Ten barriers to successful healthcare leadership for doctors.
| 1. Negative senior doctors’ attitudes towards the medical leadership agenda. |
| 2. Negative senior role modelling. |
| 3. Lack of natural career progression into management and leadership roles. |
| 4. Lack of embedded corporate training within medical curriculums. |
| 5. Too little focus on team leadership and developing followership. |
| 6. Too much focus on theoretical versus practical leadership development. |
| 7. Elite socialisation and autonomous leadership style of doctors. |
| 8. Lack of real-world corporate experience. |
| 9. Lack of robust assessment, feedback and support for medical leaders. |
| 10. Infantilisation of junior doctors. |