– The purpose of this paper is to trace the health management career of Antony Sheehan, a former executive in England's National Health Service and now president of the Church Health Center in Memphis, TN, and reveals principles that guide his management priorities.
– The approach is reflective, reading-based, and anecdotal.
– Three leadership priorities emerge: liberating talent, profound belief in knowledge, and purpose beyond self, all three being mediated by respect.
– The narrative is not based on clinical research, but specific experience of the author.
– Readers may find inspiration to examine the principles that guide their own leadership efforts.
– Based in the author's own experience, the paper does not represent original research.
