Planning your primary care network's next financial year. How to review, reflect and plan for an accountable, achievable and successful year

Productivity takes hard work and self-discipline. There is also no one size fits all but there are fundamentals that anyone can apply

Sophie Edwards works for NHS England and NHS Improvement as an Adviser on the Time For Care Programme.

It’s not enough to just evaluate your project at the very end. You need to build reflections all the way through the project and capture...

As project managers, we spend a lot of time thinking about how to make our projects succeed. Here are my 53 tips for what to avoid.

We’ve all been there. Either you or your child are unwell, your car breaks down, or there is a family crisis of some kind. You can’t be...

I was recently having a conversation with my friend Rachel who really struggled to see the need to hire more support when she could do...

When working in a network or organisation with many leaders, it’s not uncommon to be asked to approach a particular task or project by...

In the spirit of collaborative leadership and co-production, when progressing your network, you'll often need to avoid being too...

A key human resource tool that every leader and manager can use I’m sure you have all experienced a time when the people in your team are...

I was recently talking to a colleague who had transitioned into a new role, had been in post for just two months and was concerned that...

Welcome to our latest blog series, where we will be sharing some of our most frequently asked questions about leadership, change...

Welcome to our latest blog series, where we will be sharing some of our most frequently asked questions about leadership and change...

When it comes to projects, most specialists in this area will be following a structured methodology which rightly so incorporates the...

This week’s blog post follow’s the path of the worst-case scenario inspired by DeBono’s Six Thinking Hats and the Tim Ferris TED Talk on...

This month I have attended 2 team away days. The first was a development day with a client where their objective was to regroup, share...

In my last blog, I shared that one area of focus for 2018 was honing my project management and leadership skills, but I forgot to mention...

Word of Year Some of you may be aware of the concept of having a word of the year which involves choosing a word that will encourage you...

An effective working relationship with your team is essential to building a successful network, department or business. When it goes...

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Year, and had a much needed and well-deserved break. During my break away from work, I...