March 2019 – check out what’s new on healthcare leadership this month

Richard Murray: ‘leadership is such a rare commodity – you need to nurture and support it’
Healthcare Leader, 13 February 2019
Excerpt from webpage “Deputy editor of Healthcare Leader magazine Angela Sharda talks to Richard Murray, chief executive of The King’s Fund about the long term plan, leadership, his hopes for the health sector and how the workforce crisis can be addressed.”

Compassion: your greatest leadership contribution?
The King’s Fund blog
Suzie Bailey, 25th Feb 2019

Amy C Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, will deliver a keynote at The King’s Fund  Annual (9th)  Leadership and Management Summit on 10 July 2019
Chapter 1 of her latest book “The Fearless Organization” , published in November 2018 free from Wiley here

Allied Health Professionals’ Careers Resource
Excerpt from website “This careers resource for AHPs identifies eight core areas that you could consider to develop your career, all whilst continuing your clinical practice. We’ve included insight from AHPs working within these areas, with voices from across all 14 allied health professions – plus useful information and links to resources to demonstrate the art of the possible for your career development”
The resource includes Managerial/Leadership – click on the circle in the blue planet picture  and then click on “Launch”

‘Is it necessary for all nurses to be mentors?’
Editorial by Jenni Middleton, Nursing Times , 20th March 2019
Plus 53 comments

The Kark review: what it means for leadership in the NHS
Hiba Mahamadi
Healthcare Leader, 8 February 2019
Excerpt from Healthcare Leader website “Carried out by Tom Kark QC, the review has suggested a number of changes designed to make the test more effective in ensuring that those in senior leadership positions in the NHS are qualified and equipped for the posts they hold.”

Support for care and health leaders
Local Government Association , February 2019
Various events and useful websites

Regional Talent Boards: Balancing a national approach to talent with regional priorities
Health Service Journal , 18th February
Hancock, Martin (Director of talent management at the NHS Leadership Academy)
The article sets out the core principles behind the Regional Talent Boards and what has been achieved so far, particularly in the Midlands Region and the East Region.

Derbyshire Patient Leadership Programme Safety & Improvement
FREE patient leadership programme for those patient leaders involved in patient safety, quality improvement and NHS data.
Outline of a new programme for 30 people in Derbyshire, over 4 days, 2 days in April and one day in July and October 2019

New Chief People Officer to help build the NHS workforce of the future
NHS England, March 1st 2019
Excerpt: “NHS Improvement and NHS England have appointed Prerana Issar to the role of Chief People Officer. The new position is part of the NHS Executive Group and will play a leading role in ensuring that NHS in England has enough people, with the right skills and experience to deliver the improvements for patients set out in the Long Term Plan.” “Prerana brings a wealth of expertise in leadership development and strategic talent management, as well as diversity and inclusion. She is a passionate and committed advocate for diversity at all levels and all jobs, and applies this lens to people-related decisions, policies and processes.”

Training routes into the NHS – Routes to support your traditional talent pipelines and workforce supply
NHS Employers Infographic , 14th Feb 2019

NHS Assembly
NHS England, March 1st 2019
Excerpt “The Assembly will be formed of around fifty individuals, drawn from national and frontline clinical leaders, patient leaders, staff representatives, health and care system leaders and voluntary, community and social enterprise sector leaders, who will bring their experience, knowledge and links to wider networks to inform discussion and debate on the NHS’ work and priorities.”
“Following a nationally-advertised recruitment process, Dr Clare Gerada has been appointed as clinical chair, and Professor Sir Chris Ham as non-clinical chair, of the NHS Assembly.”
“Building on the collaborative approach to developing the NHS Long Term Plan, published on 7 January, the Assembly will bring together a range of individuals from across the health and care sectors at regular intervals to advise the Boards of NHS England and NHS Improvement on implementation of the improvements it outlined.”

NHS Staff and Learners’ Mental Wellbeing Final Report
February 2019
Arising from the Commission on the mental wellbeing of NHS staff and learners. The Commission was led by Sir Keith Pearson, former Chair of Health Education England, and by Professor Simon Gregory, Director and Dean of Education and Quality, Midlands and East, as Programme Clinical Director.
……..short of time? executive summary here

Developing People Improving Care: short guides
NHS Improvement has “broken down the conditions of Developing People Improving Care into five short guides. Each guide explains how different organisations have put the conditions into action, to help you develop your own solutions.”

Contribute to the NHS Long Term Plan leadership development workstream
Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, February 22nd 2019 

Exploit e-staff record to improve workforce planning, NHS Improvement tells physio leaders
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Seven steps in the guide, published by NHS Improvement on 19 February 2019

Bottom up working for effective place-based leadership
Blog by Kate Ardern, Director of Public Health at Wigan Council
NHS Confederation webpage, 7th March 2019
Kate explains what is being done in Wigan

Journal articles

Psychological Detachment from Work during Nonwork Time and Employee Well-Being: The Role of Leader’s Detachment
Sonnentag S and Schiffner C
Spanish Journal of Psychology 2019 March 1, 22: E3

Assessing Behavioral Styles Among Nurse Managers: Implications for Leading Effective Teams
Keogh TJ, Robinson JC, and Parnell JM
Hospital Topics 2019 February 4, : p1-7

The impact of informal leader nurses on patient satisfaction
Douglas Lawton T et al
J Nurs Manag. 2019 Jan;27(1):103-108

A Survey of Nurse Leaders to Explore the Relationship Between Grit and Measures of Success and Well-being
Seguin C.
J Nurs Adm. 2019 Feb 5

What’s in a Word? Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Leadership Language in Anesthesiology Resident Feedback
Arkin N et al
Journal of Graduate Medical Education 2019, 11 (1): 44-52

Lunden A et al 
J Clin Nurs. 2019 Mar;28(5-6):969-979

Where philosophy meets culture: exploring how coaches conceptualise their roles
Watling CJ and LaDonna KA
Medical Education 2019 January 23rd 2019

Mindfulness in organizations (part 1): a critical literature review. 
Passmore, J.
Industrial & Commerical Training (2019) .Vol. 51 Issue: 2, pp.104-113

Mindfulness in organizations (part 2): a practitioners’ guide to applying mindfulness based approaches in leadership development, workplace wellbeing and coaching.
Industrial and Commercial Training. ISSN 0019-7858 (IN PRESS)

Existential leadership coaching in a medical partnership
Spencer ED and Albertyn R
Leadership in Health Services 2019 January 24, 32 (1): 69-82

Mastering Your Distinctive Strengths as an Introverted Nurse Leader
Wisser KZ and Massey RL
Nursing Administration Quarterly 2019, 43 (2): 123-129

New books

Leadership in Healthcare Delivering Organisational Transformation and Operational Excellence
Springer,  published 2 February 2019
Turner P
Professor of Management Practice at Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University, UK.
Excerpt from website:

  • “Includes three essential characteristics of leaders and leadership that can be used for further research or adapted practice
  • Features leadership competencies from ‘best practice’ health organizations around the world
  • Acknowledges alternative views of leadership and the importance of follower engagement”

New Leadership For Today's Health Care Professionals by Louis G. Rubino and Salvador J. Esparza

New Leadership for Today’s Health Care Professionals: Concepts and Cases 
2nd Edition
published 5 Dec 2018
Chapter 1 (A call for new leadership in health care ) and chapter 2 (Developing healthcare Leaders) free – click on Sample Materials tab

 

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