1. From Midwifery to Business School
Bernie Divall

2. A question…
“When you finish the PhD, will you go back to
midwifery?”

3. A tiny cog in a huge machine?

4. Yes, I was stressed!

5. Heads Above the Parapet:
Midwifery Leadership Development
Supervisors:
Professor Graeme Currie, Warwick Business School
Professor Mark Avis, School of Nursing, Midwifery &
Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham
Professor Rachel Munton, NHS East Midlands
Leadership Academy

6. Midwifery Leadership
• The individual within the group – identity
theory
• The individual taking on new identities
• The group and the individual – social identity
theory
• How is the leader identity perceived by the
group?

7. Four Stories
• Business School ‘newbie’
• An eye opening experience
• The moment of truth
• Native and stranger

8. Finding a voice
• Midwifery ‘running through our veins’
• Reflection and reflexivity
• A ‘peopled’ thesis
• Role transition or role acquisition?

9. To answer that question…
“Did I ever leave?”