Mental health in coaching
Through our Coaching and Mentoring Hub, the NHS NWLA supports a cadre of coaches across the North West. Jean Ellis, Elective Care Programme Lead, NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, tells us about her coaching development journey and her research on mental health in coaching, which Jean recently presented at the British […]
Mentoring in the virtual space for OD practitioners
For several years, the NHS Leadership Academy and DoOD have worked collaboratively to offer a national opportunity for OD practitioners and those working in change and transformation to access an experienced OD mentor on a virtual basis. With recruitment for the fourth cohort of mentors and mentees having just taken […]
The habits of a successful mentor
In celebration of National Mentoring Day, accredited coach and mentor David Eaton, CAMHS Service Manager at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, shares his top tips for the first meeting of a mentor and mentee. Becoming a mentor can be hugely rewarding, helping to advance your career and someone else’s. If you’re […]
Self-compassion at work: New Year, new start!
By Amanda Super My name is Amanda Super, and I am an occupational psychologist. I have been working in leadership and NHS staff development for many years. These days, I mainly specialise in coaching people to develop their self-compassion. I discovered self-compassion and the work of Dr Kristin Neff (the […]
Talent management in the Social Age
By Julian Stodd We live in the Social Age, a fundamentally evolved ecosystem: transformed by social collaborative technology, characterised by a new nature of work, defined by a shift from formal to social power, and largely misunderstood, denied, or ignored by many of the organisations around us. In the old world, your employer owned […]
System Leadership – Exploring what works
By Peta Stross Affirming would have to be my word of the day following Margaret Heffernan’s Masterclass; and I don’t think I would be the only person expressing that emotion, judging by the faces and conversations I saw and heard that day. Particularly resonating with us all was the research into […]