In 2010, I was privileged to be invited to join GenerationQ, a (Health Foundation and Ashridge) leadership and quality improvement programme. As well as being a catalyst for developing self awareness as a leader it prompted my attention to team and organisational culture, noticing both healthy and unhealthy patterns of behaviour, and lots in between. From 2012 to 2023, I continued to work as GP and leadership work in the NHS, envisioning and leading a number of quality developments, notably including the merger of 4 GP practices to maintain healthcare provision in a Shropshire market town. 

From 2019 to 2022, based on my ongoing interest in mental and emotional health, I completed a diploma with the Human Givens College. In 2023, my interest broaded into the wider world of coaching as an means of being of service to others. I’ve been working with Michael Neil, an internationally renowned coach and  best-selling author. I've completed his “Genius Catalyst”certification and am currently loving his “Living Fearlessly” programme.

Michael’s coaching is based on the 3 Principles, an understanding of how the human experience is created. For me, this understanding has, and continues to, shed a lot of light on my last decade, getting to know myself personally and in the context of life and work relationships. Michael and many others often refer to the 3 Principles, as an understanding how life works from an inside-out (rather than outside-in) perspective. Check back here in a couple of weeks to read a little more of my take on this.

I’m based in Chester, England where I continue to work as a GP. I am an Associate with the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, co-chair of a small charity supporting men with their emotional and spiritual wellbeing and learning to speak German(!).