A HUGE welcome to all the #GMTSSept2021 people joining us today. We are so glad to have you all with us. Be yourself, embrace the struggle and THANK YOU for what you will do every day! NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme (GMTS) I'm now off to meet with my 2 flexi placement trainees :)

Have you signed up to join #NHSPride yet? events.england.nhs.uk/events/pride-i…

We recommend you join this Tweet chat which will of interest to NHS Disabled staff who wish to develop their careers and move into senior leadership roles

Have you seen this signs in yourself or people you know? Other things I'd add... - Flare ups of health issues or frequent bugs/ head aches - Deprioritising self care - Cancelling social calls - Quieter or louder than usual - Laughing much less

Given the hugely positive impact of appointing a Chief Patient Experience Officer in Northumbria ( at board level) why don’t all NHS Trusts have these officers in place?

What do you need to be an effective #NHS leader? To help us deliver the ambitions in the #NHSPeoplePlan complete our NHS Leadership and Development Survey 2021 and help us understand how best to support your future development. smartsurvey.co.uk/s/NHSLeadershi…

Just had great fun scaring Jacqueline Davies 💙🌈 she/they and our leadership team NHS Leadership Academy 💙. Not even Halloween yet. How can you meet a task and have fun in the process? Great group pulling it together with Naz Khan, Grace Jeffery and Zoe Spittle, cant find tags so will add to replies.

Just reading back through the #ethicalrecruitment tweetchat. Disabled leaders want what all leaders want: - to be valued for our contributions - to have the environment and arrangements to do our best work - to help change the world a bit Now we just need to stop stopping them.

Did you do these things today? Will you do them tomorrow?

No More Tick Boxes. The research evidence for a different approach to fairer recruitment and career progression. Great to work with Harprit Hockley and Joy Warmington and so pleased so many Trusts are showing interest already england.nhs.uk/east-of-englan…

"Guiding questions" inspire us to keep moving forward with intention & purpose. We can use them to focus our direction as a team or to create strong foundations for a change initiative. Here's the template plus an example of one filled in from the education sector. TY Kristin Wiens

Strive not to be successful but rather to be of value Albert Einstein

One doesn't have to operate with great malice to do great harm. The absence of empathy and understanding are sufficient. Charles M Blow

More & more of the teams I work with are building visuals into their improvement work: sketchnote summaries, creative group work, storyboarding & infographics. There's good evidence to show that this can speed up learning, aid retention & support change. Graphic: Impact

Do you think if leaders focused less on being resilient we might have work environments that didn't require it of people as much?

Congratulations to @AashaCowey as future digital leader. You may be surprised but I remember seeing you on the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme (GMTS) and completely foresaw this. Tenacious, open, curious and kind. You always challenge the status quo and know that asking for help is influencing.

🚨I'm super excited to announce our South East Region Health and Wellbeing Event. Please join us for an afternoon of discussions, connection, and practical approaches to health, wellbeing, and recovery. 🔗tinyurl.com/wmh4cex3 🗓️4th November 2021 ⏲️ 12:30 - 16:00 Jeanette Williams-RN

The WDES Annual Report 2020 england.nhs.uk/publication/wd… is published and provides us with the first opportunity to compare year on year progress into the career and workplace experiences of NHS Disabled staff since the WDES was introduced in April 2019.

Disability History Month starts today! Check back throughout the month to see events, resources, opportunities for learning and the launch of new initiatives that support Disabled staff in the NHS #DisabilityHistoryMonth #NHSDHM21 #OurNHSPeople @NHSE_Diversity