Trust and confidence is perhaps the singularly most important personal attribute of successful transformational leadership. If people trust you and have confidence in you then they’ll most likely listen to you, give your ideas the time of day and support your attempts to create performance, change and improvement. But what happens when that trust is … Continued

With an increased focus on integration, collaborative working and new relationships, maybe the time is right to ask ourselves a rather fundamental question and then consider the implications of what might be an uncomfortable answer. That question is: “What is the purpose of a hospital?” Download Now

The results are in and there’s trouble. Expenditure is above income for the third consecutive month despite a range of cost control measures and it is clear that the Trust is heading for a significant deficit. Download Now

All around us in healthcare today, we see a very consistent state of affairs, blamed largely on increasing demand in an era of financial paucity and yet I’d suggest that these challenges in their own right only serve to demonstrate that our organically grown modus operandi in healthcare is in no way resilient in times … Continued

Since publication of the Francis Report on 6th February 2013, there has been considerable discussion that the long term solution is to place a heavier emphasis on values as a route to fixing culture. It misses the point and highlights just what isn’t understood by leaders. Download Now

If there was one conclusion in the Francis Report that just couldn’t be ignored it was that our system is highly complex and becoming more so. Robert Francis QC went to some lengths to attribute significant causation to that complexity. Download Now

The dust hasn’t even begun to settle on one of the most damaging episodes in NHS history and already, quite rightly, influential leaders such as Jan Sobieraj, Chief Executive of the NHS Leadership Academy … Download Now