
Leadership vs Management in Today's NHS: Insights by Victoria Smith
Gain valuable insights on the distinctions between leadership and management in the healthcare setting, specifically the NHS, as discussed by Victoria Smith. Explore the significance of top-class leadership and management for a collaborative approach within healthcare organizations.
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The Great Debate......... Leadership Vs Management Victoria Smith, BSc (hons) Physiotherapy, MCSP Physiotherapy Operational Lead, MSK Services, NUTH Visiting Lecturer Clinical Leadership, Newcastle University NIHR CAT MSc Clinical Research (Leadership)
Aims Discuss Leadership and Management (L&M) Styles Explore your role in relation to L&M Debate L&M in the context of today s NHS Facilitate reflection throughout Leadership Vs Management. V.Smith
Miles Apart? Tendency to use terms interchangeably Not Synonymous A leader has a capacity to align people to a common set of goals, it is about alignment: a manager brings simplicity to complexity and makes an organisation or process understandable to the masses Leadership is of the spirit, composed of personality and vision, its practice is an art. Management is more of the mind, a matter of calculations and statistics, timetables and routines, its practice is a science (Nicol, 2012, p63) Leadership Vs management. V.Smith
Artificial Divide? Leadership Vs management. V.Smith
Potential for Conflict? No Leadership Inability to change No Management Presence of Narcissism High Leadership and Management Short term stability & Long-term viability Leadership Vs management. V.Smith
Currently in the NHS There is a widespread and deep-rooted perception that management is the dark side (Rose, 2015, p 30) The Kings Fund No More Hero s (2011) Short-termism of management thinking . Leadership Vs management. V.Smith
Why do we need Leadership & Management? Grint, K. (2008) Leadership Vs management. V.Smith
In Summary The NHS requires top-class leadership and management Collaborative approach where each has it s place Beware of Fiddling while Rome burns (Foster,A.,2014, p120) Instead walk in their shoes (Kings Fund, 2015) Leadership Vs management. V.Smith
What Next? The real challenge is to combine strong management and strong leadership and use each to balance each other John Kotter Leadership Vs management. V.Smith