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Managing your workload (leadership series)

This webinar will consider how work is changing in a hybrid world and what we can learn about maximising our productivity while recognising while maintaining our wellbeing. This session will explore how NHS staff can redesign the way they work, making the most of technology, staying connected in remote teams, and managing daily demands with more clarity and control.

Date Friday, 20 March 2026 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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What you’ll learn

  • Insights from Lynda Gratton’s research on redesigning work to balance technology benefits with the challenges of remote teams and an ageing workforce
  • How to address issues like team silos and increasing retirement age through smarter work design
  • Practical strategies from Caroline Webb that blend time management, mindfulness, and behavioural science
  • Techniques to tackle daily overwhelm and boost confidence in managing demanding to-do lists

Who is this webinar for?

  • NHS staff navigating the challenges of remote or hybrid working environments
  • Individuals seeking practical tools to manage time, focus, and daily demands more effectively
  • Staff interested in applying behavioural science and mindfulness to improve their workday experience
  • Managers and team leaders looking to redesign work for better collaboration and productivity

Lead facilitators

Sally Vaughan

Sally started her career as an NHS General Management Trainee in 2006, gaining an MSc in Healthcare Leadership and Management as part of this programme. She has worked in various operational management roles across mental health and acute services since then, mainly in London teaching hospitals. More recently she was the Associate Director for Surgery, Theatres, Anaesthetics and Critical Care at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, successfully leading those services through the Covid pandemic surges and elective recovery phases. Sally is a qualified coach and has training in Quality Improvement methodology.

Sally supported the opening of the Heatherwood Hospital as a state of the art orthopaedic and opthalmology elective centre at Frimley Health and increased Critical Care capacity permanently as part of the post-Covid response. Her leadership and coordination of surgical services at Frimley saw some of the first 'green pathway' elective patients treated outside of London in a Covid-safe environment against a backdrop of her Trust treating the 4th highest level of Covid patients in the country.

Sally has completed the Nye Bevan Programme and she is a MBTI Step I and Step II qualified facilitator. She also has a Post-Grad Diploma in Organisational Development Practice.

Andy Mitchell

Andy is Assistant Director at NHS Elect and works across the AEC and Acute Frailty Networks.  Andrew has over 20 years’ experience in Urgent and Emergency Care, Acute Medicine and Critical Care within the NHS and internationally.

Andy initially developed his clinical career in a number of EDs as well as other acute and critical care areas, becoming a Service Lead and Advanced Nurse Practitioner.

Andy has previously developed and implemented a nurse-led AEC service and during his time with NHS ELect has worked with over 50 Trusts and other providers across the UK in optimising their SDEC offers. He has particular interests in Experience Based Design, nursing workforce and development, and Quality Improvement techniques.

In addition to his work at NHS Elect, Andy has undertaken interim strategy posts and provides consultancy to nursing agencies.  Andrew has been a visiting postgraduate lecturer in Emergency Practice and is passionate about promoting Advanced Nursing.

What participants say

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of attendees would recommend this session to a colleague.

“Easy to follow webinar, great speakers and a wider understanding of emotional intelligence.”