Footnotes

• Contributors KA and PL cowrote this article in their capacity as chief operating officer and chief executive of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests PL and KA are employed by the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management and the organisation co-owns BMJ Leader.

• Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.