LFYC | S3 E8 – Obi Abuchi interviews Nicky Burns-Muir On this week’s Leading from Your Core Podcast and Vodcast, Obi Abuchi interviews Nicky Burns-Muir. Nicky has been the Executive Chief Nurse at MKUH since April 2019. She is known as a compassionate, credible and experienced executive nurse leader with a breadth of knowledge and experience in leading teams across acute, tertiary and community services in the delivery of high-quality care. Nicky combines authentic visible leadership with an ability to understand national and local drivers and translate them into organizational delivery. She is also the Executive Lead for the BAME network and is committed to the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda within the workplace for all staff and patients, as well as empowering staff to achieve their own and wider team’s full potential. In this episode: - Understanding leadership as a never-ending journey - Leadership as a task vs leadership as a privilege - Reframing challenges to increase your energy and focus - Leaders as champions of the under-represented - The joy of lifting others up as a leader - Developing your leadership skills through reverse-mentoring - Proactively embracing feedback to keep your ego in check - The vulnerable path of growth as a leader - Insights from the unprecedented challenges of COVID in the health sector - The importance of self-care in leadership - Becoming comfortable with purposeful conflict - The importance of balancing power with character You can find out more about Nicky via the link below: Twitter: @nicolaburnsmuir LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicola-burns-muir-9a0bb466 Connect with Obi Abuchi and CORE Leaders International on Social Media: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/obiabuchi/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CORELeadersInternational Twitter - @CORELeadersInt Instagram - obiabuchi01 Get a copy of Obi’s latest book, Leading from Your Core - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Obi-Abuchi/e/B09DYW3P55?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000 Want to increase your resilience, impact, and effectiveness as a leader? Join our Personal Mastery Academy and become part of a growing community of purpose-driven leaders committed to personal

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