Simon Phillips

Leading Change means creating an alignment between who you are and how you want to be of service! #leadwithlove #motivationalspeaker #change

Pre-save my new single "The LACE Way: Listening, Accountability, Collaboration, Empathy" on Spotify: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/si… (powered by @distrokid)

64% of organisations say DEI is important. But 62% devote little to no resources to it. That gap is where programmes fail. Talking workplace discrimination, disability rights & real inclusion with Toby Mildon. New episode live now. youtu.be/hO7j8fYiElc?si… #DEI #Workplace #Change

The 'two-minute deep listen' technique alone has transformed how my clients handle team dynamics. Sometimes the smallest shifts create the biggest breakthroughs. 🎯

After 25+ years in change leadership, our greatest workplace innovations come from neurominority voices. My latest @HRMagazine piece: why 'format flipping' isn't just nice-to-have—it's competitive advantage. hrmagazine.co.uk/content/commen… What simple change unlocked potential in your team? #Neurodiversity #Leadership #Inclusion #WorkplaceCulture #HR

Be the River, not the Rock! Subscribe to my newsletter n Linkedin. linkedin.com/pulse/leadersh…

A message of unity and hope is a message for everyone not just a group of self-interested friends.

📊 35% faced workplace conflict in 2022. At leadership level? It jumps to 60%! My @TrainingJournal article reveals 5 strategies to transform conflict into progress. Key insight: Leaders with empathy = 40% less team exhaustion. 🔗 trainingjournal.com/2025/content-t… #LeadershipDevelopment #LACE

🚀 New article alert! Just published in @PeopleMgt: How empathetic leadership became the game-changer post-pandemic. Key insight: The most successful leaders aren't just managing teams - they're connecting with them. #Leadership #HR #FutureOfWork peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/190731…

Are You Using The RIGHT Approach To Create REAL Change? #shorts youtube.com/shorts/-1mJmIV… via @YouTube

One thing missing from the picture - “You’ll feel like you did it yourselves.” Only yesterday one of my delegates remarked at the end of their meeting - “Wow! That was an incredibly productive meeting!” They hadn’t recognised the role I had played in that…which is how it should be.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. While Santa is flying around the world, I thought I would take a look at how he operates to inspire all you leaders out there! youtu.be/Z61sy_5TBr0?si… #santa #leadership

@HelenBevan Fantastic! Good luck today Helen. If you need some insights on the effectiveness of this sort of focused development, our Change Leader programme has been making a big impact for quite a while. 👍

NHS managers/team leaders at (Agenda for Change) bands 6-8a directly supervise up to 80% of our NHS people. These “frontline” team leaders have an outsize influence on NHS performance. Yet: - They don’t have a big collective voice in opportunities to improve NHS productivity - Only a small proportion of leadership development budgets in the NHS target them Tomorrow I'm spending the day with four NHS systems identifying potential opportunities to unleash the potential of frontline managers and team leaders to lead change. For more on the latent power of frontline leaders, see, eg: bcg.com/publications/2… by @BCG.

The job of caring for family members is grossly undervalued, underpaid and overlooked. It’s time for change.

Unpaid carers play a key role in the health and care system. But who are unpaid carers, and what role do they play in the health and care sector? We explore in our nutshell: kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-an…

Run with the runners! Enthusiasts are critical in getting change off the ground. Great post from @HelenBevan #change

Compassionate leadership helps to create psychologically safe working environments. Previous studies on doctors, nurses & midwives have shown that the wellbeing of health & care staff is affected by 8 key factors, organised into 3 core needs 👇 Read more: lnkd.in/dbnBuja7

It’s time to rebalance. A handful of prominent business leaders are changing the game and I’ll be featuring them on my youtube channel over the coming weeks. Meanwhile, here’s a link to see someone who didn’t rate so highly - youtu.be/FVjHxiV3YW0?si…

Intuitively we know that stories are powerful connectors. Here’s a nice, simple picture to explain why.

@Penbat1 That’s true. It’s like influencing skills courses can be used as manipulation in the wrong hands. Genuine compassion does “feel” different to the recipient, so continuous false empathy would not be a sustainable tactic I believe.

@thechangeman "Training" relating to #compassion #compassionateleadership may be actually instilling fake compassion techniques using cognitive empathy - can be used for game playing, box ticking, virtue signalling, warm words etc. perplexity.ai/search/can-cog…

Had a great conversation with John Frost. He shared his 5 C's for leading with emotional intelligence and compassion. Inspiring! #leadwithlove #change #CompassionateLeadership open.spotify.com/episode/1ompDU…

So true. The economic value of treating people with compassion is often underestimated.