Mary Yates

Mary has spent more than 35 years in the business of helping individuals and organizations through the change process where the majority of her work has been in the health care and hospital field. She is currently Principal of Align Associates Inc., providing expertise in leadership development & coaching, quality improvement, interpersonal & team effectiveness for physicians, meeting & retreat facilitation and human resources management.

For the last 23 years, Mary has been on faculty with the Canadian Medical Association’s Physician Leadership Institute. She is currently co-facilitator of Momentum, an annual week-long leadership retreat for Medical Women. In addition, she has designed and delivered courses on behalf of the Quality Health Network. Mary is a founding member of, and currently serves on, the Steering Committee of the Canadian Physician Coaches Network.

Mary’s undergraduate degree in is Psychology. She has a Master of Education degree in Adult Education (Human Resources Development) and completed an internship in Organization & Human Resources Development (University Associates in Tucson AZ). She completed her Coaches Training in 2015 and is certified in Emotional Intelligence (Multi-Health Systems) Crucial Conversations and Crucial Accountability (Vital Smarts).