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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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Managing Your Warrior Spirit when Working at Home

Strategy Driven

I lost my job as a chief operations officer because, as I said earlier, I was seen as tactless and overly direct. That’s when I decided to change and became an executive coach and licensed clinical worker who helps other executives learn to drive results without damaging relationships.

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6 Powerful Coaching Questions for Teams and Managerial-Leaders. Really for anyone

Mike Cardus

Meeting with a Chief Operations Officer of a Health Care Organization, whose team I have been consulting and coaching.

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Meet My Next Group of Coaches!

Marshall Goldsmith

Pawel Motyl – Formerly CEO Harvard Business Review Poland, noted speaker, consultant and executive coach, author Labirynt Sztuka podejmowania decyzji. General Bernie Banks – Former General US Army, head of Leadership Development West Point, currently Associate Dean Northwestern Kellogg School of Management.

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If They Won’t Change, You’d Better Move on!

Marshall Goldsmith

If I’ve learned one thing over my 35 years as an executive coach, speaker and author, it’s this: change has to come from within. Not long after this revelation, I was asked to work with Harry, the chief operating officer of a large consulting firm. It can’t be dictated, demanded, or otherwise forced upon people.

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Leadership Lessons from the Navy

Skip Prichard

Captain Mark Brouker, retired US Navy , is a wealth of practical leadership wisdom gained from his military career as well as his experience as a professor, executive coach, and speaker. Leadership is about showing common courtesies, caring and encouraging the growth and development of those whom you lead. Why was that the case?

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Stress Isn’t a Threat, It’s a Signal to Change

Harvard Business Review

In my executive coaching practice, I help clients transform their attitude about stress. Develop strategic leadership skills. As he did so, his stress evaporated and he led the executive team to take a bold step toward expanding the business into a complex but potentially lucrative overseas market.

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