Welcome to the leadership lounge, for all who work or lead in healthcare. Where you get a fresh take on your work as a healthcare leader.
It’s a place to pause, think, and reflect, leaving you refreshed, and inspired. You’ll feel encouraged and able to keep going.
Latest Episodes

#49 Collaboration & Cooperation in Healthcare: Knowing the Difference and Making an Impact
Every day, healthcare teams work together—but are they cooperating or collaborating? And does it matter? In this episode, we explore the key differences, when to use each approach, and why shared purpose is the glue that makes both work. Whether you're a new charge nurse leading a team or a seasoned leader looking to foster deeper collaboration, this conversation will give you practical insights to build trust, alignment, and impact.

#48 From New to Thriving: How to Set Up Your Leaders for Success
Stepping into a leadership role is like jumping onto a fast-moving treadmill—you’re expected to get up to speed quickly while making decisions, managing people, and finding your footing. If you are leading leaders, you play a critical role in ensuring new team leaders don’t just survive but thrive. In this episode, we break down three foundational moves that will set them up for success.

Intelligent Kindness in Healthcare: A Radical Approach to the System We Need
What if kindness wasn’t just a personal trait but a powerful force for transforming healthcare? I dive into Intelligent Kindness, a concept that shifts kindness from being seen as ‘soft’ to a strategic approach for stronger teams, better patient care, and a healthier system. From tackling self-doubt to building trust and therapeutic alliances, this episode offers a fresh perspective on why kindness—when applied intelligently—is anything but soft.

Small Steps means Big Progress: 4 Steps for Smart Leaders
Tackling a challenge can feel overwhelming, but the key is to start right and stay the course. In this short episode, I share a simple yet powerful four-step framework: It’s about clarity, curiosity, and the grit to see things through. A short and practical listen for leaders in the thick of it!

Psychological Safety in Healthcare: How It Transforms Your Team and Your Work
What happens when staff are afraid to speak up? Healthcare teams struggle with stress, turnover, and burnout—but when psychological safety is strong, collaboration, learning, and performance thrive. In this episode, we break down what psychological safety is, the stories of where it started and the impacts when you have it, and what happens when you don’t. If you care about retention, resilience, and results, this is for you.

Leadership Under Pressure: Prioritising What Matters
Healthcare leaders are being asked to do the impossible. So, how do we make the work achievable? In this episode, we talk about the courage it takes to prioritise and how we talk risk when setting those priorities.

The Power of Place: How Your Work Environment Shapes Your Leadership
Your environment influences more than just your workflow—it affects how you feel, how you lead, and even how others perceive you. Rabbit holes aside, an organised and decluttered workspace helps your focus and reduces frustration. Taking some of the hard work of what is often hard work.
In short, your workspace isn’t just where you work—it’s how you work. In this episode, I’m sharing ideas and stories to give you a fresh perspective on how you can support your energy, and effectiveness by looking at the physical environment you are in.

The Power in Knowing What You Stand For.
Frustration, burnout, feeling like something is off—these emotions don’t just come from the workload or the people around us. Often, they’re a signal of a deeper misalignment with our core values. If you don’t have clarity on what truly matters to you, decision-making becomes harder, confidence wavers, and tough situations feel even heavier. In this episode, I explore how understanding your values gives you the power to make better choices, feel more grounded, and lead with confidence—even in challenging environments.

What game are you playing as a healthcare leader?
You move patients through the system, tick off tasks, and hit targets—but does that mean you're winning? In this episode, I explore the tension between short-term urgency and long-term impact, using Simon Sinek’s Infinite Game to challenge how we think about healthcare leadership.
The Leadership Lounge Archive
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March 2025
- 30 Mar 2025 #49 Collaboration & Cooperation in Healthcare: Knowing the Difference and Making an Impact 30 Mar 2025
- 23 Mar 2025 #48 From New to Thriving: How to Set Up Your Leaders for Success 23 Mar 2025
- 16 Mar 2025 Intelligent Kindness in Healthcare: A Radical Approach to the System We Need 16 Mar 2025
- 9 Mar 2025 Small Steps means Big Progress: 4 Steps for Smart Leaders 9 Mar 2025
- 2 Mar 2025 Psychological Safety in Healthcare: How It Transforms Your Team and Your Work 2 Mar 2025
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February 2025
- 23 Feb 2025 Leadership Under Pressure: Prioritising What Matters 23 Feb 2025
- 16 Feb 2025 The Power of Place: How Your Work Environment Shapes Your Leadership 16 Feb 2025
- 9 Feb 2025 The Power in Knowing What You Stand For. 9 Feb 2025
- 3 Feb 2025 What game are you playing as a healthcare leader? 3 Feb 2025
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January 2025
- 26 Jan 2025 #40 Fuel for the Soul: Why Inspiration Matters for Healthcare Leaders 26 Jan 2025
- 19 Jan 2025 #39 Three ways to lighten your load in the coming weeks. 19 Jan 2025
- 12 Jan 2025 #38 SCARF and Status: How Understanding Triggers Can Transform Your Leadership 12 Jan 2025
- 5 Jan 2025 #36 Intentions Over Perfection: Grounded Goal-Setting 5 Jan 2025
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December 2024
- 15 Dec 2024 #35 Reflect, Refine, Reimagine: Ending the Year with grace 15 Dec 2024
- 8 Dec 2024 #34 Compassion Is Not Pie: Through Self-Doubt and Beyond 8 Dec 2024
- 1 Dec 2024 #33 Joy, Generosity, and Growth: The Network Every Leader Needs 1 Dec 2024
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November 2024
- 24 Nov 2024 #32 The Leadership Upgrade: Expanding Your Capacity for Adaptive Change 24 Nov 2024
- 17 Nov 2024 Small Steps, Big Impact: Embracing Your Own Pace 17 Nov 2024
- 10 Nov 2024 Circle of Control: How to Stay Focused When the World is Overwhelming 10 Nov 2024
- 3 Nov 2024 Bridging Generations in Healthcare: Lessons, Boundaries, and Hope 3 Nov 2024
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October 2024
- 27 Oct 2024 Advice to My Younger Self: Avoiding Burnout in Healthcare Leadership 27 Oct 2024
- 20 Oct 2024 Sharpen the Saw: Renewing Your Leadership for the Long Haul 20 Oct 2024
- 13 Oct 2024 #26 From Fixer to Coach: Turning Interruptions into Leadership Growth 13 Oct 2024
- 6 Oct 2024 Turning Theory into Action: Change Leadership in Healthcare 6 Oct 2024
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September 2024
- 15 Sept 2024 Your Leadership Recharge: The Power of Time Off 15 Sept 2024
- 6 Sept 2024 Healthcare Leaders: 5 benefits from reading fiction. 6 Sept 2024
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August 2024
- 28 Aug 2024 What’s helping healthcare leaders to keep showing up? 28 Aug 2024
- 23 Aug 2024 Does your leadership have a season? 23 Aug 2024
- 16 Aug 2024 How are you defining success? 16 Aug 2024
- 9 Aug 2024 Sometimes you need to go slow to go fast. 9 Aug 2024
- 4 Aug 2024 Stronger together: relationships are the remedy. 4 Aug 2024
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July 2024
- 26 Jul 2024 Clear is kind: the feedback sandwich isn’t. 26 Jul 2024
- 21 Jul 2024 5 things to help you focus, make progress and avoid feeling overwhelmed. 21 Jul 2024
- 14 Jul 2024 Three lessons from Lego 14 Jul 2024
- 7 Jul 2024 I don’t want to keep fighting fires, I want to stop them from starting. 7 Jul 2024
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June 2024
- 30 Jun 2024 Two things I know about getting stuff done. 30 Jun 2024
- 22 Jun 2024 How do you know if you are thriving or surviving? 22 Jun 2024
- 19 Jun 2024 How to rethink managing up 19 Jun 2024
- 9 Jun 2024 How do you build trust when you and your team aren’t in the same location? 9 Jun 2024
- 2 Jun 2024 Taking time to celebrate. 2 Jun 2024
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May 2024
- 26 May 2024 Pink Shirt Day for Life 26 May 2024
- 19 May 2024 Are you there yet? 19 May 2024
- 12 May 2024 How to change when change is hard. 12 May 2024
- 5 May 2024 Does it feel like you’re drowning? 5 May 2024
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April 2024
- 28 Apr 2024 We aren’t meant to do this alone 28 Apr 2024
- 21 Apr 2024 When there isn’t enough 21 Apr 2024
- 13 Apr 2024 Should I grit or should I quit ? 13 Apr 2024
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March 2024
- 24 Mar 2024 Welcome to the leadership lounge 24 Mar 2024