Developed by the RANZCP Section of Leadership and Management (SLAM), the following discussion is hosted by the former Chair, Associate Professor Robert Parker. This conversation exploring the topics of leadership and management in psychiatry, with a focus on the future of these fields and the challenges faced by early career psychiatrists. The panellists, Dr Graham Dickson, Dr Diane Meschino and Dr Mamta Gautam, share their personal experiences and insights. They discuss the importance of values, passion, persistence and ethical leadership in driving positive change highlighting the need for collaboration, curiosity and the ability to navigate barriers.
 
Dr Graham Dickson is Professor Emeritus at Royal Roads University in Canada. He is CEO of LEADS Global, a not-for-profit enterprise dedicated to improving health leadership worldwide. As the principal, he works closely with the Canadian College of Health Leaders to enable countries outside of Canada to use LEADS for leadership development. Graham worked with the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) over an eight-year period to support their leadership work and to create Health LEADS Australia. 

Graham is also working with colleagues to grow and expand the World Health Leadership Network, a collaborative enterprise dedicated to defining and understanding leadership necessary for moving health care forward in the 21st Century. LEADS Global has partnered with Accreditation Canada International and the Royal College Canada International to take medical leadership programs abroad.

Dr Diane Meschino is a psychiatrist, artist and associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, with an academic focus on medical leadership. Building on discourses and evidence regarding gender, equity, rights, justice and power, Diane was an early women’s health pioneer, founding and scaling programmes for underserved mental health populations. She has semi-retired to apply creative leadership and international collaboration to enhance healthcare system resilience and responses to climate change.

Dr Mamta Gautam, MD, MBA, FRCPC, CPDC, CCPE, CPE is an internationally renowned psychiatrist, consultant, certified coach, author and speaker.  Focused on physician well-being being since 1990, she is a trailblazer and leader in this field and is known as the “The Doctor’s Doctor”. She brings this knowledge and expertise to PEAK MD, through which she delivers keynote presentations and workshops, consults to healthcare organisations and coaches senior medical leaders internationally. 

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