Mafalda Carvalho
Author, speaker and research-informed healthcare leadership practitioner exploring leadership, mental health, quality, behaviour and the future of care.
Articles by Mafalda
Psychological Safety Is a Quality Issue
If people are afraid to speak, leaders lose access to the information that could protect quality.
ReadExcellence Without Humanity Is Not Prestige
A standard for leadership that refuses to choose between performance and compassion.
ReadThe Leaders Who Cry in Private
Leadership can make people visible to everyone and emotionally invisible at the same time.
ReadSelected external publications
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The Female Leadership Paradox
Why the qualities women are often told to suppress may become powerful leadership advantages.
Read on Womenlines ↗A IA não corrige dívida de confiança
Uma análise sobre implementação de inteligência artificial, confiança, responsabilidade humana e adoção real no trabalho.
Read on RH Pra Você ↗Modern Slavery in Social Care: Can Your Workforce Say No?
A practitioner article on workforce voice, exploitation risk and the conditions that allow people to speak up.
Open published issue ↗Founder story & public profile
Founded by Women
Mafalda Carvalho on Growing Two Businesses Without Losing the Human Side of Leadership
An independent founder profile covering leadership, care-sector experience, entrepreneurship and the human side of building organisations.
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