Anne Axford
As associate director for learning and development at Portsmouth PCT, Anne believes everyone has potential to grow, whatever stage they are at in their career.
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Bridging the financial gap
The challenge of reducing spend continues and managers are looking ever more creatively at how to reduce the bottom line. I think I may have found a solution!
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A short course in leadership
What is leadership all about, and how can you learn to be a better leader. Do you need to go on a course, read a book, or what?
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Cluster development
What are people doing to support staff who will be working in clusters? What are the "must do" activities, and how can clusters share best practice?
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Self Coaching - is it possible?
Exploring the value of self coaching and whether it is a substitute for one to one coaching, and the support of a coaching style of management
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Tyranny of When
How many of us have thought, at some time, I’ll really feel happy when (I’ve got the promotion, bought the new car, been on a world cruise…or whatever) and see happiness as something over the horizon - when what we already have is something to celebrate?
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Thrive, survive and take control
How to manage the changes that you may not have chosen and emerge positively
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Career coaching
Why are we so backward in coming forward? Writing a list of our achievements doesn't come easily to most people - and now is the time to learn.
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Managing Change
As the changes to the NHS continue to exercise the minds of NHS staff potentially "affected by change" what are the main themes emerging?
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Developing the Healthcare Workforce
Consultations come thick and fast, a bit like the current weather.
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Healthy Lives, Healthy People....
Ring fenced public health budgets may be too late for resources currently facing the axe in local government budget cuts
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PCT fall guys
PCTs are in the frame again - this time Dame Barbara Hakin warns GP consortia not to turn to them for support, highlighting other options available to them. How does this feel if you work in a PCT?
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Arbinger Institute's Self Deception
What if you had a problem, but you didn't know that you had a problem? Do you see people as people or as objects? Are you carrying around boxes that prevent you making the right choices in what you do?
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We need to celebrate best practice in tough financial times
Should we be spending scarce resource on award ceremonies that recognise achievements and effort? I think this is money well spent.
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If you can, do: if you can't....
A tidal wave of conferences, seminars, webinars and more - how valuable are they, and how much do they contribute to the debate?
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Being free at the point of need is one of the NHS's greatest strengths
Comparing the NHS to the US health system, and making a plea to retain the best of what the NHS offers at a time when “all change” may be seen as the holy grail
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The NHS needs active listeners
Active listening - it is said we are given two ears and one mouth, and should therefore listen twice as much as we speak. John Whitmore, in his book “Coaching for Performance” tells us that most people are not good at listening to others, and that it is a skill ...
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What does it feel like to be a PCT manager?
PCTs will disappear from 2013 - what does it feel like to be a manager in one?
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Should we eradicate dyslexia?
There are some highly successful and influential people who have dyslexia, and some might argue that it is this that has given them the abilities they needed to succeed. What are the positive aspects?
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Networking
How effective are you at networking? Do you get the best out of it, and do you know what works best?
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Good to Great
Andy Burnham’s vision for the NHS for the next 5 years - preventative, people-centred, productive. Oh, and computers….