Sue Stirling

Sue Stirling, Associate, GGI

Sue has worked across both the public and third sector achieving outcomes from national governance improvement to primary care
transformation and many ground level change programmes. Her background is in clinical and organisational psychology and she has held senior roles in the NHS, local government and charities.

Sue has established 4 separate businesses, all delivering improved services for the public and promoting new approaches to organisational development. Her achievements include lead roles in primary care, NHS leadership, clinical network governance and a wide range of health and social care integration. Bringing a strong academic and strategic approach to her work, she prioritises on pragmatic and inclusive outcomes on the front line.

Her career includes roles as a national governance advisor for the NHS, Scottish lead for a public management company, successful entrepreneur, director of a public policy institute and a regional child poverty champion. She specialises in cross-sector working, strategic partnerships and inter-organisational governance. Her experience of local government, NHS and the third sector offers a breadth of understanding of the policy and political context influencing leaders and managers. She has sat on 3 national reform commissions, led national programmes and designed and implemented a range of organisational improvement processes.

Sue will be working at the interface of health and social care translating innovative approaches to public sector reform into real world outcomes. A highly qualified facilitator of senior teams and boards she brings a range of intervention options from mentoring, coaching to large scale organisational development and culture change programmes. She is currently developing new models of cultural and service change based on emerging models of positive psychology and accelerated solutions.