COVID HIGHLIGHTS PRE-EXISTING LEADERSHIP STRUGGLES
Rather than being a problem in of itself, COVID-19 highlighted pre-existing issues for senior NHS leaders, suggests a report from Unlimited Potential, which has delivered free coaching to senior NHS leaders in more than 80 trusts during the pandemic.
Leaders taking up the offer wanted coaching around ‘leadership’ (60%) and stress and anxiety (48%), with only 24% citing issues relating to ‘change’, of which 58% cited issues unrelated to Covid. “Sudden change had helped to trigger the problems but the struggles…were largely to do with leadership style and confidence” according to...