The Middle
Jan 16, 2020
Sarah Murphy, Rethink Mental Illness
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Sarah is an associate director at Rethink, a mental health charity. She joins host Stephen Willson to address the unique middle management challenges in commissioned charity work. In addition we encounter familiar themes from previous episodes set in the private sector.
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Sep 14, 2023
Tom Clarke-Forrest, Sport4Life
Tom Clarke-Forrest is the founder and CEO of the youth-focused charity Sport4Life.
He joins Stephen Willson to explore the middle management challenges for a founder developing a business from start-up to thirty employees, balancing fund-raising and operations. The parallels with commercial businesses are numerous and striking.
While growth has always been an objective the issue takes on new proportions with the prospect of working nationally .
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Jun 7, 2023
Andy, NHS hospital doctor
Andy is a junior doctor in an NHS trust hospital sharing his observations in five NHS trusts.
He joins Stephen Willson to explore the middle management challenges in hospitals in the national health system. The episode focuses on numerous tensions implicit within the NHS constitution of improving public health and wellbeing.
Should doctors be encourated to share staff across deparments given fluctuating demands that may push one over capacity while an adjoining area has surplus capacity?
How can the demands of different departments be reconciled when it comes to prioritising the limited capacity of shared services such as operating theatres and laboratories?
Are general hospitals the appropriate channel for patients with mental health issues since they appear to disproportionately absorb resources and disrupt throughput?
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Apr 26, 2023
Shakti Singh, Ramboll Group
Shakti Singh is the senior finance director at Ramboll Group A/S an international engineering consultancy based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
She joins Stephen Willson to explore the middle management challenges in bringing about successful business transformation. A particular issue is whether shared services should be local or centralized.
Shakti draws on her international experience to illustrate approaches and pitfalls when businesses obsolete their existing business models before a competitor does it for them.
Consideration is also given to the influence of the nature of the industry and the international setting rather than attempting a one-size-fits-all approach.
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