LEAD in Healthcare

Healthcare invests years in training its clinicians, and far less in the people who lead the organisations around them.

LEAD in Healthcare is leadership development built from real situations in hospitals, including what went wrong, so that others do not have to learn the same lessons the hard way.

At the Forbes Middle East Healthcare Leaders Summit
Leading with Purpose in HealthcareChristian Schuhmacher
The book · Published March 2027

Leading with Purpose in Healthcare

Building resilient teams, cultures and systems that serve patients

Written from the hospitals I opened, ran and governed, including what went wrong. It sets out the four areas every healthcare leader works on, and everything in LEAD in Healthcare is built from it.

Who it is for

Three groups in particular

Leadership is learned from people, in teams, over time. The work is built for those who are taking on that responsibility now.

Christian Schuhmacher with his team at King’s College Hospital London, Dubai
With the team at King’s College Hospital London, Dubai
Clinicians moving into managementConsultants, heads of department, chief nurses and senior clinicians who take on managerial leadership, usually excellent clinically and rarely prepared for the new role.
Professionals joining healthcareLeaders from consulting, finance, technology and other industries who know management well but are new to how hospitals work.
Leaders preparing for their next stepManagers and executives moving towards wider responsibility, up to the executive committee and the role of Chief Executive.

And for the organisations that employ them: healthcare groups, health authorities and boards that want a common approach to leadership across their teams.

What you work on

Four areas every healthcare leader works on

Whether you are stepping into your first management role or leading an organisation, the work comes back to the same four areas. You can start with any of them, and when you bring your team in, everyone works with the same language.

LLead yourselfYour own role and responsibilities, and your first months in a new position.
EEnable your peopleTeams where people speak up, communicate clearly and stay resilient under pressure.
AAlign the organisationPurpose and values that hold in daily practice, and learning from what goes wrong.
DDevelop what comes nextStrategy when the future is uncertain, and preparing the leaders who follow you.

Everything is built from real hospitals, including the mistakes, so what you take away is judgement you can use the next morning.

What is available

Coaching and speaking now, programmes from 2027

Available nowCoaching and mentoringExecutive coaching and mentoring for chief executives and senior leaders, and support through the first months of a new appointment.Coaching and mentoring →
Available nowKeynotes and conferencesSpeaker, panellist and panel chair at international conferences on healthcare, leadership and the future of health.Speaking →
Published March 2027The bookLeading with Purpose in Healthcare, the basis for everything in LEAD in Healthcare.About the book →

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