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
A New Hope For Healthcare Leadership
As Star Wars fans celebrate May the 4th, we’re kicking off season 4, reflecting on the stories that shape us.
Star Wars was a big childhood influence that I’ve carried with me into my work and my leadership. Knowing ‘I’m no Jedi but I know the force’ is about saying that I don’t have all the answers, but I know these conversations matter. And along the way, I’ll have a few things to share with you that will help, support and encourage you.
If you’ve ever felt like you should know more as a leader, this episode is a permission slip to lead with curiosity and courage instead.
The Leadership Lounge Archive
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August 2025
- 28 Sept 2025 #71 When you don’t know where to start 28 Sept 2025
- 21 Sept 2025 #70 Is Leadership Supposed to Feel This Heavy? 21 Sept 2025
- 14 Sept 2025 #69 Boring Magic and Brilliant Leadership 14 Sept 2025
- 7 Sept 2025 Joining the Dots: Using Your Career Timeline to Shape What Comes Next 7 Sept 2025
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July 2025
- 31 Aug 2025 #67 Small Steps vs Big Leaps: Which Does Your Leadership Need? 31 Aug 2025
- 25 Aug 2025 Space to Think: How SWOT and SOAR Create Clarity in Leadership 25 Aug 2025
- 17 Aug 2025 #65 The Triple Impact of Bring Present 17 Aug 2025
- 3 Aug 2025 #64 Setting Yourself Up For Success 3 Aug 2025
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June 2025
- 27 Jul 2025 #63 Unravelling the circles 27 Jul 2025
- 20 Jul 2025 Four of The Things That are Keeping me Together 20 Jul 2025
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May 2025
- 28 Jun 2025 #61 When it's time to let go: closing chapters with care 28 Jun 2025
- 22 Jun 2025 #60 Midwinter, Matariki & Meaningful Work 22 Jun 2025
- 14 Jun 2025 Habits: Grounding Leadership in What You Do Daily 14 Jun 2025
- 7 Jun 2025 Have we made everything a crisis? 7 Jun 2025
- 31 May 2025 The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Healthcare Leaders 31 May 2025
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April 2025
- 24 May 2025 Asking what matters is the beginning of joy 24 May 2025
- 16 May 2025 #55 Managing your emotions at work. 16 May 2025
- 10 May 2025 This Pink Shirt Day: Bullying is always personal 10 May 2025
- 3 May 2025 A New Hope For Healthcare Leadership 3 May 2025
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March 2025
- 16 Apr 2025 The one where I forgot it was Easter! 16 Apr 2025
- 12 Apr 2025 Leading Through Scarcity: The Abundance Mindset Advantage 12 Apr 2025
- 5 Apr 2025 Milestones & Meaning: Lessons from 50 Conversations on Leadership 5 Apr 2025
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February 2025
- 29 Mar 2025 #49 Collaboration & Cooperation in Healthcare: Knowing the Difference and Making an Impact 29 Mar 2025
- 22 Mar 2025 #48 From New to Thriving: How to Set Up Your Leaders for Success 22 Mar 2025
- 15 Mar 2025 Intelligent Kindness in Healthcare: A Radical Approach to the System We Need 15 Mar 2025
- 8 Mar 2025 Small Steps means Big Progress: 4 Steps for Smart Leaders 8 Mar 2025
- 1 Mar 2025 Psychological Safety in Healthcare: How It Transforms Your Team and Your Work 1 Mar 2025
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January 2025
- 22 Feb 2025 Leadership Under Pressure: Prioritising What Matters 22 Feb 2025
- 15 Feb 2025 The Power of Place: How Your Work Environment Shapes Your Leadership 15 Feb 2025
- 8 Feb 2025 The Power in Knowing What You Stand For. 8 Feb 2025
- 2 Feb 2025 What game are you playing as a healthcare leader? 2 Feb 2025
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December 2024
- 25 Jan 2025 #40 Fuel for the Soul: Why Inspiration Matters for Healthcare Leaders 25 Jan 2025
- 18 Jan 2025 #39 Three ways to lighten your load in the coming weeks. 18 Jan 2025
- 11 Jan 2025 #38 SCARF and Status: How Understanding Triggers Can Transform Your Leadership 11 Jan 2025
- 4 Jan 2025 #36 Intentions Over Perfection: Grounded Goal-Setting 4 Jan 2025
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November 2024
- 14 Dec 2024 #35 Reflect, Refine, Reimagine: Ending the Year with grace 14 Dec 2024
- 7 Dec 2024 #34 Compassion Is Not Pie: Through Self-Doubt and Beyond 7 Dec 2024
- 30 Nov 2024 #33 Joy, Generosity, and Growth: The Network Every Leader Needs 30 Nov 2024
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October 2024
- 23 Nov 2024 #32 The Leadership Upgrade: Expanding Your Capacity for Adaptive Change 23 Nov 2024
- 16 Nov 2024 Small Steps, Big Impact: Embracing Your Own Pace 16 Nov 2024
- 9 Nov 2024 Circle of Control: How to Stay Focused When the World is Overwhelming 9 Nov 2024
- 2 Nov 2024 Bridging Generations in Healthcare: Lessons, Boundaries, and Hope 2 Nov 2024
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September 2024
- 26 Oct 2024 Advice to My Younger Self: Avoiding Burnout in Healthcare Leadership 26 Oct 2024
- 19 Oct 2024 Sharpen the Saw: Renewing Your Leadership for the Long Haul 19 Oct 2024
- 12 Oct 2024 #26 From Fixer to Coach: Turning Interruptions into Leadership Growth 12 Oct 2024
- 5 Oct 2024 Turning Theory into Action: Change Leadership in Healthcare 5 Oct 2024
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August 2024
- 14 Sept 2024 Your Leadership Recharge: The Power of Time Off 14 Sept 2024
- 5 Sept 2024 Healthcare Leaders: 5 benefits from reading fiction. 5 Sept 2024
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July 2024
- 27 Aug 2024 What’s helping healthcare leaders to keep showing up? 27 Aug 2024
- 22 Aug 2024 Does your leadership have a season? 22 Aug 2024
- 15 Aug 2024 How are you defining success? 15 Aug 2024
- 8 Aug 2024 Sometimes you need to go slow to go fast. 8 Aug 2024
- 3 Aug 2024 Stronger together: relationships are the remedy. 3 Aug 2024
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June 2024
- 26 Jul 2024 Clear is kind: the feedback sandwich isn’t. 26 Jul 2024
- 20 Jul 2024 5 things to help you focus, make progress and avoid feeling overwhelmed. 20 Jul 2024
- 13 Jul 2024 Three lessons from Lego 13 Jul 2024
- 6 Jul 2024 I don’t want to keep fighting fires, I want to stop them from starting. 6 Jul 2024
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May 2024
- 29 Jun 2024 Two things I know about getting stuff done. 29 Jun 2024
- 21 Jun 2024 How do you know if you are thriving or surviving? 21 Jun 2024
- 18 Jun 2024 How to rethink managing up 18 Jun 2024
- 8 Jun 2024 How do you build trust when you and your team aren’t in the same location? 8 Jun 2024
- 1 Jun 2024 Taking time to celebrate. 1 Jun 2024
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April 2024
- 25 May 2024 Pink Shirt Day for Life 25 May 2024
- 18 May 2024 Are you there yet? 18 May 2024
- 11 May 2024 How to change when change is hard. 11 May 2024
- 4 May 2024 Does it feel like you’re drowning? 4 May 2024
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March 2024
- 27 Apr 2024 We aren’t meant to do this alone 27 Apr 2024
- 20 Apr 2024 When there isn’t enough 20 Apr 2024
- 13 Apr 2024 Should I grit or should I quit ? 13 Apr 2024
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February 2024
- 23 Mar 2024 Welcome to the leadership lounge 23 Mar 2024