The Constants

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The Constants

• Change
• Principles
• Choice

(Covey, 2006)
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Change
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Challenges to Developing Practice

• The greatest difficulty in the world is not for
  people to accept new ideas, but to make them
  forget their old ideas! John Maynard Keynes

Are you kidding? I like it here!
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The one indisputable fact that
characterises organisational life, is that CHANGE
is inevitable.
(Alimo-Metcalfe Alimo-Metcalfe, 2005)
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• Position
• Power
• Pay
• Possessions
• People
• Prestige  
• Privileges

Fear!
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The truth is that our finest moments are most
likely to occur when we are feeling deeply
uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled.

M.Scott Peck
For it is only in such moments, propelled
by our discomfort, that we are likely to
step out of our ruts and start searching
for different ways or truer
answers.

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no
one thinks of changing themselves. Leo Tolstoy
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If you want to see
change, be the
change you want to
see
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As leaders in NHS Wales,
our job is to deliver the
highest quality healthcare
and create the world class
services as detailed in

Ann Lloyd
Chief Executive,
NHS Wales
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Delivering this challenging strategy
will require the full engagement of clinicians
and other professionals
leading and shaping services, ensuring that high
standards of care will be the key driver
for change.
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Improving the health of Wales
and securing service improvement depends
on EFFECTIVE
LEADERSHIP
at ALL LEVELS in
NHS Wales
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Choice
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Between what happens to us and our response to
it.
..is our freedom to choose our response
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Everyone has 2 choicesORGANIZE
or
go with the flow
(Yoder-Wise, 1999)
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Principles