The meltdown of the executive leadership (senior management) team at Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) is no exception to this truism. In December, the Minister chose not to reappoint the CDHB Board Chair John Wood and his deputy Maui Solomon, both of whom recognised the effectiveness of the relational leadership culture. This throws the ball firmly back in the court of the Health Ministry and Health Minister Chris Hipkins where it belongs. The enormous irony is that the Health Ministry is responsible for the Hagley building, not CDHB, and consequently responsible for the high deficit. Finally he needs to require a change of direction from his Health Ministry away from this adversarial relationship.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 25, 2020 00:56 UTC