“Your job is to find the riot and go and stand in the middle of it; that’s kind of what you’ve got to do. You can’t hide from it! “In this episode of The Leadership Sessions, Tom Van Dyck, Senior Partner at TPC Leadership, and David Sloman, COO of NHS England explore the challenges of leading in unprecedented times, addressing the elephant in the room as a means of enabling teams, and the importance of providing teams with the environmentand context to be able to find and implement solutions.The Leadership Sessions is a podcast series of captivating conversations withexceptional leaders from around the world sharing their insights, experiences,thoughts, and personal opinions about what leadership means and what it takesto be effective.TPC Leadership is a dynamic global partnership specialising in leadershipsolutions that deliver cultural transformation and financial impact. With officesaround the world, covering 100+ countries, a network of 350+ partners,consultants and associates from diverse professional and cultural backgrounds,TPC Leadership delivers transformational leadership solutions in service ofpeople and business results.The NHS, the National Health Service, was launched in 1948, born out of a long-held ideal that good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth.Today, the NHS in England deals with over 1 million patients every 36 hours. Itemploys more than 1.5 million people, putting it in the top five of the world’slargest workforces, together with the US Department of Defence, McDonalds,Walmart and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.