Kimberly Zirkle

Kimberly Zirkle is a highly credentialed leadership coach specializing in empowering healthcare professionals within academic settings. With a focus on leadership at all levels, Kimberly utilizes an experiential and partnership-based approach, tailored to each client's specific goals and outcomes. She fosters an environment that is both supportive and challenging, encouraging clients to expand their leadership capacities and drive organizational success. Through personalized coaching within the ONE UNC Health Coaching Program, Kimberly helps clients cultivate resilience, self-awareness, and strategic thinking, aligning personal growth with organizational values.

Kimberly’s coaching philosophy integrates leadership as a collective and personal journey, making coaching a dynamic tool to cultivate resilience, self-awareness, and strategic thinking. She works with leaders at all levels, emphasizing the concept that every individual is a leader either of themselves or their teams, which aligns with UNC Health's organizational value of "Leading the Way".

Join Kimberly to unlock your full leadership potential, enhance your career mobility, and contribute to a thriving coaching culture within your organization. Her impactful and collaborative style, combined with her deep understanding of the healthcare environment, ensures that you receive tailored coaching that delivers tangible results and fosters continuous growth.