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@ProfDonnaHall

2 years

Unbelievably no filter on this pic - Inverness 8am ❤️

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2 years

The woman at the front is the UK population.

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@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Met a lot of women like #JACKIEWEAVER calm, intelligent, purposeful, patient, focussed on the issues. I’ve also met a lot of angry, power crazed men who can’t cope with a woman having authority. Raising a glass tonight 🍷 to all the Jackie Weavers in local government & beyond 🙌

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

@DrRosena

3 years

Beyond the humour, the behaviour Jackie Weaver experienced is common place in all levels of politics. Good on her for sticking to it, but people doing their best in local politics, especially women, shouldn't have to put up with that. Deeply off-putting to younger generations.

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3 years

A basic rule of leadership for me is always recruit people who are much better than you. People who bring insight, wisdom, thoughtfulness add great value to the team. But so many leaders seem scared of talent that is better than them. They see it as a threat when it’s a strength

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3 years

How we feel about work comes mainly from our relationship with our manager. Their ability to listen deeply & empathy towards us is a strong indicator of how happy we are in our jobs; yet empathetic leadership isn’t prized in person specs or generally encouraged by organisations.

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1 year

Had a sad conversation with a former colleague today. They said “I love your tweets. You say what I think but can’t say. I’m really sorry I don’t “like” them but leaders in my organisation police people’s twitter likes. It’s career suicide” is this normal in an open NHS culture?

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

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4 years

Never met my Dad. Tracked him down but his family said he wouldn’t be interested. This lovely man adopted me & my sister & gave us all the love & support we needed. A feminist he gave me strong values; made me go to uni when I was scared & died too young. Dads are who love us 💕

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3 years

Wishing a very happy #InternationalWomensDay to every woman who like me has been called any of these things at work: Fiesty Opinionated Strident Strong-willed Bossy Over sensitive Over thinker Bitch This is why we still need to #ChooseToChallenge Wouldn’t say it to a bloke! 🤨

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@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

Maude our lovely gentle rescue ⁦ @GalgosdelSol ⁩ is not a very sneaky sneak thief 😂 she loves butter 🧈 stole some from the kitchen but brought it upstairs because she needed help opening the tub. I love her innocence 😍

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4 years

This guy 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 is my Director of Public Health in Blackburn where I live. He has been told TODAY at 5pm that he starts a tracing system in 10 hours. He has: - no information on system protocol - No additional resources in place locally - 0 standard operating procedures

Dominic Harrison

@ProfDomHarrison

4 years

#COVID19 #Testandtrace Resources 4 local government are not allocated, the systems protocols between levels are not agreed, the SOPs are not agreed, there is not enough testing capacity to even complete the care homes testing for 3 weeks-this system is not up and running yet!

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

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4 years

I wrote this in disbelief yesterday because I couldn’t believe some of the decisions being taken. Like others I’m speaking out about it. Local NHS, councils & communities can save our lives through testing & contact tracing not contact centres & apps.

Snubbing local expertise in favour of private Covid-19 tracing is a disaster | Donna Hall

Councils have been crucial in tackling coronavirus. It’s dangerous of the government to dismiss their expertise now

www.theguardian.com

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

In my personal experience, people desperate to be more senior for the status & title of accountable officer rarely make the best leaders. The single biggest motivation in my career has been applying for a job to stop a plonker getting it 😐

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@ProfDonnaHall

11 months

We won’t be remembered for our job titles, how high we climbed in management structures, plaudits received. We’ll be remembered for how we made people feel, especially those with no voice, the actual difference we made to people’s lives & the light in the eyes of those we love.

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3 years

Most of us will have experienced micromanagement & know it doesn’t work. It leaves people feeling dispirited & worthless. Believing in people, trusting them to innovate & tackle big scary work with support brings out the best in people. Building a team by believing in each other

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4 years

Faceless keyboard warriors hounded her to her death - I know about this stuff after 8 years of abuse whilst trying to do my job & the devastating impact it has on your mental health. Life is precious & we are here too short a short time to waste it hating

Caroline Flack: TV presenter dies at 40

The former Love Island host was found dead in her London flat, her family confirm.

www.bbc.com

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@ProfDonnaHall

1 year

Why do toxic leaders get passed around with no accountability or challenge? They drift from one senior job to another wreaking havoc in their wake but nobody stands up to them to stop the vicious cycle. Nasty tricks they learned in one organisation they bring to their next job 😔

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1 year

14 years ago today our vizslas had 8 puppies. Aged 5 days old my partner died unexpectedly. These puppies saved us. My friend asked for a surprise wedding present of a Pup for his wife & my daughter carried him up the aisle. Today he is last pup standing Happy 14th Birthday Peter

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@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

I think the raw anger people are feeling comes partly from a sense of unfairness but mainly from fear. A fear that nobody is really in control or taking any responsibility. A vacuum in leadership; dithering yet arrogant, defensive, deaf, centralised & increasingly in panic mode.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

In my personal experience the most fiercely ambitious people are the worst to appoint into senior roles. The indefatigable self belief & drive to be boss is normally in inverse proportion to their actual effectiveness as a leader & the respect they have amongst frontline staff.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

2 years

I found the love of my life aged 50. Someone who never judges or competes with me & is always there for me. I love the bones of him & always will. Whatever you go through in life; the joyful ups the devastating downs & everything between never give up hope that you can be happy!

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Most of us will have worked with people who shamelessly steal our ideas & badge them as their own. It’s so annoying 🙈 Let’s always make a point of crediting the person who thought of the thing - not their manager or another more important team member; it makes them shine & grow!

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

Errrr there is an excellent Slavery Museum already in Liverpool where many slaves 1st arrived? As well as a fab Working Class History Museum in Salford & a People’s History Museum in Manchester; worth an educational trip up North for a visit sometime ☺️

Calls for national museum to document UK's role in slave trade

Campaigners see proposal as way to educate people about Britain’s past in order to combat contemporary racism

www.theguardian.com

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

On her deathbed a few years ago my lovely adoptive Mum Mary only regretted one thing from her 84 amazing years on earth - “we should have had more parties 🎉 & more picnics”. We agreed on that before we said goodbye. More parties & picnics are top of my agenda now 😎

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

This is so true. Burnout isn’t about the volume of work - it’s your soul being crushed by keep trying to improve things when some people & organisations are resistant to change. Amazing people leave because they are ignored as their ideas are seen as too challenging @helenbevan

Marcy Sutton Todd

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4 years

After suffering career burnout for the past 4-5 years, here's how I've come to understand its cause: Burnout is a response to repeated attempts to make meaningful change while lacking the agency to do so. See problems > try to fix them > get shot down or ignored.

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4 years

When Mum & Dad adopted me & my sister from different homes I’m not sure even they realised they would create this lovely extended family of people not connected by blood but by love & mutual support; family are you surround yourself with, who you love & who care for each other 🙏

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

This is what a (former) CEO looks like. Only did it because had to support these two on one salary. Hard work as a single mum but I’m so proud of them and us as a family 😍

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Can’t stop thinking about what I heard today & a child being described as “not school shaped” 😔 children who don’t fit the cookie cutter model we have developed. What the hell have we become?

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

I’ve learned more from the bad leaders I’ve worked for than the best: - how not to take credit for other people’s ideas, to always credit & praise people, especially shy people. - not to dodge tough decisions. - listen harder, then harder again. - give people freedom to innovate

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Birthday 🥳 tomorrow got me thinking of my lovely birth Mum Doreen who made the ultimate selfless sacrifice of giving me away aged 17 as her parents didn’t want the shame of an unmarried mother. She was & is amazing. I’m so lucky to have found her & have had 2 beautiful mums 💗💗

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@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

Let out an involuntary cheer during very important online Board meeting today when my youngest brought me a cup of tea ☕️ & held this up 😃

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Privately run £37 billion test & trace system contract with Serco expires on 15th May. What an ideal opportunity to give it back to local government public health teams & NHS labs where it can become embedded in local integrated health systems in future.

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@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

What a week. This might seem a small thing but I don’t think it actually is.

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@ProfDonnaHall

3 months

When I was younger, just starting out, I was intimidated by confident posh people. Coming from a working class background I felt they were superior to me. I now realise that there are a lot of very average, very vacuous posh people in high office. Confidence often trumps ability

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

6 months

Brilliant people leave teams when they feel they just can’t make change happen. The barriers? - fixed hierarchies based on grade - slow or no decision-making - 0 freedom to innovate - blocking good ideas - taking credit for the efforts of others - no engagement - hubris - spin

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

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4 years

A brilliant woman I spoke to applied for a CEO role in an NHS Trust. She asked for feedback & one comment from a female panel member was “she didn’t look as smart as the men in their suits” REALLY? Considering this as legitimate feedback in 2020 shows how far we have to go 🙄🙄🙄

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@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

During an online conversation today someone mentioned those incidental “have you got a minute?” conversations we can miss on zoom; those vital seconds when you have your coat on, car keys in hand & a person with courage who’s the voice of many speaks out & opens a can of worms 🙏

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

1 year

Staying true to your values is really hard in organisations where values are nothing more than bland statements on a poster in the corridor at work. Bringing values to life means having hard, honest conversations - not brushing those who question under the glossy corporate carpet

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@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

All my old work jackets going back years went to a charity shop today. This one is older than my daughters. Felt therapeutic. Remembering all the times I’d worn them almost as a daily suit of armour against the deep rooted mysogyny in most organisations I’ve been part of.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Wouldn’t it be great if we designed health, wellbeing & integrated care systems alongside economic development strategies in local areas so that there is a connected health & wealth plan for towns & cities. Keeping the 2 separate doesn’t make sense - they’re intrinsically linked.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

2 years

How do you know when you are in love? When you no longer care what you look like, how old you are, what’s happened in the past to each of you, but the knowledge that there is a deep connection & a hope for a shared future, empathy & forgiveness, laughter is the main thing though.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Just found out my birth dad Ray died in December last year. All I have is this blurry picture of him on the left. So sad we didn’t get the chance to meet & have a hug & say it’s ok - times we’re very different then. I had a really good life; thank you - sorry I never knew you ❤️

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

2 years

Proper warm Xmas moment today 😢 At the till in Morrisons old gentleman buying Christmas 🎄 presents fumbling with his card & couldn’t remember his PIN. The awkward silence in the queue was broken by the man behind him who paid for it all 🥰 The whole queue clapped felt so nice

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@ProfDonnaHall

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60 today! OMG 😦 I’ve been so bloody lucky in my life. Woke with a feeling of immense gratitude for my amazing daughters, my family, friends & all those incredible people I’ve worked with over the years. Spoke to my lovely birth Mum Doreen too which made my day ❤️ Thank you 🙏 xx

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@ProfDonnaHall

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Beware the fake leader. Those who smile 😀 whilst stabbing colleagues in the back. They always make sure their behinds are covered & their hands are clean but take zero responsibility. They aren’t leaders & should be avoided. They are the reason good people leave organisations 😞

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Lost for words. There is no vision. No policies. No ethics or values. Just this.

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@ProfDonnaHall

1 year

Been watching a lot of online NHS and ICS Board meetings. Wondering why most board members feel they have to sit frowning, looking totally po faced & show zero reaction in order to be taken seriously? If we are trying to shift culture & behaviour it starts at the Board meeting 😑

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

I’m surprised that so many folk I meet haven’t read this. It’s amazing. It’s the future. It’s dead simple. It’s not academic theory - just the right thing to do. Please read it & more importantly please just do it! I’m even boring myself talking about it!

Radical Help by Hilary Cottam review – how to revolutionise the welfare state

This inspiring book is based on a social activist’s series of experiments giving people the control to improve their own lives

www.theguardian.com

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Comedy moment just now in car with daughter hears a lot of my online meetings: “why do you always start every meeting by asking people to say sorry? Who is sorry in this meeting? I think you might be upsetting people” “That’s the ‘apologies’ bit love” 😂

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

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NOW would be a great time to give test & trace back to local government public health teams & NHS organisations. The teams who have delivered millions of vaccinations so successfully. It’s braver to admit the Serco system should be scrapped now rather than drag it on into Spring.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

7 months

I love ❤️ my little gate! Makes me smile every time I go through it.

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@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

A friend who works with people at the end of life told me their biggest regrets are not devoting more time to family & friends & spending too much time working & worrying about small stuff. Wishing they had followed their dreams & instincts not just keep trying to please others.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

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My job over the last 40 years has been writing strategies. Depressingly none of them have worked. Not a single one 😐 What has worked are the compelling stories about a place, a partnership & the people. We can waste so much time on pointless documents that people can’t remember.

✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

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Strategies are completely pointless. They take up all our time & energy preparing them, presenting them to boards & management but they just don’t make a difference. It’s STORIES that really make a difference. Develop a compelling story of place, of community & of relationships.

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@ProfDonnaHall

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I reckon after a couple of years as a senior leader we should all give our heads a serious wobble & reflect on what we have become. Because people treat you differently to further their own careers, you can become a raving narcissist very easily. Keep those truth speakers close!

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

My younger sister Jo (on the right) & I were adopted from different families but it never mattered to us. When we traced our families my birth mum was in Crewe, Jo’s in Barbados can remember being in C&A in Bolton having this pic taken & feeling like we were very posh in paisley!

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 months

Signs of a leadership culture problem: - status & grade are everything - high staff turnover, especially staff who ask questions 🙋‍♀️ - bright people go quiet 🤐 - good ideas are claimed by seniors - rule followers are the ones who stay - leaders can’t see there’s a problem 🤷‍♂️

✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 months

signs of a culture problem: - hierarchy is paramount - image trumps substance - listening is limited & tokenistic - staff have no voice; scared of repercussions - those who speak honestly are ostracised & demonised - bonding comes via othering - leaders can’t see the problem

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

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3 years

New born puppy dumped in a park in Manchester & now safe at home with us & our 3 dogs via rescue. Feeding her every 2 hours with a syringe. Beautiful girl didn’t deserve this. She has a chance of happiness & a good home. Ours all want to be her mum especially the big Bosnian boy!

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

I think the A Level disaster is the most catastrophic Govt social policy in decades; possibly to be repeated this week re GCSEs. If your Govt faced this level of anger as PM you would be out there listening to people; taking responsibility. We can’t allow this to be normalised.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

3 times as much has been spent on private companies for test & trace (£10 billion) in 5 months as is spent on the annual national local public health budget of £3 billion. & yet despite this it’s underfunded local public health teams who are working day & night to control spread.

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@futurestand @doctorshaib @KirstenTElliott @Azeem_Majeed @NickFerrariLBC @LBC Test and trace cost £10 BILLION (to July 2020) - paid to private companies @ryanwmerrifield The ANNUAL #PublicHealth budget is c£3.24 Billion @davidjbuck Go figure 🤔 @BWDDPH @MaggieRae20 @ADPHUK @AllysonPollock @ProfDonnaHall

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@ProfDonnaHall

2 years

We have THE most terrifying time ahead. Worse than Trump & Johnson. Backed by powerful, untouchable business interests this woman is going to bring down the UK.

Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

@Haggis_UK

2 years

Liz Truss - "I absolutely don't support a windfall tax{on the energy companies} because it's a Labour idea & it's all about bashing business"

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@ProfDonnaHall

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Being a good organisational leader doesn’t automatically make you a good system partner. Being able to influence & build a multidisciplinary team around a common purpose & the needs of the local population without all the organisational levers requires “new power” skills & trust.

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@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Women whose babies were taken from them in the 60’s/70’s because of social stigma deserve a full apology & practical support to help heal from trauma. l❤️ my birth Mum Doreen & I’m in awe of her strength & courage. She went through hell aged 17 & mums were treated like criminals.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

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Council bashing tonight on @SkyNews from Liz Truss. @LeedsCC_News is 1 of the only “outstanding” rated councils for childrens’ services & much more. Please look at your government for its track record on delivery before attacking councils you’ve decimated for the last 13 years 🙏

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Tomorrow will be a heartbreaking day when we have to say goodbye to our beautiful matriarch Maisie. She’s gracefully ruled the house & every cat, dog & human that’s dared to cross her path for the last 20 years. Goodnight lovely girl - nothing will be same without you x

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Strategies are completely pointless. They take up all our time & energy preparing them, presenting them to boards & management but they just don’t make a difference. It’s STORIES that really make a difference. Develop a compelling story of place, of community & of relationships.

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@ProfDonnaHall

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Another example of Everyday Sexism just now….. Was asked to speak at a “masterclass” event by a publicly funded body. It was a double act with me & a man. He will do strategy. I will do delivery 🤷‍♀️ He will be paid - I won’t 🤷‍♀️ I will call this stuff out every time it happens

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@ProfDonnaHall

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When someone complains of bullying it is not an act of “ kindness” to move them from the team & leave the perpetrator in situ. It’s a cowardly act that brushes the problem under the carpet. It allows bullies to thrive unchallenged & the body count piles up. It becomes the norm 😐

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@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

We spend too much time fretting about board structures, who is on or not on boards. We don’t spend enough time on: - what is crap about our health & care system? - What are citizens saying? - How can we sort it? - Who do we need in the room to do this? - What’s stopping us?

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@ProfDonnaHall

5 months

Stunning aurora last night over the croft ❤️

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@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

Stop blaming Public Health England & local public health teams. You can’t “grow the market” this isn’t a third rate management consultancy or tobacco lobbying firm you work for - it’s the UK Government. The faults rests with your centralised, fragmented, badly managed contracts.

BBC Breakfast

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“The examples you’ve given are unacceptable” Home Secretary Priti Patel tells #BBCBreakfast there is “more work to be undertaken” when questioned about testing delays by @mrdanwalker .

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@ProfDonnaHall

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signs of a culture problem: - hierarchy is paramount - image trumps substance - listening is limited & tokenistic - staff have no voice; scared of repercussions - those who speak honestly are ostracised & demonised - bonding comes via othering - leaders can’t see the problem

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I’m not a naturally confident person - it’s improved a little over time, mainly from people I’ve worked with & respected telling me I’ve done okay. Please don’t ever stop telling the people you work with how much you value them; how well they’ve done & that you’ve got their back.

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@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Leaders sometimes recruit brilliant creative people then put them in a tiny box, restricting their influence. Dividing & ruling teams by setting people against each other - picking & choosing a “favoured” person of the moment, sowing seeds of resentment isn’t leadership it’s fear

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@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

Reminds me of so many meetings 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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@ProfDonnaHall

5 months

Challenging poor behaviour, especially when it impacts on others, is an essential part of being “kind” IMHO. It doesn’t mean just agreeing with everyone & letting it ride. Some of the most ruthless, self centred individuals I’ve met go on about kindness & compassion constantly 🤷‍♀️

𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝚂𝚔𝚊𝚒𝚏𝚎-𝙺𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 💙

@laura_skaife

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

1 year

In a toxic culture the 1st few people in an organisation to speak up are ignored, bullied, ostracised, blamed, eventually pushed out. This is a warning to others to stay quiet. The culture is normalised. But sometimes it has affected so many people it creates an unstoppable force

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@ProfDonnaHall

2 years

There’s a thing in the NHS & councils where people don’t speak out against bad Govt policy. There’s a point at which, however, it’s our responsibility to do so. I think we’ve reached that point where we are facing an economic, health & care crisis. To not speak out is complicity

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@ProfDonnaHall

6 months

Organisations can sometimes lose their soul. The signs? - Looking good matters more than being good - Leaders think they have all the answers - Sceptics are marginalised. - A fake narrative that nobody believes is all that’s allowed. - Leaders become arrogant & never apologise.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

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2 years ago today this gentle soul arrived on a truck from Bosnia. Too scared to come into a house. He & my daughter slept together in the garden. It took a lot of love ❤️ to get him to trust people again after what he’d seen happen to his family. Now he’s THE happiest boy ❤️🐶❤️

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

1 year

Why are we threatened by less senior people who have ace ideas? I’ve always tried to recruit people who are better than me so we can all be better. Classic signs of insecure leadership: - presenting others’ work as your own - blocking people going straight to your team 😑

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

1 year

Teams with a toxic culture can have a covert “favoured child” mentality. Those who don’t try hard enough to please the parent/leader are excluded. Freethinking people are excluded as the parent/leader requires all the limelight & control. “In” & “out” people encourage compliance.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

1 year

Me & my Grandad Charlie O’Neill outside their rented house in Halliwell, Bolton. He was one of 11 children with an alcoholic Mum. An Irish immigrant who met his wife in the cotton mill down the road. He adored his family & made a life here after a bad start. We are all immigrants

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

2 years

I’ve missed moments like this in the last 18 months. Leaving a mtg in Oldham, Darren the town hall porter [worked for the Council 27 years ❤️ his job ❤️ people ❤️Oldham] shouts “quick I need to show you something but you need to run!” the 14th floor is best to see a lovely sunset

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

2 years

The higher up leaders get in organisations & systems the further they can get from real people, frontline staff, citizens. Leaders can often end up at the shallow end of the reality pool surrounded by yes 👍 people & sycophants whose own self interest overrides everything else.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

1 year

Leaders who keep saying: - It’s essential that you go through me for all decisions. - Don’t speak to my team without copying me into your emails. - Hierarchy & seniority is paramount in my book & I won’t let junior people take decisions. They just aren’t leaders at all 🙈

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

6 months

How to spot a culture problem? A few signs to look deeper: - staff seem scared when asked to speak honestly - boards meet positive staff only who all tell polished stories - reducing staff survey returns reveal declining levels of trust & wellbeing - relentless spin A 🧵…….

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Only ever been one boss in our house 🏡

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

2 years

Integrated Care Systems can get overly stressed about governance & structure charts without figuring out what difference they are actually trying to make. There’s a danger 5 year strategies could become the same as Local Strategic Partnerships - lots of warm words but zero action

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

If you did this in an NHS Trust or a council it would be gross misconduct probably followed by a custodial sentence. Thank you @BylineTimes for breaking the story & @nytimes for great investigative journalism 🙏

The New York Times

@nytimes

3 years

We analyzed a large segment of the spending spree — roughly 1,200 contracts worth nearly $22 billion. About $11 billion went to firms either run by friends and associates of Conservative Party politicians, or with no experience or a history of controversy.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

I can’t imagine being brought up believing you’re born to rule - must be strange. I was brought up by a trade unionist Dad whose beliefs were shaped by witnessing his friend being killed in a factory accident. He taught me values & equality are everything

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

18 days

The most important thing I’ve learned in my life is how to spot a fake; those people who quickly shift loyalty based on where power lies not values. They gravitate towards hierarchy; swayed by positions of power that make them look important, salary increases & personal profile.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

A 4 week old company with experience in “wealth management” & selling yachts given 122 million of public money for PPE. Registered in a tax haven like JRM’s company who pay no corporation tax to fund the NHS or public services. Sorry for carping again but it’s a bloody disgrace.

Byline Times

@BylineTimes

4 years

Government Awards £122 Million PPE Contract to One-Month-Old Firm – Byline Times

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

29 days

The relationship between manager & staff is the most highly correlated factor in happiness at work. A top boss: - delegates with confidence - praises great work - doesn’t micromanage - champions, elevates & inspires - steps forward when needed - steps back to watch others shine

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

Good luck to interview candidates for 42 integrated care system CEOs this week. Important choices - performance management of status quo? or deep system & workforce transformation? We need people with a passion for care that seamlessly wraps support around people & communities 🙏

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

14 days

The best leaders are not at all competitive. They aren’t constantly trying to outdo their peers [even behind their backs], stamp their higher authority on their team or demonstrate their superiority. There is no need. The team & the collective achievement of outcomes is their job

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

In Bolton our rate increases by 20 - 30% per day. We are seeing it go up in 5 other Greater Manchester boroughs. Surge vaccination is now urgent. The words of WHO’s Michael Ryan have never been so relevant “SPEED trumps PERFECTION in a pandemic” seriously what are we waiting for?

Josh Halliday

@JoshHalliday

3 years

SPI-M-O backed surge vaccination of younger people in hotspots, as @BWDDPH , @KateAlvanley and many others were advocating.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

3 years

In the last week of her life we love bombed her with cat nip plants (cocaine for cats) to roll in & eat, sardines, kitten milk & loads of fuss. She transformed into a crazy 20 year old kitten. All her senses came alive. She’s now buried next to her brother under a cat nip bush.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

5 months

Nature is amazing. My little Croft 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

5 months

Last house didn’t have a view at all - this tiny croft house does - that’s why I fell in love with it ❤️

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

4 years

Watching this made me cry too. This man has been truly broken. Councils are full of these hardworking compassionate people who do the job because they care about sons, daughters, fathers and mothers 💕💕💕

PoliticsJOE

@PoliticsJOE_UK

4 years

"We lost 10 surveyors who had over 230 years' experience and there was one replacement - who was a graduate." Speaking through tears a buildings control officer responsible for Grenfell, who quit his job weeks before the fire, says austerity cuts made the job impossible.

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✨ Donna Hall ✨

@ProfDonnaHall

2 years

People taking on leadership roles can sometimes change how they treat others because they are now more senior. They pick & choose who they spend time with, gravitating to the most influential people in the room. They forget people can see these changes & don’t like what they see.

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