Building collaborative leadership across health and care organisations

Participants will:

• gain knowledge of models and conceptual frameworks that support a more collaborative style of leadership
• have the opportunity to identify at an individual level how they will make a tangible difference as a collaborative leader in their local health and social care system
• develop strategies to help them overcome local challenges that may be hindering a more collaborative operating model
• gain a better understanding of different organisational perspectives
• have the opportunity to participate in a national network with other NHS and social care leaders.

The programme will provide experienced leaders with protected space to develop the skills and behaviours associated with a more collaborative style of leadership. It will also explore the style, culture and behaviours that participants are promoting within their organisation – as staff at all levels will need to work more collaboratively across organisational and professional boundaries if new health and care models are to succeed.

The programme will run over seven months and comprises:

• four modules – one two-day module (module one) and three one-and-a-half-day modules (modules two, three and four).
• telephone conversations between the programme participants and programme director, which will be held four–six weeks before the programme starts to identify personal goals and ambitions. This information will be used to design the content of the modules
• a maximum of 16 participants.

Previous contributors have included:

• Rt Hon Jacqui Smith, Chair, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor Sir Chris Ham, former Chief Executive, The King's Fund
• Baroness Dido Harding, Chair, NHS Improvement 
• Mark Devlin, Chief Operating Officer, Unicef UK