Send us a textToday is a special episode of the podcast where I'm welcoming friends, leaders from all sorts of branches of healthcare to share a book that means something to them about leadership. We would like to dedicate this episode to the memory of Dr Jenny Vaughan who died recently. She was perhaps best known for her campaigning work with Doctors Association UK, https://www.dauk.org/ leading the learn not blame campaign and championing the concept of just culture as well as for campaigning on behalf of Mr David Sellu and Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garber. In this she was the embodiment of authentic allyship and anti-racist leadership and a role model for us all. Some of the book choices in this episode might well be on a leadership course reading list, some probably aren't. All of them should be though I suppose it depends who's writing the list and what they mean by leadership! I hope here we have a diversity of thought and a number of reflections on the different facets of leadership on what they mean to these wonderful people who are leaders in their own fields. We have some classic children's fiction: The Jungle Book and Alice in Wonderland. We have a military leadership manual. We have books about psychology, about self-help, we have short stories and all sorts of others. A huge thank you to everyone who's been involved in making this episode and I hope that after you've listened you really will be in a position to take your leadership to the next level.Partha Kar recommends The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kiplinghttps://twitter.com/parthaskarAnna Baverstock recommends Dare to Lead by Brene Brownhttps://twitter.com/anna_annabavErin Carn-Bennett recommends Think Again by Adam Granthttps://twitter.com/erincarnbennettCaroline Walker aka The Joyful Doctor recommends the Jeeves and Wooster series by PG Wodehousehttps://twitter.com/joyful_doctorEvie Mensah recommends Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uche Blackstockhttps://twitter.com/eveoshHelen Blomfield recommends Reinventing Organisations by Frederic Lalouxhttps://twitter.com/helenblomfield8Nicola Fisher recommends Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrollhttps://twitter.com/NicolaFisherRNDave Hindmarsh recommends Turn the Ship Around by David Marquethttps://twitter.com/GP_TemplatesMargaret Ikpoh recommends Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hersey https://twitter.com/docmagsyClaire McKie recommends The Promise that Changes Everything by Nancy Klinehttps://twitter.com/claire_mckie_
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