Neil Goodwin

Neil Goodwin is visiting professor of leadership studies at Manchester Business School, University of Durham and University College London. His consultancy, GoodwinHannah Ltd, has undertaken a number of confidential and sensitive high-level reviews governance, behaviour and relationships, and related issues within organisations and systems. He also has undertaken numerous board development events for foundation trusts and primary care trusts. Formerly, Neil was chief executive of numerous NHS organisations for over 20 years, including St Mary’s Hospital London and the Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority. Neil is a graduate of London and Manchester business schools (MBA, PhD) and the author of numerous publications on leadership including the book, Leadership in Healthcare, as well as book chapters on strategy and public health leadership. His work on leadership resulted in the NHS national leadership development framework and leadership development strategies for two NHS regions.

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Recent stories

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  Neil Goodwin on NHS boardroom relationships

  In the recent flurry of NHS chief executive departures, little has been mentioned or heard about the possible impact on wider NHS board membership.

  26-May-2009 | Comments (7)

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  Neil Goodwin on managing ambition in the NHS

  NHS managers need to be aware of the benefits and dangers of personal ambition

  9-Feb-2009

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  Neil Goodwin on coping with recession in the NHS

  Recession. It's what everyone is talking about and it will affect you at some point. The boom years are now drawing to a close and public sector budgets are about to see their biggest squeeze in more than a decade.

  8-Dec-2008 | Comments (1)

• Neil Goodwin on charismatic leadership

  27-Oct-2008

• Neil Goodwin on chief executive boredom

  15-Sep-2008 | Comments (1)

• Neil Goodwin on leadership lessons from David Lloyd George

  4-Aug-2008

• Neil Goodwin on preparing your team for Darzi

  23-Jun-2008

• Neil Goodwin on academic health science centres

  6-May-2008

• Neil Goodwin on becoming a better leader

  31-Mar-2008

• Neil Goodwin on building working relationships

  18-Feb-2008

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Recent blog posts

• The Short-Termism of Acquisition

  The acquisition of ‘challenged’ trusts will offer a quick managerial fix but it won’t necessarily create strategically sustainable services and the operational problems that precipitated acquisition in the first place may well reoccur.

  The Leadership Consultant | 25-Oct-2011

• The dilemma of appointing senior managers

  Sir David Nicholson’s admission to the Mid Staffordshire Inquiry that in retrospect the previous chief executive was the wrong appointment highlights a common dilemma when appointing people at this level.

  The Leadership Consultant | 3-Oct-2011

  Comments (6)

• Déjà vu

  To my surprise and somewhat consternation I find myself once again chief executive of a hospital 17 years after last running one and five years after stepping down as a chief executive. So what's it like?

  The Leadership Consultant | 17-Jul-2011
• The challenge of acquisition

  The Leadership Consultant | 5-Jun-2011

• The lost opportunity to review management

  The Leadership Consultant | 13-May-2011 Comments (3)

• Defining university hospital status

  The Leadership Consultant | 7-Apr-2011

• Yet another opportunity to reinvent the acute hospital

  The Leadership Consultant | 22-Feb-2011

• Reforms offer best chance to change managerial culture

  The Leadership Consultant | 26-Jan-2011

• Leadership needs to be more local than national

  The Leadership Consultant | 14-Dec-2010 Comments (6)

• Change, altruism and emotions

  The Leadership Consultant | 3-Nov-2010 Comments (2)

Neil Goodwin contributes to:

• The Leadership Consultant