Gwella On Air: Recent Episodes
Gwella On Air
The Gwella On Air Podcasts explores compassionate leadership in action through a series of one-on-one discussions with a range of leaders. These informal sessions will look at how compassionate behaviours have been embedded across the system and what compassionate leadership looks like in action . The podcasts all link back to the Compassionate Leadership Principles which signpost the way to leading and working compassionately together across health and social care in Wales.
Owen Hughes sits down to talk to us about his role as Clinical Lead of Pain and Persistent Management. Join us as Owen explores how good leadership is key in preventing Burnout and 'Rust Out', both in and out of work. Owen's advice, built up throughout his career, gives practical, applicable tools and techniques that can benefit anyone in their day-to-day practice.
We talk with Nik Sheen, Head of Optometry and Transformation at HEIW and previous Fellows on the Welsh Clinical Leadership Training Fellowship, Tim Morgan and Sarah Schumm, about their fellowship year, using the compassionate leadership principles as a manager in optometry and useful resources for opticians. This episode focuses on creating an understanding of how leadership forms an integral part of optometry and health care for our patients and explores how practicing compassionate leadership benefits patients and services in Wales.
This latest episode focuses on the fantastic work undertaken in the facilities and estates division within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, engaging with staff at all levels, strengthening voice, influence and choice and creating safe, trusting environments where collective leadership thrives.
Listen to the second episode of the brand new 'Gwella On Air' podcast, featuring Dr Adrian Neal, Clinical Psychologist and head of employee wellbeing at Aneurin Bevan UHB and Emma Thomas, Senior Manager for Leadership, Management and Development at Cardiff & Vale University Health Board. This episode focuses on Healthier Working Relationships aligned to our principle "Manage behaviour positively, openly, courageously and ethically"
This episode, featuring Professor Michael West, explores how the recently launched Compassionate Leadership Principles for health and care in Wales will play a key role in supporting leaders and managers to create compassionate cultures that promote the health and wellbeing of staff and create safe working environments where continuous improvement and innovation can flourish enabling continuously improved services for patients and service users.
Michael West CBE joined The King's Fund as a Senior Fellow in 2013. He is Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology at Lancaster University, Visiting Professor at University College, Dublin, and Emeritus Professor at Aston University.
He has authored, edited and co-edited 20 books and has published more than 200 articles on teamwork, leadership and culture, particularly in healthcare. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, the American Psychological Association (APA), the APA Society for Industrial/Organisational Psychology, the Academy of Social Sciences, the International Association of Applied Psychologists and the British Academy of Management.