Welcome to the Positive Change Podcast, I am Liza Collins an Executive Leadership Coach with over 25 years of leading healthy teams and transformation in the NHS. I am a passionate advocate for positive change and want to build a repository of positive change initiatives that people are working on for social change.
Join me as I interview the innovators and change makers who are pioneering a healthier, more inclusive and sustainable future for us all. Each episode will share actionable strategies for greater success, motivation and happiness in our workplaces, communities and beyond.
Today, i’m joined by Simon, the founder of the movement Keeping the NHS Honest. With a background in engineering and project management, Simon’s own experiences navigating the NHS as a patient opened his eyes to systemic failings that too often leave people unheard and unsupported. Rather than staying silent, he’s turned his experiences into action – creating a campaign that calls for transparency, accountability, and genuine change within the NHS. Simon’s work is challenging the status quo and giving a voice to those failed by the very system meant to care for them.
Here are the links to his socials:
Website: Campaigning for an independent NHS Complaints Process (https://www.keepingthenhshonest.co.uk/) (https://www.keepingthenhshonest.co.uk/ (https://www.keepingthenhshonest.co.uk/))
X (twitter): (5) X (https://x.com/keepnhshonest) https://x.com/keepnhshonest (https://x.com/keepnhshonest)
Simon’s LinkedIn Profile: Simon Shemilt | LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-shemilt-706326274/) https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-shemilt-706326274/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-shemilt-706326274/)
Facebook Campaign Group (Private): (1) Campaign for Positive Change for a Better NHS | Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/2265686493638190 (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2265686493638190)
Facebook Page that people can follow: Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572640654843)
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572640654843 (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61572640654843)
Say So, and upcoming joint venture: Confidential Reporting & Speak Up Services for Safe Workplaces | Say Sohttps://www.say-so.co.uk/ (https://www.say-so.co.uk/)
10 Apr 2025
Ep. 21 - Leading Through Life's Storms with Alexandra Walker
Join me as I speak with Alexandra Walker, a certified coach who supports leaders facing life storms to thrive both professionally and personally. She has particular training in trauma informed work, grief and loss, and emotional freedom techniques (tapping).
A former senior civil servant and charity leader, she has overcome a number of challenging life storms, including longstanding emotional abuse from her father, a former UK politician.
She founded Damsel Not In Distress® and published her first book, Reclaiming Christmas, in 2023. An accredited member of the ACCPH and a trustee of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland, she lives with her husband Simon in the North West Highlands of Scotland.
Damsel Not In Distress Summit 2025 - launches on 12 May - click below to find out more and join all the other amazing women reclaiming their power as they navigate life storms. https://summit.damselnotindistress.co.uk/summit-2025?am_id=lizacollins8744 (https://summit.damselnotindistress.co.uk/summit-2025?am_id=lizacollins8744)
25 Mar 2025
Ep. 20 - Developing Leadership Character with Prof Mary Crossan
Dr. Mary Crossan is a Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Strategic Leadership at the Ivey Business School, Western University. In 2021 she was recognised on a global list representing the top two per cent of the most cited scientists in her discipline, and in 2023 she received the life-time career achievement Academy of Management Distinguished Educator award.
Her research on leader character, organizational learning and strategic renewal, and improvisation is published in over 100 articles and books. Her recent research focuses on the development of leader character as a critical foundation to support and elevate leader competencies. The “Developing Leadership Character” and the “Character Compass” books are a culmination of the team’s research on leader character. She is also a co-host of the Question of Character podcast series, a co-founder of Leader Character Associates and co-founder of the Virtuosity app. She works with organisations around the world on developing and investing in leader character.
Here are some links to the resources.
Virtuosity app - https://virtuositycharacter.ca/ (https://virtuositycharacter.ca/)
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/make-leader-character-your-competitive-edge/ (https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/make-leader-character-your-competitive-edge/)
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/make-character-count-in-hiring-and-promoting/ (https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/make-character-count-in-hiring-and-promoting/)
https://www.cutter.com/article/cracking-code-leader-character-development-competitive-advantage (https://www.cutter.com/article/cracking-code-leader-character-development-competitive-advantage)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marycrossan/ (https://www.forbes.com/sites/marycrossan/)
You can follow Mary on LI here.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-crossan-048ba5269
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