Leadership & Management in Healthcare

Introduction

This training course is designed to enhance the management and leadership capabilities needed by modern healthcare professionals. The training course is run in workshop format to encourage sharing of ideas and good practice and encourages delegates to challenge one another and find new and better solutions for existing problems. Delegates will gain competence in the key skills needed to deliver high quality care.

The focus of the training course is on the development of key managerial skills to build confidence and capability to deliver organisational objectives. A review of diverse leadership styles and theories, an understanding of self to recognise strengths and weaknesses, attention paid to management and leadership of teams (including clinical and non-clinical staff), as well as key challenges around ethical decisions relating to good care outcomes, will combine to deliver a rounded training course to enhance the capabilities of healthcare professionals.

This GLOMACS training course will highlight:

• A range of leadership styles and approaches
• Team leadership needed to run diverse teams
• Personal skills for managing and leading effectively
• Awareness of ethical challenges in delivering quality outcomes
• The need to communicate and collaborate effectively to deliver shared objectives

Objectives

By the end of this training course, you will be able to:

• Explore the impact of different leadership styles and practices
• Gain confidence and self-awareness of your own leadership capabilities
• Learn the importance of evaluating the effectiveness of communication channels and styles
• Apply new management techniques to deliver better care outcomes
• Become a more effective team player

Training Methodology

This training course utilizes a range of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes discussions, case studies, presentations and exercises. The course leader will make extensive use of real-life case examples of organisations with which they have been personally involved.Each session provides opportunities to develop skills using case experience and apply them to your organisation generating improvements in efficiency and effectiveness.

Organisational Impact

What will your organisation gain from employees attending this training course?

• More confident and effective leaders
• Improved understanding of health and care outcomes
• Better cooperation between clinical and non-clinical teams
• More effective communications with stakeholders
• Greater awareness of decision-making and ethical considerations
• Enhanced quality of care

Personal Impact

Participants will further develop their personal management and leadership skills by being:

• Developing a greater understanding of different leadership styles and approaches
• Gaining self-awareness and the ability to deploy different styles
• Improving their team leadership capabilities
• Developing more effective communications with stakeholders
• Gaining greater focus on objectives and health outcomes
• Enhancing their leadership style and effectiveness