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Leading with Hearts and Minds

Leading with Hearts and Minds

By: National Clinical Leadership Centre for Nursing and Midwifery
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"Leading with Hearts & Minds"

Discover the untold stories behind the leaders shaping the future of healthcare. In "Leading with Hearts & Minds, "We bring you intimate, one-to-one conversations with healthcare professionals who have navigated extraordinary challenges and triumphs.

Each episode reveals the personal journeys, hard-earned lessons, and human moments that define leadership in one of the world's most demanding fields.

Whether you're a healthcare professional, a leader, or simply curious about the heart and mind behind outstanding leadership, this podcast offers inspiration and insight with every story.

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Episodes
  • Rising to the Nightingale Challenge
    Jun 16 2025

    In this episode, Nursing and Midwifery Challenge Programme participant Rachel Kennedy shares her experiences of how this programme helped her develop her leadership skills and knowledge.

    Rachel reflects on how she progressed through her Nursing career and used every opportunity for learning, growth and development. Rachel offers key messages for junior colleagues to help them overcome challenges they may meet.

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    29 mins
  • "Every Person Matters: Blathnaid O’Gorman on Compassionate Care"
    Jun 2 2025

    Blathnaid O'Gorman, CNM2, Vulnerable Person’s Team, offers an inspiring insight into leading a service tailored to the needs of the individual as she shares her experience working in the area of inclusive health. Blaithnaid emphasises the importance of valuing everyone as a human being, regardless of how they present themselves or their social circumstances.

    By using the skills and knowledge she acquired and developed as an ID nurse, Blathnaid demonstrates how she provides effective person-centred care, which enables her to connect with those in her care and empower them to make their own decisions regarding their health.

    Throughout this podcast, it is evident that Blathnaid O'Gorman is an authentic leader who embodies the values of nursing every day in her role by ensuring that every service user receives high-quality care with the respect and dignity they deserve.

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    29 mins
  • Leading from a strategic position: A conversation with our Chief Nursing Officer.
    May 12 2025

    In this podcast episode, Rachel Kenna, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health, provides a comprehensive overview of the many aspects of her role and how she uses her expertise and experience to lead and influence policy at a national strategic level. In sharing her professional journey, Rachel provides an insight into how her experiences, role models and personal determination led her to become the influential leader she is today.

    She speaks of her vision for nursing and midwifery in Ireland and how the Expert Review Body Report recommendations have shaped and will continue to shape both professions for the benefit of patients, nurses, and midwives in the future.

    Throughout the podcast, Rachel shares valuable lessons she has learned from her career, for the benefit of junior colleagues seeking support with their nursing or midwifery career choices.

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    43 mins
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