Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast The Business of Healthcare Consulting with Tara Humphrey
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| #19 Firing Fast & Hiring Slow | 13 Aug 2025 | 00:24:45 | |
In this week's podcast, I work through the often-thorny topic of recruitment and onboarding, and, at the opposite end of the spectrum, outline my approach when a hire is just not working out and facing down the challenge of letting staff go. You'll hear all about:
I also offer some simple tips on:
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #18 A week in the life of.... | 30 Jul 2025 | 00:49:10 | |
Join Tara on a personal journey through a typically busy and dynamic week in her life as a healthcare consultant, as she balances the demands of work alongside her family commitments. In this podcast, Tara covers:
Mentions in this episode: Business of Healthcare ep #230 Diary of a Managing Director Business of Healthcare ep #258 Behind the Business PCN Members' Club - click to join us today Phin Robinson at Pure Physiotherapy - find out more about how they can support your PCN Ollie Marchon's Without Limits podcast Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S Grover Rachel Morris' You Are Not A Frog podcast The General Practice podcast with Ben Gowland
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #9 Say Yes, free from fear | 26 Mar 2025 | 00:10:26 | |
In this episode, I wanted to do a little bit of a re-introduction as we have new listeners, which is absolutely fab, and I also wanted to say thank you to our regular listeners, we love that you come back each week and spend your time listening to our Podcast. I discuss why not to say no because you are scared, I wanted to give you a real life example of how I let my imposter syndrome get in the way. I'm sure this has happened to many of us out there! About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #8 Designing my Career | 08 Jan 2025 | 00:24:50 | |
I am just following my passions, saying yes to the opportunities that interest me, taken a few risks, investing in myself and to a degree, I'm happy to make a bunch of mistakes along the way. I think that's how you design your career is unique to you. If you have the desire to do something different, a create a side hustle, or take on a project that maybe pushes you outside of your comfort zone or even change your job entirely, maybe this year is the year to do this. You do not have to be one thing or do the same thing you have always done, but it's up to you and down to you to create opportunities. I believe, in order to make this happen, you need to be a bit braver and give yourself the permission to try something different, knowing that the worse thing that could happen is you would be to simply fail. It's OK to try something and it not work. It can be emotionally painful, time-consuming and financially costly BUT lol…. Don't let that put you off. Be smart and take steps that will help you to minimise the risks. I absolutely love the career I am building, and I feel both content and excited to do more and try more.
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #7 How I Create Content | 02 Jan 2025 | 00:26:22 | |
We take you behind the scenes and share our approach to creating content. At THC Primary Care, we produce A weekly podcast, blog, newsletter and daily social media content. We have produced over 250 blogs and 340 podcasts, so we are pretty experienced and pretty consistent. This business would not be where it is today without us continually putting ourselves out there. In this podcast, Tara highlights:
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #6 When your project is failing | 02 Jan 2025 | 00:16:02 | |
What to do when your project is failing In this episode I am talking about what to do when your project is failing. It is really important to share the highs and lows, this is how we grow as leaders.
This week on the Business of Healthcare Consulting
Mentions in the episode Blog – What to do when your project is failing
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #5 Legitimacy and Creditability | 02 Jan 2025 | 00:15:32 | |
I am discussing how to build legitimacy and enhance your creditability. Having a boundary spanning role and building legitimacy go hand in hand. It can feel like you are constantly trying to build legitimacy and when you join a new organisation – you have to start from scratch and you have to show who you are and share your values. Other people can build your legitimacy by word of mouth testimonial / referral and this is really important, but you still have to live up to this expectation. Do this by trying to get to know people, make it personal and make it not all about you but showcase your experience. Points that are discussed
The most practical piece of advice I can offer is, be visible do what you say you are going to do and make the time to genuinely get to know people and be yourself. Book mentioned in this episode
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #1 Getting started | 02 Jan 2025 | 00:26:22 | |
Ever wondered how you can turn a series of diverse job experiences into a thriving healthcare consulting business? This week, Tara shares her personal journey, recounting the thrill and challenges of negotiating her first clients, how word of mouth was crucial in securing opportunities, and the importance of patience and hard work in building a client pipeline. Here are Tara's key takeaways for this week:
Visit The Business of Healthcare Consulting - https://www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk/ To find out more about THC https://www.thcprimarycare.co.uk/about-us To visit the blog at THC https://www.thcprimarycare.co.uk/blog For more information on Pure Physiotherapy and how they can help support your PCN click here To download our checklist - please click here
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #4 Consulting frameworks | 02 Jan 2025 | 00:20:44 | |
Tara returns to discuss the strategic tools to transform your healthcare leadership. Dive into practical frameworks like SWOT analysis, mind mapping, fishbone diagrams, and the RACI framework. These tools are pivotal for better decision-making, risk management, and enhanced communication within your organisation. Key Takeaways:
This episode is a treasure trove of practical strategies to help you lead more effectively in the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare.
Episode Mentions
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/
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| #3 Hiring a healthcare consultant | 02 Jan 2025 | 00:17:59 | |
Tara returns to discuss the importance of considering outside help from consultants for healthcare leaders facing challenges. Tara provides a list of important questions for leaders to reflect on and determine if they would benefit from external support.. Tara's key takeaways:
Episode 1 & 2 - download here The book - The Five dysfunctions of a team Questions asked in the episode;
Facilitation offered at THC Primary Care
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #2 Is now the right time? | 02 Jan 2025 | 00:13:56 | |
Building on from episode 2, Tara returns to share why now is a great time to become a healthcare consultant. In this episode, Tara shares the pressing issues of rising health inequalities, staff shortages, and escalating costs that the health and care system is currently grappling with. Find out the importance of conducting thorough research and carving out a niche market to stand out in the competitive consulting landscape, and discover how to define your services and pinpoint your target audience to navigate the complexities of healthcare consulting effectively. Tara's Key Takeaways:
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About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #17 Managing Imposter Syndrome | 16 Jul 2025 | 00:11:18 | |
Ever felt the sting of comparison and insecurity in the business realm? We get it. Join Tara Humphrey, as she delves deep into her personal brush with these feelings. Using her experience with her website and blog performance as a measure, Tara unearths the pitfalls of sizing up our success with others'. The focus of this episode is to remind you to celebrate your victories and not to be swayed by others' accomplishments. We would love to hear your thoughts, so do drop a review and connect with us on our social platforms.
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/
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| #16 Planning my Working Week | 02 Jul 2025 | 00:09:01 | |
In the episode, I am going to take you behind the scenes of how I plan my time for the next few weeks in my health care consultancy, I have been running THC Primary Care providing interim management, consultancy, training and facilitation to Primary Care Networks & Clinical Commissioning groups which are now called Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) Each week I look at my diary for the next 2 weeks, and I split my time in time in 5 broad areas.
1. Family commitments 2. Team 3. Client deliverables 4. Diary commitments 5. Brand building activities
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #15 Behind my Consultancy Business | 18 Jun 2025 | 00:11:59 | |
In this podcast, Tara takes us behind the business of THC Primary Care and shares her quarterly review along with candidly sharing what she stopped, started and will continue doing moving forward. 1. The course and training portfolio 2. The Interim primary care network management portfolio 3. The increase in facilitation and consultancy 4. Wins for the quarter and achieving 100,000 website views 5. Improving team communication 6. Challenges relating to managing expectations, what to say yes and no to and how to keep things moving at pace at all times. We hope you appreciate our honesty and transparency and the range of services we provide.
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #14 Being Bearers of Bad News | 04 Jun 2025 | 00:10:07 | |
In this episode, I share my perspective on what it feels like to deliver bad news. People in leadership positions go through this all the time, but their perspective is often not documented and it is just as hard to give bad news as it is to receive it. Join me as I share my planning and thought process on how to go about it. I share the questions I ask myself as I approach it. I talk about how to do it whether it's a formal conversation or chat over coffee, how I prepare and gather evidence and I talk about how to move on from it in a positive and constructive way. Key points to listen out for;
Read the blog in full here
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #13 Attending events | 21 May 2025 | 00:18:37 | |
Let's get event planning! We are all well versed in mandatory training and where development within our individual roles is measured by the 'must do' workplace-based courses but when it comes to the events we choose, how do we target those which are most likely to make the biggest impact on our personal growth, and in our learning and progression as businesses and business leaders? I bring to you a podcast episode focused on my own approach to events planning; both in terms of benchmarking and recognising my own personal development goals, and when considering the design and delivery of THC Primary Care's own events.
Listen on to hear my advice and experiences about:
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #12 If you knew you couldn't fail | 07 May 2025 | 00:19:45 | |
This week Tara is sharing our experiences from Best Practice, strategic planning, being bold, brave and ambitious and our thoughts on if we knew we couldn't fail what would we do! Please do check out our below blog where all of our Best Practice leadership episodes can be found. https://www.thcprimarycare.co.uk/post/our-primary-care-leadership-masterclass
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #11 To Influence Decision Making | 23 Apr 2025 | 00:14:40 | |
This week I am discussing The Framing Effect and what this means for you and your organisation / team. When making decisions, most people think about every choice's potential risk and drawback. This can often lead to paralysis by analysis or no decision at all. This week on the Business of Healthcare Consulting Podcast I share:
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||
| #10 Comparison and Fear of Missing Out | 09 Apr 2025 | 00:17:05 | |
It's something even the most confident of people can worry about and I have to remember that even with the best planning in the world, sometimes you then have to take a step back. We need to prioritise, think about the pressure to contribute and become better at saying no, it's not a bad thing. It's difficult trying to balance all the plates sometimes, but take a step back, breathe and look at the bigger picture.
About Tara Humphrey and The business of Healthcare Consulting: With nearly a decade of experience in healthcare consultancy, Tara Humphrey, founder of THC Primary Care, has successfully supported over 200 Primary Care Networks across England. Now, Tara is here to help you take your healthcare consultancy to the next level. Whether you're in the early stages of building your consultancy or you're looking to expand and secure more clients, Tara offers practical guidance, proven tools, and actionable insights to boost your confidence and grow your business in a way that aligns with your values and goals. Ready to level up your consultancy? Visit www.thebusinessofhealthcareconsulting.co.uk for more information and to start your journey today. Follow Tara on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarahumphreythc/ | |||