{"id":7791,"date":"2022-12-07T12:19:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T12:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tpcleadership.com\/uk-en\/uncategorized\/the-challenges-of-leading-in-unprecedented-times\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T19:55:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T19:55:35","slug":"the-challenges-of-leading-in-unprecedented-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tpcleadership.com\/uk-en\/developing-leaders\/the-challenges-of-leading-in-unprecedented-times\/","title":{"rendered":"The challenges of leading in unprecedented times. A conversation with David Sloman, COO of NHS England. EP #9"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cYour job is to find the riot and go and stand in the middle of it; that\u2019s kind of what you\u2019ve got to do. You can\u2019t hide from it! \u201c<\/p>\n

In this episode of The Leadership Sessions, Tom Van Dyck, Senior Partner at TPC Leadership, and David Sloman, COO of NHS England explore the challenges of leading in unprecedented times, addressing the elephant in the room as a means of\u00a0enabling teams, and the importance of providing teams with the environment\u00a0and context to be able to find and implement solutions.<\/p>\n

On the concept of power:<\/h3>\n

\u2022 \u201cI learned early in my career, why we are having to do this is because we happen to be here at\u00a0the time…\u201d
\u2022 \u201cYou have to accept the responsibilities and the accountabilities that come with that role, you\u00a0have to step up. And at what level? You don\u2019t want to think about it too much, because you\u2019re\u00a0there…\u201d<\/p>\n

On the quality traits of excellent leadership:<\/h3>\n

\u2022 \u201cFirstly, is to be absolutely relentlessly patient and citizen focused. Second thing is to be\u00a0eternally optimistic, you cannot undervalue optimism as a leadership quality. And the third thing\u00a0is to make decisions and do difficult things.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201c…and total diversity of skills, voice, opinions, thoughts, because if the values are aligned,\u00a0everybody will listen to what everybody else has got to say, because they think it’s coming from\u00a0a good place\u201d<\/p>\n

On driving engagement:<\/h3>\n

\u2022 \u201cand of course, clear, effective communication is one of the most important things you need to\u00a0have in place, if you are to get anybody to do anything\u201d
\u2022 \u201cAnd often some of the things we have to do is just clear the clutter out of the way that stops\u00a0them from doing that. And let’s be honest, I am often part of the clutter!\u201d<\/p>\n

On the future of work:<\/h3>\n

\u2022 \u201cSo work is really important. It is going to organize itself differently, and people will engage with it\u00a0differently. But I think it will always be fundamental to an individual’s ability to self-actualize\u201d<\/p>\n

On practical matters of leadership:<\/h3>\n

\u2022 \u201cI’ve always got three people I can ring up and cry my eyes out to or say, frankly, I haven’t got a\u00a0clue what to do\u201d
\u2022 \u201cYou can’t pretend to be something you’re not, people see through it immediately\u201d
\u2022 \u201cif there’s an elephant in the room, you put it in the middle of the table and start talking about\u00a0it…, because everybody knows it’s sitting there\u201d
\u2022 \u201cI’ve never told somebody intelligent in the workplace, anything they didn’t already know\u201d
\u2022 \u201c…your job is to find out where the riot is, and go and stand in the middle of it. That’s kind of what\u00a0you got to do. You can’t hide from it\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cYour job is to find the riot and go and stand in the middle of it; that\u2019s kind of what you\u2019ve got to do. You can\u2019t hide from it! \u201c …<\/p>\n

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