The monthly round-up of news from Yorkshire & the Humber Leadership Academy

“Heads Up” - August 2014

WelcomeWelcome to the new look “Heads Up” which continues to bring you a monthly summary of our leadership and organisation development activity and offers.

In addition to our look we have also changed our name. It was agreed by the Regional Leadership Council at their July meeting that Leadership & OD Partners would become Yorkshire & the Humber Leadership Academy. This change will help the team to be better recognised as a regional resource that works to support and enable our stakeholders to achieve their local objectives.

Working in partnership we continue to provide a range of offers to create excellent leadership, excellent organisations, transforming systems together. Building upon seven years of regional investment in the leadership and organisation development agenda we want to maintain the legacy and continue to raise the profile of the great work that is being delivered in partnership across the region.

The Regional Leadership Council continues to update its membership if you are interested to find our more about how our work is shaped and governed please get in touch with me.

Kathryn WinterburnHead of Leadership & Organisation Development

Yorkshire and the Humber Leadership Academy

Stakeholder FeedbackAs part of Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber’s workforce data return, organisations were asked to provide a short narrative overview of areas where they could be supported to improve values and behaviours across their workforce. We analysed the data and identified emerging themes our stakeholders have told us that they would like to work on. Some of the headlines we have shared below, if you would like to discuss in detail contact Andrea Overton.

• There were as many different requests for how to support organisations as there were organisations provide a response. Several organisations did touch on common need for our team to facilitate connections, networks, shared learning or co-ordinating resources and brokering shared development. Other common areas for some organisations was for our team to provide consultancy, peer review/challenge via an account manager type role.

• Leadership development activity within organisations is as varied as are the identified needs for support for any gaps they have. This suggests that local offers need to be more bespoke and less ‘one size fits all’.

• A notable number of responses showed a positive regard for local offers such as coaching and Innov8 or the national Academy programmes. In terms of unmet needs so far, many are already areas under development either at local or national level. This is a strong position to continue to work from.

• A few organisations appear to have a very mature approach to strategic leadership development overall and a few more appear to have pockets of practice and innovation that would be of interest to peers. A simple mechanism for sharing practice would seem an easy win. 

• Responses from the east of the region have a common theme of local collaboration and mutual support to address their specific workforce needs and there are examples of specific activity these localities are pursuing. A shared conversation about this should be a priority for us.

Look out for our upcoming prospectus detailing our offer to the region and feel free to contact us for any ideas you’d like to discuss.

Regional NewsSystem Leadership

It seems to be the new buzz word and a great deal of activity is going on within the NHS and beyond in the name of system leadership but what is it really? For some system leadership simply means working across organisational boundaries but we believe effective system leadership is more than this, so the interventions that we offer under this banner seek to enable leaders learn about the nature of their system not just their part of it.

By creating the space for leaders to come together to consciously deconstruct what the system means, examine power dynamics, recognise the inherent contradictions, competition and ultimately complexity of system leadership, we can begin to learn together how to create a very different future that is much more than the sum of the respective parts. Yorkshire & the Humber Leadership Academy are supporting a number of system interventions within the region that genuinely seek to bring about transformative change. Additionally our Critical Evidence Based Community Programme will develop a sector spanning leadership community willing to collaborate in dealing with complex problems of the present and creating a space for the co-creation in future.

The programme is for leaders wishing to explore the potential of collaboration across traditional boundaries and seek challenge and fresh approaches to respond to system challenges. If you are interested in joining this community, see the flyer here or contact Amanda Allen.

If you wish to discuss system leadership and potential development support, please contact Kathryn Winterburn.

Regional News

Manager as Coach Sessions

The coaching capability of managers and leaders in their everyday interactions is arguably more important than the number of coaches in an organisation. This is a “train the trainer” programme to equip coaches with facilitation skills to deliver skills training in coaching to managers in their organisation.

We invite applications from Leadership and Organisational Development Leads. Applications should be in the form of a business case that describes the goals of this investment and their links to organisational priorities.

The closing date for applications is 20th October, contact Amanda Allen or see the registration form here.

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AHSN Improvement Fellows Development

We are very excited to be working in partnership with the Y&H Academic Health Science Network (YHAHSN) to design and deliver a co-created development programme specifically for AHSN Improvement Fellows who are engaged in quality improvement work and patient safety. The programme will commence in October and includes workshops based on the work of Barry Oshry, Action Learning as well as attendance at the Jonkoping Microsystems Festival in February 2015. For further information please contact Jane Pightling or see the flyer here.

 

Regional News

Social Media Sessions Update

In last year’s consultation you asked for sessions on how social media could be used by leaders. We responded and commissioned a series of workshops. We were overwhelmed by the demand and have doubled the number of sessions to accommodate the waiting list. The workshops have evaluated positively and we only have a few remaining places.

Talent Management Events

We are pleased to confirm two Talent Management events in the region, hosted in partnership with the NHS Leadership Academy and NHS England.

The first event on 16th October is aimed specifically at CCGs in our region, with a further event for other organisations on the 2nd December. The sessions will cover the NHS Leadership Academy talent management tools, plus CCG pilots coming to talk about their experience of implementing the tools in practice and a session on using the healthcare leadership model within talent conversations. To register your interest for 16th October contact Gillian Rooke at NHS England directly, for all other enquiries contact Lynsey Nicholson.

Regional RecognitionAwards

The deadline to nominate staff or teams in to the NHS Regional Recognition Awards has been extended to 1st September. Given the amount of excellent work that we know is taking place in the region, we were surprised by the number of lights hidden under Yorkshire bushels! Some organisations have yet to have any staff or teams named for one of the nine awards available.

Here is a breakdown of nominations (correct as of 22nd August); if your organisation is one of those without a nomination listed, we would encourage you to look again to find at least one person or team to put forward.

We’re sure you must have a few shining stars you wish to recognise. Follow our step by step guide here, or if you are ready to go ahead with a nomination (you can even nominate yourself), visit the Leadership Academy portal here.

If you have any queries please contact John Hunter or Lucy Scarisbrick.

Organisation Nominations Barnsley Hospital FT 1Bradford District Care Trust 4Bradford Teaching Hospitals FT 2Calderdale CCG 1Calderdale & Huddersfield FT 1Care Plus Group 1Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals 2East Riding of Yorkshire CCG 3Harrogate & Rural District CCG 1Harrogate & District FT 6Hull & East Yorkshire FT 1Leeds Community Healthcare 1Leeds & York Partnership FT 3Leeds Teaching Hospitals FT 3Leeds University Medical School 1Leeds West CCG 1Mid Yorkshire Hospitals FT 1Northern Lincolnshire & Goole FT 7North Leeds CCG 1RDASH 5Rotherham FT 11Sheffield Teaching Hospitals 6South West Yorkshire Partnership FT 2Wakefield CCG 1York Teaching Hospitals FT 24Sheffield Health & Social Care FT 1Sheffield CCG & Sheffield Council 1Spectrum Community Health 1

Regional Leadership Press

Yorkshire & the Humber National Awards winner reflects on success

Esme Moniz-Cook from Humber Foundation Trust, spoke recently about winning a National NHS Leadership Recognition Award earlier this year. Read more here

Sheffield Nurse encourages others to join development programme

Claire Eves, neonatal sister on the Jessop Wing at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, is urging all nurses and midwives in the area to take advantage of Frontline, a free development opportunity being offered by the NHS Leadership Academy.

Claire said “The programme fits in so well with family life and learning more about yourself to become a better leader can only be a good thing!”

Read more here

Frontline Nursing &Midwifery

Frontline Programme Update

We have upcoming cohorts for this Nursing and Midwifery Development Programme available in Sheffield, Leeds, Hull and we are pleased to announce a recently negotiated cohort for York will be available soon. See here for a full list of cohorts available.

A breakdown of participants by organisation is available here for your reference (correct as of 12th August); if we can be of any help in encouraging your nurses and midwives in joining Frontline please contact Lucy Scarisbrick to discuss.

This fully funded programme is due to close in 2015 and we are keen to ensure the region’s nurses and midwives benefit from it.

Organisation ParticipantsAiredale FT 16Barnsley Hospice 2Barnsley Hospitals FT 5Bassetlaw Health Partnerships 3Bradford District Care Trust 15Bradford Teaching Hospitals FT 19Calderdale & Huddersfield FT 22Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals FT 64Harrogate & District FT 7Huddersfield & Calderdale FT 2Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals FT 19Humber FT 2Leeds and York Partnerships FT 2Leeds Community Healthcare FT 2Leeds Teaching Hospitals FT 30Mid Yorks hire Hospitals FT 38Navigo health and Social Care CIC 1NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL 5Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT 4Rharian Fields 1RDASH 11Royal Hallamshire Hospital 1Sheffield Children’s Hospital FT 3Sheffield Health and Social Care FT 6Sheffield NHS Teaching Hospitals FT 32South West Yorkshire FT 9St Luke’s Hospice 2York Teaching Hospital FT 5Yorkshire Ambulance Service 1

Dates For Your Diary

Now

• 1st Sept: GMTS National Welcome event

• 5th Sept: “Developing Diverse Talent”: A conversation with CEOs and executive leaders

• 11th Sept - 19th Nov: Social Media workshops

• 18th Sept: Strategic Alignment event for Senior Leaders

• 18th Sept onwards: Systems Leadership Community Workshops

• 25th Sept: Innov8 Fund application closing date

• 30th Sept: Psychometric Testing & Assessment event

Next

• October: Improvement Fellows Development Programme begins

• October: Talent 2020 Inquiry• October: Innov8 Associates

begin • October: Nominations and

recruitment for Change Leaders Network

• October: Innov8 Masterclass series begins

• 7th Oct – Regional Leadership Council Meeting

• 10th Oct: GMTS Regional Welcome event

• 16th Oct: CCGs Talent Management session

• 21st Oct: Women in Medicine event

• 22nd Oct: Accelerate Celebration Event

• November: Inspiring Leaders Forum launches

Later

• 26th Nov: 360 Facilitator Training• 26th-27th Nov: “Manager as

Coach” training• 2nd Dec: Talent 2020 Workshop• 3rd Dec: NHS Regional

Recognition Awards• January: Diversity Management

MSc at Bradford Uni intake• 21st-22nd Jan: “Manager as

Coach” training• February: i-Lead Programme

begins• 2nd Feb: Health Coaching

Conference• Spring: Intake for Mary

Seacole, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Leadership Programmes

• Spring: Innov8 Alliance Day

Contact Us

General Enquiries: 0113 394 2963 /// Follow us @YHLeadershipOD

Andrea Overton and Lynsey Nicholson

Inclusive Talent Development, Emerging Leaders, Graduate Management Trainee Scheme

Anthony Owens, Jane Pightling and Amanda Allen

Capacity and Capability Building including OD Programmes and Coaching

John Hunter and Lucy Scarisbrick National Professional Development Programmes, Regional Leadership Awards and Communications

Kathryn Winterburn and Jo Seddon Strategy and Planning, Regional Leadership Council, Partnership Working and Systems Leadership