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Leadership is a foul weather job
Post 2 | The Transformation Essentials Series In this blog series we are exploring the essentials of system transformation. I am pretty confident that few would argue with the critical role of...
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Carew Hatherley on leadership
In late March I was privileged to interview Carew Hatherley who was attending the Executive Quality Academy (EQA)* at Ko Awatea. Carew has had an illustrious career, including 17 years in the British...
View ArticleSir Mansel Aylward asks the question: “What has had the greatest impact on...
It was standing room only for Sir Mansel Aylward’s second and final lecture at Ko Awatea. Following on from the last session around leadership Sir Mansel asked the following questions: “What in your...
View ArticleOrganising with Hahrie Han
There are many ways to achieve social change in health and we were lucky to have Hahrie Han visiting Ko Awatea to describe how the practices of political organising can be used to develop leaders,...
View ArticleOur Future Leaders
It’s not every day that 250 top medical students from around NZ come together on a Saturday to attend the NZ Medical Students Conference, centred around the idea of being a catalyst for change. The...
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What is Clinical Leadership?
Over the next few weeks we will be hearing from people around the organisation on the topic of leadership – in particular how do we define leadership? what are the qualities that make a good leader...
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An insight into leadership by Jenni Coles
As part of our focus on leadership, we now hear from Jenni Coles, Director of Hospital Services. I’ve been fortunate to have worked with wonderful leaders in our organisation, including our CEOs who...
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Introducing the Ko Awatea White Paper Series
This introduction, by Geraint Martin, includes PDF download links for the first two white papers in the series. Sir Mansel Aylward will be speaking about the white papers in the Innovation Lab, Ko...
View ArticleBuilding a community of Impact: Cross-Sector Forum
‘Building a Community of Impact’ – Summary of Cross-sector Forum from Ko Awatea on Vimeo. A rare and inspiring event took place at Ko Awatea yesterday as leaders from industry and healthcare came...
View ArticleAPAC Forum: Day 1
What an amazing start to the Asia Pacific Forum as 900 people from 16 nations made a commitment to come together to share ideas, stories and learnings on Quality Improvement in heath care. People came...
View ArticleWhat Matters To You?
To understand how we can improve patient experiences even more, Ko Awatea and Counties Manukau Health is leading the way and becoming the first New Zealand health organisation to join others...
View ArticleLeaders near the end of a year-long journey
Ko Awatea’s Emerging Leaders course participants are nearing the end of their one year journey with a couple of highs. As well as undergoing an ‘on location’ team building exercise in the form of...
View ArticleHello, goodbye – welcoming Lance and farewelling Mataroria
Ko Awatea’s new senior clinical fellow Dr Lance O’Sullivan described his first day on site as like being a new entrant on his first day of school. The Kaitaia GP and former New Zealander of the Year...
View ArticleCM Health addressing the ‘whole picture’ says visiting GP leader
The head of general practice development at the NHS has good things to say about the integrated care offered at Counties Manukau Health. Dr Robert Varnam met with Ko Awatea director Professor...
View ArticleWorking together better: leadership compacts in improvement projects
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View ArticleInSight speakers incite change at APAC Forum 2016
Leadership teacher and author of ‘Good to Great’, Jim Collins, kicked of this year’s InSight with a plug for discipline via video from the US. Taking an organisation from good to great requires...
View ArticleMike Wagner – Lunchtime Learning Session
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View ArticleNew paper shares insights into leadership coaching and mentoring
A Ko Awatea paper published in the international journal Leadership in Health Services shares insights into coaching and mentoring for leadership development. The paper, ‘An evaluation of a leadership...
View ArticleManagement course enhances leadership through communication
These days, cardiac investigation unit team leader Belinda Buckley enjoys more open discussions with her staff. Although Belinda has been in healthcare management for more than 20 years, she says...
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