The language of leadership permeates the NHS and often contains cliché and jargon. In June 2011 David Cameron gave a speech on the NHS reforms which was highly figurative and peppered with metaphor and simile. Here are some examples of the language...
In my blog, I’ll do my best to decipher the latest health publications and news, from GMC reports through to the Francis Inquiry. Hopefully this will be as informative to you (especially those with interviews coming up) as it will be for me!...
I saw an advert in BMJ Careers last week. It is searching for a cohort of newly CCT’d doctors to be Senior Fellows in Clinical Leadership. This is the first time I have seen a job advert that is seeking consultants primarily for their management and...
The topic of ‘clinical leadership’ has the habit of bringing up all sorts of responses which, with the increasing amount of airtime it’s receiving, are more and more frequently being debated. In my experience so far, views vary from those keen to...
This month’s lesson is about the importance of understanding the bigger picture, or trying to...
As the multibillion pound NHS National Programme for IT goes down the pipes and we fail to 'connect for health' clinicians, patients, and policy makers...
I was intrigued when I first heard about the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM). As a doctor, who took the unusual step of moving into full time NHS management in 2004, I have felt somewhat unsupported by the medical establishment...
I don’t know exactly who coined the phrase that leadership is an activity that takes place “one conversation at a time”. It may go back to before 2000 when Susan Scott was already developing her idea of Fierce Conversations[1]. Her eponymous book,...
The results of this survey written by Richard Giodano and the King's Fund, show a picture of clinical and medical directors who are critically concerned with maintaining quality in the face of reduced budgets. Most respondents are seeking...
Why is networking important?
Networking involves the creation of interdependent and often mutually beneficial relationships and can be pivotal in driving leadership, managerial and service development, improving career prospects, enhancing...
Numerous reports have identified the under representation of women doctors at board level, now mirrored on emerging Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). Significant efforts to increase female representation on corporate boards in the UK and across...