Leadership in Practice
The Leadership in Practice podcast, hosted by Gary Hughes, is for all leaders and managers in general practice and primary care. If you are in one of these roles, you’ll know how complicated and difficult it can be.
In each episode I’ll be discussing a business, management or leadership challenge, and I’ll provide ideas and tools to help you understand how you can be a better leader of your practice.
If you want to be a regular listener to the show the easiest way is to subscribe on
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Episodes
32 episodes
Should all practices have a Managing Partner
I believe every practice should have a managing partner. That should be the most senior non-clinician, probably the Practice Manager. I believe it’s to the benefit of the practice, the partners, the staff and the patients. Yet only a small numb...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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47:03
Financial Management in Practice
This episode is a must listen for Practice Managers, PCN Managers, Finance Partners, and anyone else who might be looking after the money. It’s a really helpful episode, that’s worth sharing.Finance in primary care is complicated, and di...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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48:07
How coaching can help you and your team
Is your own personal growth really important to you, and have you got a passion for developing your team?I’d answer yes to both of those questions, but sometimes you hit a bump in the road that you’ll only get over with some additional e...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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44:08
Bringing your values to life
Agreeing our values is important, for a practice as much as it is for us as individuals.Living our values is essential for primary care and is so connected to what we do in general practice and primary care networks. They are often ident...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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41:15
Building resilience in practice
Resilience is now a must have skill for leaders and managers in primary care, such are the demands and pressures of the job, In this episode we talk to Farnaaz Sharief, join in and you’ll be listening t...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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32:07
The Power of a Purpose in Primary Care
In this episode we dive into the crucial topic of ‘purpose’. It’s an area that is not always fully understood, or embraced, and we explore what we mean by purpose, what it means for a practice or PCN, and what makes it more than jus...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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38:04
Succession planning in primary care
I suspect succession planning and talent management are unfamiliar activities for many in general practice and primary care. Maybe they’re not on your radar, or you’re not sure what they mean or whether they’re relevant to a practice or primary...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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23:57
Maximising the PCN Practice relationship
Primary Care Networks are now an important and established part of the primary care landscape but as Tara Humphrey points out in this episode, with multiple organisations coming togethe...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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38:00
Avoiding the legal pitfalls in primary care
If you think you should only speak to your lawyer when something has gone wrong, you might want to think again. This episode with Edwina Farrell was a real eye opener. It left me in no doubt that your lawyer is there to prevent thin...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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46:29
Understanding the Partner PM relationship
The relationship between the Practice Manager and the Partners is the most important one in the practice.So much is impacted by this relationship and when it’s positive it benefits everything and everyone, but a negative one can be extre...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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35:39
Managing a business in primary care
General practice, PCNs and federations are businesses in every sense of the word but it’s not always easy to get everyone involved to acknowledge this.Its sometimes even harder for all concerned to adopt that approach to the management a...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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42:22
What's expected of a Practice Manager
This episode is as much for GP Partners as it is for Practice Managers. It will help you if you’re setting the expectations or expectations have been made of you. What’s expected of a Practice Manager can vary greatly, and they’re o...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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37:55
A look inside Leadership in Practice
The interviewer you are listening to in this podcast is ‘Niamh’, an AI voice powered by PlayHT, https://play.ht/.I wanted to do a solo episode to share more about my career, interests and Leadership in Prac...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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20:18
The skillset of the ideal Practice Manager
The role of a Practice Manager has changed greatly since I joined general practice in 2008. The responsibilities are varied, extensive and significant, and in any other sector they would be in the job description of a Managing Director or Opera...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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36:10
Managing Conflicts in General Practice
Most Practice Managers will have experienced conflict in the practice partnership. That might be constant and never ending niggles and discontent, to full-blown infighting and hostility. It may be between partners or even between th...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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37:01
Quality Improvement in Practice
If, like me, you've never really embraced, understood, or been a fan of QI or quality improvement, this podcast might make you think again. QI is firmly established in primary care. We see it in QOF, CQC and programmes like GPIP, bu...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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29:19
Leading in impossible situations
In this episode of the Leadership in Practice podcast I am joined by Chris Locke to discuss how we can successfully lead in impossible situations. The current climate in pri...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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20:12
Leading the recovery from a crisis
We’ve been through so much difficulty and change recently, the thought of more is daunting. Yet as we begin recovering from this crisis, we face more change. We’ll have time to get it right, and to make it less painful, but we may ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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8:49
Have you lost your mojo?
Right now it can be hard to find things to look forward to, and jobs that we loved may have become monotonous or all consuming. If you find yourself in that situation it will be no surprise if you’ve lost your motivation. It’s an u...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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8:58
RACE - a plan for your practice's digital marketing
General practice is fast paced and constantly changing. Demands from patients and stakeholder are ever increasing as is the need to be constantly in touch with them. And this year has shown more than ever how we constantly need to share message...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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12:09
Leading in a crisis
Most leaders are likely to find themselves leading through a crisis at some point. This last year has almost certainly put every leader in that position. In a crisis panic, fear and anxiety can affect everyone. For a leader you might want to lo...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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12:00
3 points to see how you're driving
Every manager or leader needs a way of knowing how their practice is doing. Is everything going well or are there problems ahead? Without this it’s like driving blindfold. You need a system and a set of measures that monitors, measu...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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10:08
Difficult conversations
If you liked this podcast you can find even more ideas and tools to help you improve your Leadership in my book Leadership in Practice and my blogs posted o...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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9:27