Bad bosses punish time off. They see vacations as a lack of dedication to work. Good bosses grant time off. They see vacations as a source of energy for work. Great bosses insist on time off. They see vacations as a right, not a reward—they care about your life beyond work.

In the last 5 days of 2022, I'm retweeting the 5 tweets I posted in 2022 that others responded to the best. In 3rd place is a tweet about psychological safety & the difference between feeling unsafe (holds us back) & discomfort (can move us forward when we're well-led) #2022retro

You improve social care, you improve flow in hospitals You make pension issues better,you improve elective backlog ALL else is tinkering at the edges Any NHS manager knows it-but can’t do much as the above issues? Outside their control No low hanging fruit remains to pick.

What’s a good day at the office? Getting to recognise folks like Nathalie below who have put their heart, their soul, their essence into serving others. And in Nathalie’s case, for many, many years. #together

True commitment to work-life balance is giving people permission to take other priorities as seriously as their jobs. In burnout cultures, people are expected to drop everything for work. In healthy cultures, people are encouraged to protect time for family, health, and leisure.

Some national holidays could be international given the important moments and lives they honour. Now more than ever our shared history can teach future generations. Today I honour the life and work of #MartinLutherKingJr on #MLKDay2023

Today, on #MartinLutherKingDay let's remember how Dr King was not only a great leader of the American Civil Rights movement, but also a committed proponent of nonviolence. Like millions of people throughout the world I admire his dream of greater justice and equality for all.

Bridge builder, relay runner, mentor! 🙌

"We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community." #MayaAngelou

I encourage you all to go into next week being more mindful. It's easy to be consumed and overwhelmed by the myriad thoughts and to-dos competing for attention. Mindfulness is about an intentional focus, attention to what you're doing and how you're doing it.

The first principle of psychological safety: The harder you make it to voice problems, the harder it becomes to solve them. The issues people are most afraid to raise are the most likely to become thorns in your side. It’s impossible to fix what you don't know is broken.

#TunstallTogether team help me celebrate this #WomenInScience Day! We are lucky to have some great ones ourselves…and are on the lookout for more!

We must strive to cultivate feelings of kindness, compassion, and love for others, viewing our fellow human beings as brothers and sisters, regardless of their race, nationality or religion. A warm heart can bring joy to our own lives and to the lives of those around us.

Like this, live this: (Credit to Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥)

Thankfully we have these wonderful women working with us. It’s an honour to call them colleagues. Now we need more. #IWD2023

Great days in “real” Denmark with the Tunstall Nordic Denmark team. We talked my favourite subject of employee engagement. Kudos to the team for a 90% response rate! Now to “international” Denmark from the best airport in the world (Aarhus) and a train to “real” Sweden.

“You can be a crier or a hugger, you can be all of these things and you can lead.” One of the world’s greatest leaders gives her final address in Parliament. If we can even be a bit “like her” we will be just amazing

Micromanagement has a terrible impact on psychological safety. Micromanaged teams always have low scores in assessments of psychological safety. To deal with it: 1) make efforts to find out if it's happening amongst the teams you lead (people usually don't tell spontaneously) 2)