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How to improve a meeting (when you’re not in charge). A recent article from Amy Edmondson. The tactics you use depends on the level of psychological safety:
1) The helpful workaround: works when psychological safety is low (on the team or with the person leading the meeting).…

I'm at #Quality2024 live, listening to Amy Edmondson talking about principles from her book “The Right Kind of Wrong – The Science of Failing Well”. Amy differentiates three kinds of failures in organisations:
1) Basic failures: caused by carelessness or ignorance
2) Complex…

An interesting concept whether our staff H&WB services should/could provide direct care to staff. We do with vaccines, psychological treatment….

How to define & understand problems to get better results from change initiatives. Often results are not delivered because (time pressured) leaders jump straight into problem-solving actions without making the time & space to understand & define what the problem is. Here's the…

Reminder - Job alert: Lecturer in Health Psychology closing on 10th March ISCHP Critical Psych BPS DHP BPS East Midlands BPS West Mids Branch Early Career Qualitative Health Researcher Network

We caught up with Claudia Hammond (Claudia Hammond), the 2024 Rosalind Franklin Lecture medallist, to talk about the surprising science of kindness and why it matters in our world today ❤️

Ticket link in #RosalindFranklinLecture 🧵

humanists.uk/2024/02/26/the…

What's really important is that any Veteran who is concerned that they might have PTSD knows that they can rapidly access evidence based care from the NHS. All UK Veterans can access good advice on where/how to seek help from the Veterans Gateway (08‍08 80‍2 12‍12 or online).

The Thinkers50 Radar Class is here! These 30 up-and-coming thinkers embody the principles needed to shape the future of management ideas: they're curious, they're innovative, and they're committed to positive change

📖 Great article from Ruth (Ginsburg) Gotian, EdD, MS: forbes.com/sites/ruthgoti…

Mental health patients are being failed when they leave care, warns Ombudsman.

Our latest report examines how #MentalHealth patients are getting stuck in a continuous revolving door of care & discharge, and what needs to be done to stop this.

Read more: ow.ly/szIH50QwE4n

Measles is a highly infectious viral illness, so anyone with symptoms is advised to stay at home and phone their GP or NHS 111 for advice, rather than visiting a GP surgery or A&E, to prevent the illness spreading further.

Read more: northamptongeneral.nhs.uk/News/Articles/…
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Leadership is defined as much by how well people respond to unfolding events as how good they are at driving an agenda. Research shows senior leaders spend an average of 36% of their time in reactive mode, responding to such events. Nitin Nohria offers a matrix of types of event…

Struggling with feelings of #depression , excessive #worry , social #anxiety , post-traumatic #stress or #obsessions and #compulsions ? NHS Talking Therapies can help. The service is effective, confidential and free.

Learn more: ow.ly/EHuV50QqVZG

#MentalHealth

People often ask me about the price of providing free breakfast, free tea & coffee, subsidised food, free parking…

I’d like to pose a question back… what’s the cost of not doing it? Of increased sickness, high turnover, failing to recruit?

The price is less than the cost…

An opportunity to talk, confidential space + skilled trained peers/ trauma & psych trained profs is a strong step to manage workplace & personal challenges. Emergency, health & social care staff are at risk & support is here. University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NGH Wellbeing
#NHSTalkingTherapies

From myself and Magnús Blöndahl and Jon Fridrik Sigurdsson doi.org/10.1017/S13524…
for BABCP 50th Anniversary. Something old, something new, something borrowed and nothing blue. ah well.

What will 2024 bring for the health and care system? Our new CEO Sarah Woolnough predicts the highs and lows of what will be a challenging year.
kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2024/01/c…

What's the impact on #mentalhealth when you're wrongly accused of crime?

As the #PostOfficeScandal continues, Professor Neil Greenberg spoke to LBC News about his research into this topic 👇

Get the full interview with Martin Stanford online - bit.ly/3Hem319

#IoPPNInTheNews

Organisations, across multiple sectors, are plagued by 'addition sickness': the growth of unnecessary rules, procedures, & roles that stifle initiative, productivity & improvement. Leaders should act as 'editors in chief' of their organisations; relentlessly eliminating or…

What is psychological safety at work? Here’s how to start creating it - a rough guide to it from the American psychological society. apa.org/topics/healthy…