A stator for a radial-flux rotary electric machine includes a yoke with a plurality of teeth, each tooth extending from a root at the yoke to a tip. The stator further includes a plurality of coils, each one of which being located on a respective one of the plurality of teeth, the coils being sized such that a slot fill factor is between zero and unity to define axial voids in the slots. The stator further includes a plurality of magnetic sealing members, each one of which being engaged with the tips of adjacent teeth to circumferentially and axially seal the axial voids in the slots for retaining an axial flow of coolant therein, the magnetic sealing members being composed of a magnetic material to provide a flux path between adjacent tooth tips to increase an amount of leakage flux.