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Can better management and leadership nurse the NHS back to health?

Chartered Management Institute

Deputy chief operating officer Rachael Birks CMgr FCMI gets involved and calls a swift impromptu meeting to find a suitable bed within her orbit at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust. On arrival, I'm greeted warmly by genial chief operating officer Ben Richards CMgr FCMI.

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Is Your Emotional Intelligence Authentic, or Self-Serving?

Harvard Business Review

I saw this play out when debriefing with the Chief Operating Officer of a $20 billion global company. A need to be right masquerading as active listening. A fundamental social skill of emotional intelligence is being an effective listener.