Episode 1: Sebastian King

Leadership with paediatric surgeon A/Prof Sebastian King

Today we have A/Prof Sebastian (Bazz) King on the show! Bazz is an academic paediatric surgeon at the Royal Children’s Hospital, in Melbourne Australia. He’s also the director of the Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Service at the Royal Children’s Hospital and co-leader of the Surgical Research group at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.

Bazz shares his thoughts on being a leader for different groups of people and how he has grown into his leadership roles

Here’s what we talk about. 

  1. Leading people in an area you are passionate about
  2. Different leadership roles in different circumstances
  3. The importance of mentors
  4. Being conscious of gender bias
  5. The importance of learning from junior staff and providing them opportunities

We also get into The Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Service which he started at the RCH. 

To find out more on Sebastian King’s work:

He’s really generous with his thoughts, so enjoy!

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