22 December 2025 It has become a custom to share my reflections annually - reflecting on the changing context, many leadership challenges and my own learning from each year. I’ve found it a cathartic way of closing my year before feeling able to step back for the one real break of the year. I hope my reflections provide some hope to those coming to the end of their own nightmare years. It's been a tough year. Two charities dear to my heart have closed their doors with me at t

Charlie Brown, CEO The Staff College: Leadership in Healthcare 10 July 2025 The final Staff College blog There are many ‘finals’ to...

Charlie Brown, CEO The Staff College: Leadership in Healthcare 16 January 2025 At Staff College we often say that there is no learning without reflection. Without taking the time to consider how you approached something, think about how what you did impacted on what you wanted to achieve, and to decide whether you would do something differently when faced with the same situation again. So, as we transition from the ‘old’ year to the ‘new’ I start the year's blogs sharing some

Charlie Brown, CEO The Staff College: Leadership in Healthcare 5 January 2024 And so, just like that, another year is upon us.  For me, this week signals a return to the web of different routines in our household and the renewed juggle of complementary and conflicting needs.  But before the new year fully takes off and in recognition that there is something about the transition between years that prompts important moments of reflection, I have endeavoured to put pen to paper

Charlie Brown, CEO The Staff College: Leadership in Healthcare 13 April 2023 A question has been occupying the shadow of my thoughts in recent weeks, ‘what makes people want to change?’ We meet many leaders through our programmes and most will have decided for themselves that the time is right for them to develop their leadership skills and practice further.  But there is an ever present mention of their ‘difficult’ colleagues.  Individuals lacking the awareness of their beha