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Paul Allen on business principles for the NHS

Last year, I wrote an article for this column on the role leadership plays in building and sustaining great organisations. It featured the work of Jim Collins, author of Good to Great and Built To Last. 
  • Published:21 May 2008 09:00
  • Author: Paul Allen

Recipes for organisational success

High-performing organisations - inside and outside the NHS - have a number of management techniques in common, explains Paul Allen
  • Published:26 March 2008 09:00
  • Author: Paul Allen

Paul Allen on making the most of management competencies

Understanding competency frameworks can help the NHS use them to their full potential
  • Published:30 January 2008 09:00
  • Author: Paul Allen

Leadership in the NHS - how to sponsor change

To make any change project successful, a good sponsor is essential. Paul Allen explains what the role demands
  • Published:21 November 2007 09:00
  • Author: Paul Allen

Paul Allen on the will to succeed

Sports psychology teaches us that a positive attitude and self-belief are the keys to success
  • Published:23 October 2007 09:00
  • Author: Paul Allen

Paul Allen on a fashionable performance

'All teams should take a long hard look at their communication and decision-making processes'
  • Published:29 August 2007 09:39
  • Author: Paul Allen

Paul Allen on lessons from the playground | Working lives

'The most effective childhood leaders were the ones who listened, understood what the other children wanted to do, and gave it to them'
  • Published:30 July 2007 00:00
  • Author: Paul Allen
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