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In healthcare, we often talk about authority and we are familiar with hierarchy. While job titles, organisational charts, formal responsibilities are important, the real work of change happens through something less obvious, more subtle and more pervasive: the power of influence.

When it came to leaving clinical practice, I spent a lot of time in denial. I knew deep down that my job didn't align with my core values (happiness, challenge, connection, service, learning and health in case you were wondering). That was, quite literally, destroying me. I was burnt out, but it wasn't the workload that was draining me of my energy: over the years, I developed strategies like choosing my battles, knowing when to walk away and setting boundaries. It was the