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Navigating the Storms of Healthcare with Manley Hopkinson

Navigating the Storms of Healthcare with Manley Hopkinson

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 The discount code SAFESPACE20 gives 20% off all 12-month access on Pastest’s post-graduate exam platforms If you like the episode please follow on Instagram @safespace.hcp and TikTok @safespacer0 for more content and share. Extended guided meditations are coming soon on my Substack and website www.saferspace.info In this powerful episode of Safe Space, Mariam is joined by Manley Hopkinson, author of Compassionate Leadership and founder of the Compassionate Leadership Academy. Drawing from his extreme experiences ranging from the Royal Navy to racing yachts around the world and trekking to the North Pole, Manley shares profound insights on why compassion and performance are allies, not opposites. Together, they explore how the principles of compassionate leadership can be applied to the high-pressure, often traumatic environment of modern healthcare. Manley deconstructs the myth that compassion is ‘soft’, arguing instead that it is the bedrock of resilience, commitment, and high performance. KEY TAKEAWAYS Compassion isn't just about being nice; it's about understanding with positive action. It serves as the foundation for high performance, especially in extreme environments like the North Pole or a busy hospital ward, because it builds the trust and safety necessary for teams to function under pressure. True leadership is about gaining commitment, not just compliance. When leaders tap into an individual's self-worth through compassion, they gain discretionary effort and engagement, whereas forcing compliance only breeds resistance and minimal effort. Compassionate leadership begins with self-compassion and self-awareness. Leaders must understand their own biases, motivations, and emotional states to effectively lead others, especially when navigating the ‘storms’ of a crisis. To go faster and be more effective, leaders should invest time upfront to align the team, establish human connections, and clarify the ‘why’. This ‘stop before you start’ approach builds the commitment needed to weather the inevitable challenges ahead. Effective leadership requires balancing both ‘masculine’ (directive, independent) and ‘feminine’ (nurturing, collaborative) energies. Over-reliance on one, particularly the toxic expectations of traditional masculinity, can hinder performance and well-being. BEST MOMENTS "Compassion is to work with that knowledge with positive intent. That's a hugely powerful statement. So in other words, compassion is understanding with positive action." "The principle of compassionate leadership is sort of almost beaten into healthcare, but it's all focused towards the patient. What it should be directed to is towards the healthcare worker." "You don't fatten a pig by measuring it; you've actually got to feed it. And over-measuring just slows things down, it just makes it even worse." "Compassion is the route to commitment. Commitment is the route to performance. And so much more." "If empathy is to understand, compassion is to work with that knowledge with positive intent." HOST BIO Mariam is a GP trainee in Wales passionate about improving our healthcare colleagues' wellbeing. She has experience on the Schwartz Round Steering group and as a facilitator for her health board, and she created and led the Balint Group Programme for Foundation Doctors in her hospital. These are regular spaces for healthcare professionals to speak about real issues that affect their well-being amongst colleagues to improve mutual support and camaraderie in the workplace. She also holds qualifications in Life Coaching and healthcare leadership and management. Whatever your reason for joining us on this podcast, we are glad you have taken the time. If you are having stressful days at work, leaving you feeling demotivated, and depleted, I'm hoping I can help here. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/
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