Dr. Nicole Boutilier
BSc, MD, CCFP, CCPE, FCFP, CEC
Dr. Nicole Boutilier is motivated by the power of coaching to drive change, resiliency and new learning.
Her calm assertive energy and authenticity has been a cornerstone of her career and life as she moves between her roles as physician, executive leader, coach, and mother of three young adults.
Dr. Boutilier was raised and lives in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. She attended Dalhousie Medical School, and completed her family medicine residency in Calgary, Alberta.
Celebrating 31 years in medicine and 21 years in leadership in 2026, Dr. Boutilier has had experience in a variety of clinical settings including emergency medicine, collaborative primary health care, and youth health centres.
She has held a variety of progressive leadership positions and is currently the Executive Vice President of Medicine and Clinical Operations at Nova Scotia Health. In 2022, she was also appointed co-lead for the Office of Healthcare Professional Recruitment.
Most recently, Dr. Boutilier led Nova Scotia Health’s transformation termed Operational Excellence, aligning the organization on metrics, data and system performance with an efficient and sustainable operational system that is rooted in quality improvement from the front line through to the executive.
As a certified Executive Coach, Dr. Boutilier focuses on the transformation of herself, others, and systems.
She is compassionate and insightful as she partners with others to bring a deeper awareness of who they are to everything they want to accomplish and every challenge they face. Her coaching presence builds trust and creates new awareness to enable learning and growth in new exciting directions as people discover their own ability to become who and do what they envision.
Dr. Boutilier was attracted to becoming a coach by her wish to empower others towards their own solutions and reaching their full potential in their own roles. Coaching allows others to unlock their creativity and innovation, and simultaneously provides reciprocal benefits for the coach as they learn and grow in the partnership.
Her coaching style allows for a safe exploration of areas for growth as well as a deep acknowledgment and leveraging of strengths. She has experience and knowledge in leadership to challenge and explore in a partnership that allows people to shine into their own brilliance.
Nicole’s areas of expertise include executive coaching, physician coaching, health care coaching, leadership development, career transitions, career development, work flow, personal development, work/life integration, building resilience, prevention of burn out and revitalization of career.