Reading the works of Warren Bennis, Founding Chairman of the Leadership Institute of the University of Southern California, is always stimulating and yet frequently unsettling, for Bennis places self-reflection and self-awareness of character at the...
(1)Medical: relating to the science or practice of medicine(2)Management, Medicine and Psychiatry: the treatment or control of diseases or disorders, or the care of patients who suffer them(3)Leadership: the action of leading a group of people...
During a recent phone call with Peter Lees (founding director of FMLM), he was a little surprised that I knew that he had been at the recent King’s Fund leadership summit[1],[2], espousing the virtues of leadership at the Royal College of...
Parrhesia? No, I hadn't heard of it either. But then, a few years ago whilst undertaking research for what was to become my PhD thesis, I became deeply interested in the writings of French philosopher Michel Foucault. One of Foucault's abiding...
This title is a pastiche of accounts from junior doctors with a passion for clinical leadership who have challenged traditional career paths and hierarchies. Taking advantage of the experience of the contributors who have passed to the other side of...
Written as a retrospective, this title uses first-hand accounts to tell the story of how the adoption of the Toyota Production System from Japan led to the transformation of Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle, USA) in its aim to provide the ‘...
Forged to work closely alongside the Medical Leadership Competency Framework, the main thrust of this title is to invite the reader to undertake practical exercises in leadership in different medical environments. With examples set from the...
Part of the Harvard Business Essentials series, this short title is aimed at providing advice on handling organisational change for a general managerial audience.
Written by medical trainees with direct experience of the MBA world, this title is a guide for the medically trained reader with aspirations in healthcare management and the desire to undertake an MBA, ultimately extolling the exploration of options...
Set against a backdrop of the history of the NHS, this title tackles issues around leadership, management and organisational responsibility for doctors with particular reference made to the Medical Leadership Competency Framework.