Health Service Journal
Lisa Rodrigues
Lisa Rodrigues is chief executive of Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust.
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How to make equality and diversity a central part of your organisation
24 May 2012
Three leaders discuss how they are working to make equality and diversity part of their organisation’s DNA. -
You’re at the top of the NHS – here are some tips to help you stay there
16-Aug-2010
Lisa Rodrigues has been a trust chief executive since 2002. Here she passes on the benefit of her experience -
Lisa Rodrigues on the dos and don'ts of effective communication
30 April 2009
Leaders seem to love lists that tell them what to do – The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, and The Eighteen Challenges of Leadership to name but three of the more popular management books. -
Lisa Rodrigues on the media and clinical leadership
19 March 2009
I’ve had one of those weeks. I was on the interview panel to appoint the chief executive of the NHS Confederation and within 24 hours we were the top story on BBC News at 10. -
Lisa Rodrigues on NHS kindness
26-Jan-2009
At the end of 2008, King's Fund chief executive Niall Dickson was reported as saying that NHS staff have lost their compassion and that his organisation wants to help bring it back. I could not agree less. -
Lisa Rodrigues on achieving NHS equality
1-Dec-2008
This year, 5 November was a very special day. The world woke up to find that the people of the United States had voted for the best presidential candidate, who also just happened to be black. -
Lisa Rodrigues on the financial crisis and the NHS
20-Oct-2008
We live in strange and worrying times. As I write, another building society has been nationalised. -
Lisa Rodrigues on foundation trust tips
25-Aug-2008
Well, we did it. Sussex Partnership foundation trust - a teaching trust of the Brighton and Sussex Medical School - was born on 1 August 2008. -
Lisa Rodrigues on being there for your staff
16-Jun-2008
Bill Clinton used to say the most important attribute of a leader was being there. This gets tested when things go wrong, but also when they are going well. -
Lisa Rodrigues on appointing a new chair
28-Apr-2008
Managers should be aware of the unintended consequences their actions can bring about -
Lisa Rodrigues on how it feels to become a foundation trust
24-Mar-2008
Working for foundation status is like growing up - you learn from personal experience -
Lisa Rodrigues on NHS acronyms
11-Feb-2008
Obscure abbreviations and over-complicated policies keep the NHS from focusing on what is really important -
Lisa Rodrigues on NHS acronyms
11-Feb-2008
Obscure abbreviations and over-complicated policies keep the NHS from focusing on what is really important -
Lisa Rodrigues on the NHS's influential people
17-Dec-2007
In response to HSJ's list of the 50 most influential people in the NHS, I thought I would offer my own list of the people who have influenced my career in the NHS. It includes people I think make a difference, go that extra mile or who have influenced me in particular. Even at my great age, I am always keen to pick up tips. -
Lisa Rodrigues on staying connected
5-Nov-2007
Keeping in contact with one another is important, whether it is through social networking sites or old-fashioned conversations -
Lisa Rodrigues on intoxicating publicity
2-Oct-2007
It was impossible to miss the publication of the Alastair Campbell diaries - the newspaper serialisation and TV programme meant people were talking about them everywhere. While some may have diagnosed a serious case of work-related stress, I just thought he showed great timing, and he got me thinking about leadership and the media. -
Lisa Rodrigues on the traits of executives
24-Sep-2007
Being a chief executive is a wonderful job for those with a well-developed sense of responsibility. I read somewhere that more leaders are firstborn children than any other family position and I can understand why. As the first child, you are automatically expected to take responsibility for your siblings. If, like me, you are the first child and also a girl, this gets amplified, although my brothers would say it just made me bossy. -
Lisa Rodrigues on managing change
9-Jul-2007
'Some people think the quiet revolution in mental health, with the closure of the asylums and the introduction of community care alternatives, is a model for the rest of the NHS. But I am the first to admit that we did not.always get it right'
