Ali Richards

Dr. Ali Richards is a Director of Nurse First CIC and is a nurse and as well as working for Nurse First is Director of GTR Coaching LTD a company using coaching techniques to facilitate online relationships for business and healthcare using social media. She is a business coach/mentor and guardian angel with Community and Business Partners. Ali has a background in Organisational and Personal Development and General Management. She is a successful podcaster and blogger and was jointly responsible for the popular busynurse podcast. Her personal blog has topped 55,000 views per month and she has regularly written for a top US blog site. Ali has worked both in the NHS and in the private sector and has run four companies. At the NHS Leadership Centre, Ali was responsible for facilitating networks of trainers and programme administrators across the country and for ensuring that over 34,000 nurses went on leadership programmes. Ali has also published articles in professional journals and is a reviewer for Nursing Management. She has been a member of a variety of voluntary organisations and professional bodies and regularly presents and facilitates at conferences both in the UK and internationally.