This article is part of the Contemporary leadership series
What do leaders do? How do they interpret the often-vague job description? This was something we put to the CEO of Vodafone, Vittorio Colao.
A thoughtful man, Colao had a very clear idea of...
Captain Simon Tallowin, Regional Trainee Representative for Armed Forces
I was pleased to have the opportunity to talk at the FMLM Armed Forces Regional Conference on ‘leadership in military medicine and beyond’ on 29 September. I have attended...
FMLM and Cass Business School held a one day workshop in London on 1 October for senior and aspiring medical leaders from different sectors to discuss the evidence for medical leadership and explore ways to motivate and support doctors into...
Safe patients, safe doctors
A great deal has been written about the junior doctor contracts in the last few months. The heart of the matter, though, can be simplified to ‘safe patients, safe doctors’. The proposed contract seeks to remove the...
This article is part of the Contemporary leadership series
There are second acts in leadership. There are comebacks. There are reinventions. Leaders are by their very nature curious and driven. This explains why the very best leaders have a...
This article is part of the Contemporary leadership series
Mid-way through the Wimbledon Men’s Singles Final this summer the television cameras scanned the crowd in the royal box. There were past winners, sporting greats, politicians, and...
This article is part of the Contemporary leadership series
What’s the biggest idea in corporate or organisational culture today? The practice of executive coaching has introduced corporate culture to an exciting new idea: the end of shame. Under the...
Medical professionals are trained to be experts in their field. Patients look to them for answers to their questions; GPs refer patients to specialists; specialists’ professional status is intricately bound up with their knowledge, skills and...
The junior contract rally on 16 October marked an unprecedented time in the history of the National Health Service. Tens of thousands of junior doctors protested against changes to contracts which could result in compromised patient care. It was...
What exactly is ‘Big Data’ and how is this relevant to health professionals?
These are two of the questions I hoped to get answers to at the ‘Big Data and healthcare’ workshop at the FMLM Northern Ireland Regional Conference in Belfast last week,...