Silver Linings
The current environment has certainly brought into very sharp focus, again, the things that have been front of mind for governments, their central agencies and those who lead front line services for years; irrespective of whether that is aged care, healthcare, in all its shades…
Maintaining Balance
Globally we have seen a broad range of leadership styles on display at a political level throughout COVID-19 and the analysis is now coming in thick and fast as to which style appears to correlate to better or worse outcomes for the population they serve….
Investing Further in Queensland
Despite the turbulence of 2020 we have managed to largely stay true to our strategic aims and my Board and I could not be happier to have Sarah Buckler joining us, as our inaugural State Manager for Queensland. Investing in times of uncertainty is not…
612.
612 That’s a hotel room number I won’t forget, having just spent 14 days quarantined in it. On the plane from Sydney to Auckland, I felt quite relaxed about it, to be honest, aside from the eeriness of being one of only twelve passengers on…
Whakauru – Whakamōhio – Whakaawe – Whakapai Ake (Involve – Inform – Influence – Improve)
Health and disability services in Aotearoa New Zealand are delivered by a complex network of organisations and people. The extent to which they each do the right thing and do it right the first time has a profound impact on the health and wellbeing of…
A Proven Remedy
I have no idea who said it’s lonely at the top but they may well have said it can feel a little lonely along the way getting there too.
New Shoes
My team and I feel extremely honoured to partner with Naomi Cowan (Chair) and the Board of Platform/Atamira Trust to recruit their next Chief Executive to follow on from Marion Blake MNZM who has led the organisation with distinction for twenty years.
Dr Liz Paslawsky: COVID-19 Global Healthcare Design Summit: A New Paradigm
I am so pleased to share with you that Dr Liz Paslawsky, one of our highly experienced Executive Learning Set facilitators and coaches, is a keynote speaker at next month’s COVID-19 Global Healthcare Design Summit: A New Paradigm.
It’s About The People (He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata)
Often my team ask me to write about roles we are recruiting to because I know about the organisation and the district, but what else really matters? As Maori say – He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata. It is the people, the people, the people….
Whatever It Takes
I’ll keep this brief On the 20th of December 2019, when the year was in wrap up mode for many of us, I wrote an article for our newsletter paying tribute to health and human service leaders throughout Australasia and to their remarkable teams. Coming…