News from Yorkshire & the Humber Leadership Academy

Heads UpDecember 2015

Welcome to the December edition of Heads Up, our monthly round up of regional leadership development activity. It’s hard to believe Christmas is just one week away as I sit here in the office windows open and an unseasonable temperature of 12°C! It feels more like spring, but the dark nights, traffic jams and city revellers provide a clue to the season.

First I would like to congratulate all the nominees and winners at last months Regional Leadership Awards. The event, now in its third year was a resounding success and a wonderful opportunity to recognise the talent & achievements across this region. Award winners will be entered into the national leadership awards which will be held in March 2016. We will be keeping our fingers crossed for you!

I am looking forward to the New Year which sees the team planning activity into the next financial year. Members of the Yorkshire & Humber Regional Leadership Council have identified Systems Leadership and Talent Management as key priorities for future activity. We are keen to build on the existing work in these areas. We are very excited by the prospect of co-producing with yourselves a region wide talent scheme that aims to more effectively develop and deploy talent. The scheme is embryonic at the moment, but we will be driving this work forward in the coming months and are hopeful that we can do this in a systemic way that involves senior leaders across the patch. As part of this process in March, we intend to host a Development Event for Chief Executives and other System Stakeholders. The event will be a development opportunity and will also provide space to test out these identified priorities and shape the strategy for leadership and organisational development in Yorkshire and Humber.

We are also working up proposals to address the System Leadership agenda; as a starter for ten, we have commissioned three one day System Leadership Learning Workshops (read more on page 7), we will then be shaping a range of additional offers that help leaders to learn the skills and behaviours necessary for effectively working in and with their systems. Again, I’m looking forward to discussing these new offers with regional stakeholders to inform their content! It is an exciting New Year ahead!

From myself and the team a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our Heads Up readers. We look forward to continuing to work with you on the leadership and organisation development agenda in 2016!

Kathryn WinterburnYorkshire & the Humber Leadership Academy

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Congratulations to the Regional Leadership Recognition Awards Finalists

We were delighted to host the Regional Leadership Recognition Awards for Yorkshire and the Humber at a special event on 25 November at the Marriott Hotel in Leeds.

We received 124 nominations in total across nine categories, from staff and service users across the NHS.

The event was a celebration of leadership at all levels in the NHS, and allowed us to recognise the fantastic achievements our colleagues make every day in providing exceptional care whether on the frontline or behind the scenes.

Thank you to all who took the time to nominate their colleagues and teams for an award, and a huge thanks to our judging panel for their help. You can read more, view photos and watch videos of all our finalists on our website.

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Co-Creation Network UpdateThe next Winter Basecamp, to be held on 20 January in Leeds, will be our fourth Network-wide event.

It will feature sessions on value creation hosted by Nadine Payne (Knowledge Project Manager at Haelo), and a workshop from NHS ImprovingQuality to help us review the Co-Creation Network’s aims and objectives.

We encourage you to join us for the day to learnmore about the Network and how Communities of Practice work, and see the energy and passion in the connections health and social care staff, academics and service users are making through this way of working.

More speakers are being confirmed, so please watch this space for more information.

You can follow the event on Twitter using the hashtag #CCNetwork.

For further information and to register, see the website here or email Lucy Scarisbrick.

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Shadow Board

Our new shadow board programme starts soon, as part of our Innov8 inclusive talent management work.

Working in partnership with both TRL Healthcare and Finegreen Associates, this innovative programme will welcome 10 aspiring board leaders from each Trust in January 2016.

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust and South West Yorkshire Partnership Trust are confirmed participants in the first wave.

Funding for a third organisation is available.

Interested provider trusts should contact Rebecca Bevington for more information.

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NEW CORPORATE WEBSITE

We have a new-look corporate website, as part of Health Education England's 'One HEE' branding programme.  

As a result of this, our website address has also changed.  

Our new website can be found at:

http://hee.nhs.uk/yh/leadership-academy

Please make a note of our new website address.

i-LEAD

The next i-Lead network session will take place in the New Year and will focus on both staff networks and personal and professional networks.

An exact date and venue will be advertised soon.

If you would like to be involved in running the day, please contact Amanda Allen.

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Systems Leadership Learning Labs in the New Year!We increasingly need to work and lead collectively across our health and social care communities to meet the needs of the people we serve. We talk a lot about Systems Leadership, but what does this really mean? How do we extend and develop our leadership behaviour and mindset to influence the wider system alongside our organisational responsibilities? This Learning Laboratory enables you to really explore how productive partnership and systems working can be developed and sustained within your own context.

It is a dynamic, high impact, experiential learning event, in which we create a real organisational system in the room. During the morning, we’ll experience typical power dynamics and we’ll uncover why systems leadership is often really tricky. So much seems to get in the way – not least hierarchies, differing agendas, organisational identities and disempowering cultures. We will work together to build a shared understanding of leading across systems and in the afternoon we will focus on translating this into practice in your own contexts.

The Systems Leadership Learning Lab will equip you, your colleagues and partners to:• enhance your collective leadership effectiveness• relate to partner agencies, service users and colleagues more effectively• jointly raise the quality of services• together improve client and employee satisfaction• collectively deliver better value for money

We will be holding three, one-day learning workshops in the New Year Wednesday 27 January 2016 – Radisson Blu Leeds Tuesday 16 February 2016 – Mercure Sheffield – St Paul’s Hotel & Spa Friday 18 March – Mercure Hull Royal Hotel

These workshops will be particularly beneficial if you are currently working with partners across your system. We would therefore encourage you to bring colleagues with you to the workshop so that you can learn together in this dynamic environment.

To book your place on one of these workshops, please contact Rebecca Bevington or call 07780 587183.

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Inclusive Talent Management

We have recently commissioned the support of a few external and internal NHS development partners to help us deliver our inclusive talent management work streams.

Beverley Powell, Equality and Diversity Manager from Barnsley Foundation Trust and Amanda Kearsley, Leadership Development Facilitator from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are beginning a number of sponsored projects with us around career management and implementing more inclusive talent management.

We have also commissioned HNA Associates to develop an OD resource to support people with a role in improving workforce and leadership diversity.

These will be tailored to individual organisations and to ensure that we have a thorough understanding of your specific organisational needs and challenges. It will also ensure that we are directing resources appropriately.

We will be running a number of focus groups in November and December, which will explore some of the challenges and hurdles organisations are facing.

The groups will also serve to get a good understanding of requirements of individuals and teams responsible for implementing diversity and inclusion strategies across organisations.

Targeted invitations to the focus groups went out earlier in the month.

Opportunities to be involved are limited, but if you would value taking part, please contact Andrea Overton for a discussion.

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Mary Seacole Graduation Ceremony

We will be congratulating our Yorkshire and the Humber graduates of the Mary Seacole Leadership Programme on Wednesday 27 January 2016 at the Howard Assembly Room (part of Leeds Grand Theatre).

98 participants of the programme will receive their certificates, which includes a Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership.

Many of the graduates have passed with distinction,the highest number in the country.

If you would like to attend or have any questions please email Rebecca Bevington.

More information about the Mary Seacole Programme can be found here.

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National Programmes UpdateJENNER ADVANCED - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

Applications are now open for the brand new Jenner Advanced programme.

The start date of this programme has now been moved from January to April 2016.

The exact dates are currently being confirmed and will be shared as soon as possible.

Jenner Advanced will enable you to continually apply your new skills in-role as you learn and make immediate improvements to patient care.

Completion of and passing Launch and Foundations is a pre-requisite to progress onto Advanced. 

Find out more at the Leadership Academy website. 

DIRECTOR PROGRAMME

The deadline to apply for the Director Programme is 20 December 2015. Please note that Mary Seacole programme applications are temporarily closed.

Read more at the Leadership Academy website, or contact Rebecca Bevington for more details.

Additional information from the Leadership Academy can be found via the Academy's own fortnightly newsletter.

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John Hunter’s blog about the Jenner Advanced course

John Hunter, Development Manager for National Programmes and Leadership Awards at Yorkshire and the Humber Leadership Academy, has written a blog post on our LinkedIn page about the Jenner Advanced course.

It contains his personal perspectives on the programme and what he found valuable.

Visit our LinkedIn page here to read more.

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Key dates for your diary

20 January Co-Creation Network Winter Basecamp

27 January Mary Seacole Regional Graduation Ceremony, Howard Assembly Room, Leeds

27 January Systems Leadership Learning Lab – Leeds

29 January OD Network event, change of venue to be confirmed

16 February Systems Leadership Learning Lab – Sheffield

2 March OD Network event, Horizons, 3 Brewery Wharf, Leeds

18 March Systems Leadership Learning Lab - Hull

Contact Us

Amanda Allen Programme Coordinator

Rebecca Bevington Leadership Officer

John Hunter National Professional Development Programmes, Regional Leadership Awards

Grace Jeffrey OD Programme Lead

Andrea Overton Inclusive Talent Development, Graduate Management Training Scheme

Anthony Owens Capacity and Capability Building, OD Programmes and Coaching

Lucy Scarisbrick Communications and Engagement Officer

Jed Skinner Leadership Administrator

Deb Singleton Programme Coordinator

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

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