Podcasts by A Cup of Teal with Helen Sanderson

A Cup of Teal with Helen Sanderson

Teal is short-hand for the future of work. It means bringing your whole self to work, a focus on purpose and self-management.

This podcast is a chat, over a cup of tea with the people who are making this change in health, care and the public sector, sharing stories of self-management in action.

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A Cup of Teal with Helen Sanderson
25. Andy Brogan on the why, what and how of Confirmation Practices from 2022-04-19T15:44:39

Confirmation Practices have made a significant difference to how I work, and replaced supervision in Wellbeing Teams. In this podcast, Andy Brogan explains the problem that Confirmation Practice...

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Sarah McGuire: Can an organisation become kinder? from 2022-03-25T15:51:26

Sarah McGuire is the CEO of Choice Support. In this podcast we talk about why they are not using the term 'self-management' and their focus on purpose. Sarah talks about how they have been using...

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24. Sarah McGuire: Can an organisation become kinder? from 2022-03-25T15:51:26

Sarah McGuire is the CEO of Choice Support. In this podcast we talk about why they are not using the term 'self-management' and their focus on purpose. Sarah talks about how they have been using...

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23. Edel Harris - Chief Executive of Mencap from 2022-03-01T10:26:57

This is my third podcast with Edel, this time in her role of Chief Executive of Mencap. Edel introduces The Big Plan, talks about self-empowered teams and how these fit within the broad strategy...

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Edel Harris - Chief Executive of Mencap from 2022-03-01T10:26:57

This is my third podcast with Edel, this time in her role of Chief Executive of Mencap. Edel introduces The Big Plan, talks about self-empowered teams and how these fit within the broad strategy...

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22. Rosie Lawn: The difference self-management makes to Executives at Avivo from 2021-10-04T15:19:07

In my second podcast with Rosie Lawn we talk about the difference self-management makes to the role of the CEO and Executives. She explains how this has led to a change in thinking, and the impa...

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21. Avril Delaney: self-management and nursing from 2021-10-04T15:18:36

Sir John Timpson is not a name often associated with self-management. He was mentor to Avril Delaney who worked as Director of Nursing at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust for over 17 years....

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20. Mairi Martin - influencing cultural change at Cornerstone and Mencap from 2020-08-04T08:26:12

Mairi played an important role in the changes made at Cornerstone in Scotland. She describes the three main ways she supported cultural change. She has a new role, in Mencap, and talks about the...

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Mairi Martin - influencing cultural change at Cornerstone and Mencap from 2020-08-04T08:26:12

Mairi played an important role in the changes made at Cornerstone in Scotland. She describes the three main ways she supported cultural change. She has a new role, in Mencap, and talks about the...

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19. Supported Living and COVID 19 - how are self-managing teams in the UK and New Zealand responding? from 2020-08-04T08:23:11

This is my second podcast looking at how self-managed teams responding to the COVID pandemic, this time in Supported Living. I talk to Mandy, a new coach supporting the first self-directed teams...

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Supported Living and COVID 19 - how are self-managing teams in the UK and New Zealand responding? from 2020-08-04T08:23:11

This is my second podcast looking at how self-managed teams responding to the COVID pandemic, this time in Supported Living. I talk to Mandy, a new coach supporting the first self-directed teams...

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Angela Clarke: Black Lives Matter and Wellbeing Teams from 2020-07-27T09:52:31

Angela Clarke is our National Advisor for Diversity. In our first podcast together Angela helps me think about, and challenges me, around ways that Wellbeing Teams can respond to Black Lives Mat...

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18. Angela Clarke: Black Lives Matter and Wellbeing Teams from 2020-07-27T09:52:31

Angela Clarke is our National Advisor for Diversity. In our first podcast together Angela helps me think about, and challenges me, around ways that Wellbeing Teams can respond to Black Lives Mat...

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16. Phil Orton: HR Director with Making Space on sprints and surprises from 2020-07-16T06:44:12

What gets in the way of you doing your best work? This is the question we used with Making Space, as they move towards greater autonomy in their HQ and operational teams. We used the cards from ...

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17. Phil Orton: HR Director with Making Space on sprints and surprises from 2020-07-16T06:44:12

What gets in the way of you doing your best work? This is the question we used with Making Space, as they move towards greater autonomy in their HQ and operational teams. We used the cards from ...

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Dan from Chorus from 2020-07-09T08:46:21

Chorus is based in Perth, Australia, and has formed from merging three organisations. Dan, the CEO explains how they are exploring better ways of working that express their values and philosophy...

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16. Dan from Chorus, Australia on the CEO's role and self-management from 2020-07-09T08:46:21

Chorus is based in Perth, Australia, and has formed from merging three organisations. Dan, the CEO explains how they are exploring better ways of working that express their values and philosophy...

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15. Wellbeing Teams and the impact of COVID-19 from 2020-06-03T19:56:47

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the strengths and spirit of those who work in health and care, and brought into sharp focus the life-threatening cracks in the system. Three years ago, I set u...

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14. Emily McArdle: Non-Violent Communication in Wellbeing Teams from 2020-05-01T08:38:21

Jackal or giraffe? Emily, from Wellbeing Teams, explains how we are using NVC (or Compassionate Communication) to help us live our values of Compassion, Responsibility and Curiosity. Compassiona...

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13. Mary Curran: Wellbeing Teams from 2020-04-23T06:32:01

Mary participated in our 'Self-Management in Action' programmes and from this we recruited her to be a Wellbeing Leader with Wellbeing Teams in 2018. She supports our teams in Oxfordshire, and w...

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12. Mary Beth Lepkowsky: HSA USA from 2020-04-16T07:54:33

Mary Beth is one of international leaders of HSA, delivering consultancy and training in the US. My journey to self-management started when I was leading HSA in the UK, and in this podcast Mary ...

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11. Peter Brook: Coaching a self-managed team from 2020-04-06T08:59:18

What is it like to be a coach in a self-managed team?  Peter is the coach and programme lead for a two-team pilot working directly with Buurtzorg in a European-funded project. This is takin...

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10. Edel Harris: Reflections on the end of year 2 in the transformation of Cornerstone from 2020-03-12T19:48:19

As you will know by now, Edel is now the CEO of Mencap. This is my third and final podcast with Edel talking about Cornerstone at the end of the second year, with the publication of the 2nd year...

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9. Sophie: The future of social work? from 2020-03-03T08:14:40

When I spoke to Sophie I thought I was hearing the future of social work. Sophie is a social worker who was part of Neighbourhood Cares St Ives, a social care pilot developed by Cambridgeshire C...

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8. Rosie Lawn: Learning from Avivo from 2020-02-24T08:07:10

Avivo is the leading organisation in Australia moving towards self-management. Avivo has 1100 team members working in Western Australia, supporting people to live at home, with a turnover of aro...

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7. Annie Francis: Neighbourhood Midwives from 2020-01-20T07:00

Neighbourhood Midwives was the first health care start-up to embrace self-management. Annie describes why and how Neighbourhood Midwives started and how they worked to create a culture of psycho...

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6. Michelle Livesley: Wellbeing Teams from 2020-01-20T06:00

At the end of their first phase, two years after they started, Michelle talks about what she is proud of and what we need to develop. She introduces the specific practices used in Wellbeing Team...

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5. Edel Harris: Cornerstone one year on from 2020-01-20T05:00

Edel talks frankly about the highs and lows at the end of the first year of their move to self-management.  She describes what they learned from the first three teams and how the number of ...

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4. Yumi Stamet: Lessons from Australia from 2020-01-20T04:00

How did self-management get started in health and care in Australia? Yumi, from Purpose at Work, has the inside story. She shares her 3 reason why this is happening and her reflections on the ro...

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3. Emma Back: Equal Care Co-op from 2020-01-20T03:00

A radical new approach to care, Equal Care Co-op are developing a platform-based moel, rooted in co-production and organised through sociocracy (an approach to self-management). Emma Back, one o...

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2. Dave Jackson: Choice Support from 2020-01-20T02:00

Choice Support is the first large social care organisation in England to commit to moving towards self-management. The Director of Operations, Dave Jackson explains how they are getting started ...

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1. Edel Harris: Cornerstone from 2020-01-20T01:00

Cornerstone in Scotland is the pioneering large social care charity to move towards self-management. This is my first of three conversations with the then CEO Edel Harris, right at the start of ...

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Introducing A Cup of Teal from 2020-01-20T00:00

It was two books and an online programme, the AltMBA, that led Wellbeing Teams. Wellbeing Teams are small, self-mananaged teams, inspired by Buurtzorg and operating in two areas of England. This...

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