The Caring Leadership Podcast
Joel Stanton 1 episodes Nov 3, 2026
The Caring Leadership Podcast is for people leading or working in healthcare. Host Joel Stanton, a nurse and coach, explores the research and psychology behind workplace challenges. Episodes cover topics such as boundaries, difficult conversations, wellbeing, and career development. The aim is to help listeners lead themselves and others with greater clarity, confidence, and kindness.
Episodes
When You’ve Got Something to Say but Can’t Say It
Have you ever sat in a meeting with something to say, but felt you couldn’t say it?In this episode, I explore five beliefs that can stop us speaking up at work, drawing on James Detert and Amy Edmondson’s research on implicit voice theories. We also look at why everyone else’s silence can make us question ourselves.The aim is to understand what’s holding us back, rather than just wishing we were m
Setting Boundaries at Work When You Feel Guilty
Why can saying no, taking a break or leaving on time make us feel guilty?When we’re used to helping everyone else, our own work and wellbeing can get pushed aside. Drawing on Adam Grant’s distinction between helping and pleasing, I explore why we keep saying yes, and share three practical ways to set boundaries clearly and handle the guilt afterwards.Because caring about other people doesn’t mean
How to Lead Yourself When Emotions Take Over
What happens when you know how you want to respond at work, but your emotions get there first?Drawing on James Gross’s work on emotion regulation, I explore how noticing what we’re feeling can give us more choice about what we do next.We look at practical ways to pause before responding, make a plan for familiar situations, and put things right when we react badly, while recognising that sometimes
When You’re Good at Your Job but Still Doubt Yourself
Why can you know you’re capable of doing something and still feel completely incapable of it?Drawing on Albert Bandura’s work on self-efficacy, I explore why confidence changes with the situation, and how one difficult moment can leave us doubting more than we need to.We look at what anxiety does and doesn’t tell us about our ability, with three practical questions to help us examine our self-doub
What actually is Caring Leadership?
What does caring leadership look like in the middle of a busy working day?Drawing on Professor Michael West and The King’s Fund’s work, I explore four behaviours that make compassion practical: attending, understanding, empathising and helping.We look at how caring for others fits alongside boundaries, accountability and caring for ourselves, with four questions you can use in your own work.Mentio
