Leading Minds Executive Coaching, LLC empowers clients to accelerate their career growth and navigate complex career transitions. Dr. Brendel, MD, PhD is the Founder and Director of the firm.

Leading Minds clients participate in a thorough career assessment that includes focused interviews and review of behavioral style assessments, such as Myers-Briggs and Career Leader. The assessment process helps clients to define specific strategies for enhancing success in their current career, or for making a carefully planned career change.

Dr. Brendel collaborates with clients to implement a powerful plan that helps clients achieve greater happiness, success, and fulfillment in their work.

The engagement includes regular coaching sessions, practical exercises between sessions, and an accountability plan to support the client in reaching his or her chosen goals. Dr. Brendel ensures that career coaching engagements conclude with a strong sustainability plan to ensure the client’s ongoing success and development.

Dr David Brendel MD, PhD, Executive Coach in Boston
Achieve Your Goals

Dr. Brendel uses proven, evidence-based coaching strategies to support clients in reaching their career goals in a timely fashion. Each client has unique struggles, goals, and definitions of success. Dr. Brendel will address your personal needs and help you develop a customized career plan. Dr. Brendel has coached scores of clients to:

  • Transition into leadership roles in their current job
  • Switch to a new position in their current line of work
  • Change careers entirely
  • Launch their own business or professional practice
  • Think and act strategically
  • Solidify a positive mindset for success
  • Executive presence training
  • Increase self-confidence and assertiveness
  • Develop and sustain healthy work habits
  • Improve self-awareness and emotional intelligence
  • Enhance interpersonal relationships
  • Manage stress and avoid burnout
  • Achieve peak performance and personal fulfillment
Professional Certified Coach - PCC - International Coach Federation

Develop Action Plans and Solutions


Dr. David Brendel uses a wide range of effective coaching strategies with clients. One of these approaches is Active Inquiry, in which he asks the client a series of thought-provoking and transformative questions. When you reflect upon and respond to these questions, you realize the inner strengths and assets that you have to find solutions and move forward in your career.

Powerful coaching conversations empower you to develop strong, practical action plans for successful career development.

These coaching conversations are deepened by data from behavioral style assessments (such as Myers-Briggs and Career Leader), as well as 360-degree feedback from colleagues and other stakeholders.

All Leading Minds coaching engagements conclude with a strong, sustainability plan that ensures ongoing development and future success. Dr. Brendel remains available as needed for ongoing coaching needs beyond the conclusion of the formal career coaching engagement.

About Dr. Brendel


Dr. David Brendel is an Associate Certified Coach of the International Coach Federation (ICF). Trained at Harvard Medical School, he has years of experience as a psychiatrist and hospital executive.

He has published extensively on his approach to executive and career coaching, including articles in the Harvard Business Review and Huff Post.

Dr. Brendel is Founder and Director of Leading Minds Executive Coaching, LLC. The firm provides a wide range of executive and career coaching services to clients in the Boston area and throughout the United States.

Call or email Dr. David Brendel for a consultation to assess whether his Executive and Career Coaching services are a good fit for you. His office telephone number is (617) 932-1548 and email address is david@drdavidbrendel.com.