My MatExp – Thoughts on Leadership, resilience and change
(June 2015) While on this final count down to qualification, I recently sat an exam for the module ‘Leadership’. When I saw this title on the timetable for third year I will admit to feeling a bit confused. I equated leadership with being in charge of people but it turns out I was confusing leadership with management and while one person can be both a leader and a manager, not all managers are leaders and not all leaders are in any sort of management position. I have been surprised by how gripped I have been by this notion of leadership at every level and then reading about Maternity Experience 2015 (#MatExp) as well as the amazing ROAR book (Byrom & Downe 2015) has really brought it to life for me so I thought I would put together my thoughts on leadership and how I intend to ACT in June and beyond. My revision led me to realise that true leadership is significant in every part of professional and personal life. Mullins (2009) described leadership as a re...