Programme content

Your purpose as a leader

This session is designed to introduce you to the programme and its format. It is an opportunity to meet your fellow delegates and ask questions. You will further explore, through discussion, selfawareness, emotional intelligence and be offered opportunity to work through a coaching discussion activity.

You will participate in reflective individual and group work. You will also be directed to online learning material to explore following the session.

Outcomes

By the end of the session you will have:

 Gained an improved understanding of your own personal leadership journey

 Conduct a network analysis activity highlighting connectivity and relational structures

 Assess your leadership skill using the nine elements of the NHS Leadership Model

 Understand how you can use reflection as a powerful high level leadership tool

 Completed a personal development plan to outline your commitment to your lifelong learning process and involvement in the programme

Leadership attributes

 Put our population at the heart of all we do

 Engage with our staff, patients and communities, listen to their views and where possible act on them

 Ensure teams are connected and inclusive

 Make decisions and communicate them in an open and honest manner

Leading teams for effective performance

One of the key elements to high level leadership focusses around performance. This session will explore the facets of performance, measurement across systems and how to positively impact individual, team, departmental and system wide performance.

Outcomes

By the end of the session you will have:

 Gained an improved understanding measuring, collecting, analysing and understanding performance data

 Increased your understanding of data triangulation; turning information to wisdom

 Explored strengths, preferences and biases you will typically have regarding the different available types of performance data

 Understand how you can use this knowledge to be an effective leader

 Empowering others to “own” their own performance data

Leadership attributes

 Put our population at the heart of all we do

 Lead by example and live the Trust’s values

 Empower colleagues to speak up and take ownership

 Share the right information with the right people