Programme

Registration and refreshments

Opening remarks from the Chair

Government, policy and healthcare regeneration– leading through the change

• Understanding the vision for the future direction of NHS leadership
• What new kind of leadership is needed, and how does it differ from before?
  

Question & answer session

Delivering the change through leadership: how to manage the transition with fewer leaders and more challenges

• What skills are needed to facilitate the vision of ‘Liberating the NHS’?
• Understanding the managerial priorities in the short, medium and long-term
• Do our leaders have the necessary skills, and if not, how do we acquire them?
  

Question & answer session

Morning refreshments

NICE, CQC and Monitor Discussion Panel

• Explaining the emerging roles and responsibilities of these organisations, and their expectations of NHS leaders

A crisis in leadership: developing future NHS leaders

• The business case for investing long-term in future leadership
• Beyond the transition: what does the future leader look like? 
• Incentivising new leaders to emerge and realise the opportunities of the future
• How to foster talent and leadership planning in a time of austerity
  

Question & answer session

Lunch

Taking staff with you on the journey of transition

• Enhancing staff engagement and promoting open dialogue
• Including staff in the decision-making process to secure buy-in
• Understanding how the Boorman Review fits into the wider picture of staff empowerment
  

Engaging clinicians in the leadership process: How current managers can support clinician leadership development and transition

• Beyond the perspective of the individual: engaging clinicians on the organisational level
• Developing a joint strategy and dialogue between current managers and clinicians in order to implement the NHS of the future
• Case Study: the latest from the Innovations in Healthcare Programme

Question & answer session

Afternoon refreshments

Leading through downsizing: retaining and inspiring staff

• Moving beyond financial incentives – motivating staff through economic hardship
• Retaining excellent and aspiring leaders – is there a “Plan B” if retention of talent fails?
• Learning from the private sector’s recent recession experiences – maintaining staff and their morale
  

Fundamentally changing the NHS leadership culture

Change is a journey, one on which the NHS has booked a first-class ticket. But how does one reach the destination of an efficient, stream-lined and quality-led healthcare system? Transforming the NHS culture is key to this, and this session is designed to illustrate how and what can be done to achieve this.

• How to recognise and empower a culture of leadership at every level
• Taking responsibility to ensure success of change initiatives
• Managing beyond boundaries: adaptive over hierarchical leadership
• Delivering the DH vision of innovation: facilitating managerial intervention at every stage
• Case Study: University College London Hospitals – learning from the military how to foster leaders
  

Question & answer session

End of conference