Leading during uncertainty
Management in Medicine
Saturday 15 February 2025 09:30 to 14:00Speakers: |
Dr Oscar Lyons |
Location: |
EP Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green Templeton College |
About the speakers
Dr Oscar Lyons is a medical doctor, leadership educator and researcher. Oscar has developed leadership development programmes for doctors, allied health professionals and researchers across a range of NHS organisations and universities. He was Programme Director for the first cohort of the Oxford University MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership. He has run Master’s modules on the Oxford MSc in Evidence-Based Healthcare and MSc in Surgical Sciences, and has taught on the MBA. Oscar is also an Associate Editor for BMJ Leader, the leading international journal for healthcare leadership.
Mary Fenwick is Co-Programme Director of the Oxford Emerging Leaders Programme. Mary is a qualified executive coach, a Fellow of the Institute of Coaching, and an external examiner for Henley Business School in coaching. Her professional background is journalism, corporate public affairs, educational fundraising, and networking. Her interests and experience include the impact of gender, ethnicity, bullying, and neurodiversity. She is trained in Mindful Self-Compassion Core Skills, and Mental Health First Aid, and is currently developing her trauma-informed practice.
About the event
Leadership often requires us to respond to uncertainty in ways that help teams to work effectively and to achieve our goals for patients. In this interactive session the speakers will introduce some tools to help participants consciously choose how to lead and support teams during uncertainty.
The speakers will explore:
- Dysfunctional momentum
- Communication recalibration
- Team resilience and shared adversity
- Value-based decision-making
- Prioritisation
