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Today I’m talking to Tendai Wileman, Chief of Staff and Director of Organisational Change at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust. Tendai grew up in Zimbabwe and went to university in South Africa, before completing an MBA at Warwick Business School. Over two decades, Tendai has held various corporate and operational roles in healthcare, and has spent the last 10 years leading large-scale change within and across functional and organisational boundaries.
She is a sponsor of the LGBT+ network at Guy’s & St. Thomas’ and is passionate about diversity and inclusion, believing strongly that ‘that which unites us all, is greater than that which separates us’.
In our conversation, Tendai shares…
- Her desire to keep learning and saying ‘Yes’ to the Discomfort Zone
- Finding the balance between the external and the internal
- And the questions she asks her NHS team when they are all under pressure
Outline📍
00:00 Intro
02:48 How does Pressure turn up for you?
04:48 Transforming Self-Doubt into Growth: Finding Enough Within
08:58 Balancing Self-Awareness and Recognizing Pressure Signals in Ourselves and Others
11:58 Managing Key Pressures Across Work Responsibilities & Home Life
15:37 Leading Under NHS Pressure: Real-World Strategies for Inspiring & Energizing Teams
22:30 Insight 1: Lessons learned
24:31 The Power of 'Why': Shaping Perspective through Purpose
25:34 Discovering Resilience: What Fuels the Ability to Stay Strong?
33:41 Reframing Challenges: Transforming Pressure into an Opportunity for Growth
43:52 Insight 2: Lessons learned
46:52 What 2 pieces of advice would you pass forward to people listening?
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By Sara Milne RoweToday I’m talking to Tendai Wileman, Chief of Staff and Director of Organisational Change at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust. Tendai grew up in Zimbabwe and went to university in South Africa, before completing an MBA at Warwick Business School. Over two decades, Tendai has held various corporate and operational roles in healthcare, and has spent the last 10 years leading large-scale change within and across functional and organisational boundaries.
She is a sponsor of the LGBT+ network at Guy’s & St. Thomas’ and is passionate about diversity and inclusion, believing strongly that ‘that which unites us all, is greater than that which separates us’.
In our conversation, Tendai shares…
- Her desire to keep learning and saying ‘Yes’ to the Discomfort Zone
- Finding the balance between the external and the internal
- And the questions she asks her NHS team when they are all under pressure
Outline📍
00:00 Intro
02:48 How does Pressure turn up for you?
04:48 Transforming Self-Doubt into Growth: Finding Enough Within
08:58 Balancing Self-Awareness and Recognizing Pressure Signals in Ourselves and Others
11:58 Managing Key Pressures Across Work Responsibilities & Home Life
15:37 Leading Under NHS Pressure: Real-World Strategies for Inspiring & Energizing Teams
22:30 Insight 1: Lessons learned
24:31 The Power of 'Why': Shaping Perspective through Purpose
25:34 Discovering Resilience: What Fuels the Ability to Stay Strong?
33:41 Reframing Challenges: Transforming Pressure into an Opportunity for Growth
43:52 Insight 2: Lessons learned
46:52 What 2 pieces of advice would you pass forward to people listening?