Leadership from different angles

It's a humbling experience - the transition from key decision maker to worker bee. I've gleaned some unique insights from both vantage points.

In the last five years, I've travelled internationally as part of a delegation with government officials at the highest level; sat in meetings with Ministers, the Director General, Board Chairs and multiple CEOs; formed extensive relationships with key players around the world in acute care and published extensively on a variety of topics related to critical care in the prehospital arena, specifically relating to out of hospital cardiac arrest.

And now I get to demonstrate skills from a different perspective - that of direct service provision - in my case assisting the process of moving patients around a large part of the Australian land mass. It's not better or worse, just different. I get to largely choose my shifts; can work from almost anywhere in the world with a data connection and phone signal; and I love being a small part of a larger team once again.

I used to think that my emails were read with the sort of enthusiasm demonstrated by sports fans, and more recently have come to understand that this is not the case. I've come to realise that leadership is able to be provided in the least important moments, and that modelling good behaviour positively impacts a small team.

I'm a better leader by spending an extended period of time as a worker bee, I'm convinced of it.

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My name is Paul Bailey, thanks for reading! I manage risk for a living. I used to be the Medical Director of the largest ambulance service in the world. In another life I was a jellyfish hunter. These days I provide aeromedical coordination services in two Australian jurisdictions. Like or comment on this post if you found it interesting, follow me on Twitter @waambedic, or drop me an InMail if you want to continue the conversation