Melanie Wilkey is a seasoned leader with over three decades of experience, adept at navigating the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare. Throughout her career, she has continually emphasized the importance of self-awareness in leadership, recognizing it as a crucial lens through which to view and enhance her effectiveness within complex organizational contexts. Working in a partnership-driven environment, Melanie understands the significance of perception—from peers to line managers and partners—in shaping successful leadership dynamics.
Her approach focuses on understanding the needs of her team, supporting and developing them aptly to meet the challenges of a 24/7 world where healthcare delivery is rapidly evolving due to new innovations and higher patient expectations. As the industry transforms, Melanie remains committed to adapting her leadership style, valuing empathy and introspection to meet the demands of the present and future.
Melanie shares her rich expertise in healthcare and leadership as we explore how feelings of imposture can impact leadership dynamics, recruitment processes, and organizational culture. From understanding the subtle differences between the “imposter phenomenon” and “imposter syndrome” to discussing innovative recruitment practices and fostering self-awareness in leaders, this episode promises to offer practical insights and strategies for navigating these complex issues.
Join us as we uncover how to balance authenticity and confidence in leadership while embracing the invaluable opportunities that lie within challenges and change.
Nia is an expert leader who talks the talk and walks the walk.
She is an academically awarded thought leader in self-aware leadership and practices self-aware leadership every single day in her role as a Director in a Children’s Charity.
Nia is a frequent blogger, a passionate podcaster of The Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast and the author of The Self-Awareness Superhighway.
Nia is on a mission to develop self-aware leaders to create kinder, more respectful and creative working relationships through reflection, recognition and regulation.
Nia has spent 25 years working in the public sector across local government, the NHS, civil service, and in the last few years, charitable sector in Wales and England. Her role as a charity director is ‘what’ she does and ‘self-aware leadership’ is ‘how’ she does it.
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