In my research, I explored leadership at all levels. Complexity leadership and complex adaptive systems emerged as relevant themes. Complexity leadership theory says that leadership is not synonymous with seniority. It says that leaderships sits with different people...
Today has been punctuated by laughter. I laughed until I cried! I laughed with a friend and I laughed at the TV. For a few moments, it was good to escape the challenges and difficulties that now surround us, every minute of every day. Finding moments of happiness are...
Spending time working from home means that you have to be extra aware of being a part of the discussions that are going on in work. If you’re a bigger picture thinker, like me, context is key. If you only have snippets of detail, you can’t join the dots and nothing...
Today I spoke to someone on the phone that I haven’t spoken to for a very long time. They’ve had it pretty awful over the last few months and haven’t been around much. I had an overwhelming desire to offer them a hug!! Now, I’m not much of a hugger. Hello hugs and...
Integrating services is essential, to make sure that clients transfers from one service to another as seamlessly as possible. To be effective, every single person working along that pathway of delivery needs absolute clarity about the role they play. When we don’t...
It’s the last Friday of January and here’s my very first book review of 2021 1. What are your take-homes? I agree with Brené Brown ; this book gives you language to describe thoughts that have tumbled around your brain for a long time. I like how it describes the...
I watched an excellent address from a marketing executive of a great company today, but he surprised me. He referred to the good men and women of his organisation as ‘boys’ and ‘girls’. Now, for anyone who’s ever worked for me, you will know that this makes me wince...
Today I had my first vaccine injection and I’m surprised at the mix of emotions I feel. I’m extraordinarily grateful for the scientists that have devoted their lives to their profession and have developed this vaccine for us. I’m also grateful to the professionals who...
We’ve all had a gut feeling when something isn’t right. But sometimes, even when it looks right, sounds right and feels right, we can’t do right for doing wrong. We’ve set ourselves up with processes and procedures to help us dot the i’s and cross the t’s. Our...
Welcome to the Discovery Series Part 10. In this blog, I’m going to talk about the final four themes that came from my research: WELSH COMMUNITY CONTEXT: Wales needs to be considered specifically, because it has its own laws and indigenous language. It can’t simply be...