Inclusive Recruitment: The Partnership Between The Royal Wolverhampton and The Prince's Trust

Vilma Nikolaidou the Associate Director of HR from University of the Arts London joins us for our fourth episode. Vilma shares her experience of doing OD in the higher education sector in a time of hybrid working, growing inequality and short term thinking. Vilma talks about how we can hold the tension between complexity and simplicity when we all have very little headspace, and how being in service of others is key to the future of OD in our ever changing workplaces.

DoOD: Being in the service of others with Vilma Nikolaidou

In this episode we hear from Mee-Yan Cheung Judge and Linda Holbeche, friends of Do OD and authors of our favourite handbook: Organisation Development. On the release of the third edition, Mee-Yan and Linda join us to talk about the big changes happening in the world of work. With changing technology and widening inequality, how can we create work that amplifies the best of humanity? They talk about power, politics and the courage needed to make a difference when the scale and intensity of change continues to increase.

DoOD: Catalysts for change with Mee-Yan Cheung Judge & Linda Holbeche

For our final episode we are joined by Naomi Stanford, Organisation Design author & consultant who brings a wealth of experience in both organisation development, and organisation design which she has written at length on. Naomi talks about the impact of hybrid working and how we can hold space to explore the fundamental question of what work is and how we can reconsider what is important using design principles to shape our workplaces.

DoOD: Allow for the unexpected with Naomi Stanford

Sheena Cartwright is a thought leader in Gestalt OD and an experienced OD consultant.  Sheena joins us to explore the practice of OD through the lens of Gestalt Theory. In a time when there is too much going on, how do we take a step back to notice the patterns that stand out so we can calibrate our response in the best way?  Sheena talks about the power of intention and how we can use our presence to nudge systems forward…even if it means we don’t get flowers at the end.

DoOD: Nudging systems forward with Sheena Cartwright

This story begins with a letter sent to seven year old Matilda at the start of the pandemic.  But the story behind the letter starts four years earlier when the Isle of Wight NHS Trust was placed in special measures and had one of the lowest staff experience scores in the NHS.   Today it is one of the most improved trusts for staff experience and is fully out of special measures.  This is the story of the leadership journey that brought about a remarkable change.

Dear Matilda: how great leadership turned around a trust.

#EQW2022: The Power of Staff Networks

In 2020, when COVID struck, Alder Hey’s response to the pandemic and to the support offered to staff had been shaped by events of 2018 and a case involving a young boy with an incurable neurogenerative condition.

Steven Weeks, policy manager at NHS Employers, spoke to staff about the new approach the Trust adopted following the case and how it helped support staff during the pandemic.

Alder Hey: Taking an organisation-wide approach to support health and wellbeing

Glenda is the CEO of the Human Systems Dynamics Institute and joins us to discuss OD in a time of uncertainty. We need a radically different way to think about planning where we focus on questions as much as answers. In a time when organisational structures are breaking down, how can we support individuals to build their adaptive capacity to learn? As you’ll hear, Glenda encourages us to see complexity as a practice, using the power of possibility to move forward.

Do OD: Complexity is a practice with Glenda Eoyang

International Nurse Retention

In this podcast, NHS Employers’ Steven Weeks is joined by Dilys Robinson of the Institute for Employment Studies to discuss the NHS Employers staff engagement training and support programme for line managers. Seven organisations have already taken part in the programme and Dilys, who provided the training, shares the outcomes.

Supporting line managers to engage their teams

Implementing a health and wellbeing strategy - Justin Varney

How can we respond to the challenge of reward in the NHS?  Paul Wallace, Director of Employment Relations and Reward at NHS Employers meets Steve Ned, Director of HR and OD at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and Sarah Messenger, LGA Consultant at the Local Government Association, to find out.

Reward: An NHS and Local Government perspective

A new vision of leadership - Health and Care Women Leaders Ep. 5

At the NHS Employers Workforce Summit in June our programme lead Robyn Palmer caught up with John Timpson CBE, chairman and owner of Timpson, the shoe repair and key cutting company.

In this podcast they talk about the importance of recruiting the right people, and the need for autonomy for frontline staff. Hear them discuss some of the challenges facing staff in the NHS and how John Timpson’s experiences might apply to the NHS context.

An outside perspective of recruitment & retention in the NHS with John Timpson

Professional Development Strategy: Implementing the Map of Influence & Role Remit

In this podcast, Robyn Swain, a programme lead for the workforce supply programme at NHS Employers, explores a coaching style model to support learners in the workplace, which James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been using on its wards.

We hear from Sharon Crowle, head of education and practice development at James Paget and Karen Thom, a clinical educator at the trust, about the strengths of this coaching model compared to traditional one to one mentoring and the impact it has had on the quality of learning.

We hear the views of students who have experienced the coaching model first-hand and how they feel it has benefitted them. There is also advice to other trusts who may wish to adopt the CLiP model.

Exploring the CLiP (Collaborative Learning in Practice) Model

HPMA Awards 2019 - Social Partnership Forum Category

Transforming the Ambulance Service across the Four Nations

In this podcast Deborah Lee, chief executive of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust talks about her decision to share her own experience of mental health with her staff, and the importance of leading the way and tackle stigmas associated with mental illness. She encourages leaders to develop organisational cultures that prioritise the mental wellbeing of staff and enable open discussion of mental health, saying “one of the responsibilities of leaders is not just to lead the organisation you are in, but to recognise that you can set the tone for leadership more generally.”

On the podcast we also hear from Abigail Hopewell, head of leadership and organisational development at the trust, reflecting on the impact of Deborah’s openness and leadership on organisational culture, and Mark Pietroni, medical director and executive board champion for mental health who offers top tips on how to effectively engage senior board members with your health and wellbeing agenda.

Sean Duggan, chief executive of the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network narrates the podcast providing insights on supporting staff with mental health in the workplace.

Deborah Lee on mental health - leading the way and tackling stigma

Reward outside of the NHS: University of Lincoln

Listen to our podcast, recorded at a SPF People Plan workshop, to hear Danny Mortimer (NHS Employers) in conversation with Sara Gorton (UNISON), Claire Sullivan (CSP) and Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe (Unite), on trade union involvement in the NHS People Plan.

Why partnership working with trade unions is central to making the NHS People Plan meaningful

In this podcast Kate Morrissey, senior national programme manager and national implementation lead for RECONNECT at NHS England and Improvement, shares her experiences of applying for roles with a criminal record.

Kate talks us through what made those experiences both good and bad, her motivations for working in the NHS, and why she remains passionate about her roles.

Jessica Rose, campaigns manager at Business in the Community, discusses what the evidence says on the impact employment can have on someone with a criminal record seeking to rehabilitate.

Caroline Waterfield, deputy director of development and employment, at NHS Employers, narrates the podcast which also suggests adjustments employers can make to make their recruitment processes more inclusive.

Inclusive and Safe Recruitment Ep. 1: Kate Morrissey's story

In this podcast we hear from Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust on its approach to inclusive recruitment, and how apprenticeships form a key part of this.

We spoke to Raffaela Goodby, director of people and organisation development, and Lawrence Kelly, learning works coordinator, to discuss what inclusive recruitment means to the trust, why they are passionate about it, and the impact it has on the services the trust provides and on the health of its local community.

We also hear from Paulina Lapinski on her experience of completing an apprenticeship at Sandwell through the trust's Live and Work programme.

Inclusive and Safe Recruitment Ep. 2: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Social Partnership Forum: The Hillingdon Hospital's People Strategy

International Integrated Care Models Ep. 1: The ESTHER Approach

International Integrated Care Models Ep. 3: Connecting Care for Children

HPMA Awards 2020: Social Partnership Forum Finalist Steve Grundy

International Integrated Care Models Ep. 4: The SAM:BO Agreement

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