DiscoverEnter the Boardroom with Nurole146. Dame Marie Gabriel CBE: structuring board meetings, dancing in the boardroom, and taking risks - lessons from an NHS Chair
146. Dame Marie Gabriel CBE: structuring board meetings, dancing in the boardroom, and taking risks - lessons from an NHS Chair

146. Dame Marie Gabriel CBE: structuring board meetings, dancing in the boardroom, and taking risks - lessons from an NHS Chair

Update: 2025-10-29
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Dame Marie Gabriel CBE is Chair of the NHS Race and Health Observatory and NHS North East London Integrated Care Board and former Chair of NHS Improvement’s London Regional Board. Tune in to hear her thoughts on: Creating a positive culture in board meetings open to the public (2:11 ) Laptops in meetings (4:23 ) Creating a sense of psychological safety and humanity in board meetings (5:52 ) Marie’s unique way of compiling board agendas (7:43 ) Using temporary committees to bridge the gap between sub-committees and the main board (9:42 ) How to deal with the length of public board papers (13:02 ) Lessons on time discipline (17:39 ) How to maintain board member engagement in the face of such a challenging environment (19:04 ) How to develop junior board members (20:57 ) Why public boards need entrepreneurs to balance risk appetite (23:34 ) What public boards can do to increase innovation (26:18 ) How to create sufficient psychological safety for innovation, risk and mistakes (30:43 ) The most challenging conversation Marie has had on a board (32:23 ) An overview of NHS boards (34:48 ) How Marie dealt with 50% cuts to NHS funding (38:18 ) ⚡The Lightning Round ⚡(42:02 )  


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146. Dame Marie Gabriel CBE: structuring board meetings, dancing in the boardroom, and taking risks - lessons from an NHS Chair

146. Dame Marie Gabriel CBE: structuring board meetings, dancing in the boardroom, and taking risks - lessons from an NHS Chair

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