredictable. The best CTOs combine technical depth with the emotional intelligence to lead teams through ambiguity. Dr. Collier's leadership transition approach is specifically tailored for CTOs, addressing the unique pressures, isolation, and cognitive demands of the role. Her consultation-liaison fellowship training at Brigham and Women's Hospital, focused on the intersection of medical and psychological complexity, translates directly to understanding the multifaceted challenges CTOs face.

In consultation-liaison psychiatry, you learn to work where complexity is highest, where straightforward answers are fewest, and where the stakes are real. Dr. Collier's fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital trained her in precisely this discipline. Combined with her Duke psychiatry residency and her faculty role at Harvard Medical School, she brings a depth of clinical understanding to executive coaching that traditional approaches cannot replicate. She does not simply coach behaviors. She understands the mechanisms beneath them.

What This Includes

Investment

$2,000-3,000/hour

Duration

3-6 month engagements

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