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Leadership development & OD

Developing a flexible approach to your leadership

Find out practical ways to develop a flexible approach to your leadership behaviours.

Date Wednesday, 07 August 2024 14:30 PM - 15:30 PM
Where Details Online Online - MS Teams
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Level Details Beginner
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What you'll learn

In this one-hour webinar, we will:

  • Introduce the model
  • Consider the importance of getting it right
  • How our habits might lead us to use the wrong style (even when we mean well)
  • Consider the coaching quadrant in particular, sharing the GROW model with example questions to help develop a coaching style.

Who is this webinar for?

This session is aimed at those new to a leadership role and/or those who want to improve their leadership skills.

Lead facilitators

Eilis Parker

Eilis is a Chartered Physiotherapist by background and has held a number of professional and general management posts in the NHS prior to joining NHS Elect in 2004. Gaining a Masters in Healthcare Management from City University and then qualifying as a coach in 2013, via the ILM Level 7 Diploma in Executive Coaching and Mentoring, Eilis was the founding member of the NHS Elect coaching faculty. Eilis also works as part of the wider OD Team with special interests in resilience, team working and helping members improve their coaching skills. She finds great reward in coaching individuals and teams; equipping them with tools and knowledge, and providing challenge, to help them to develop themselves to become more effective in what they do. Eilis is qualified in MBTI, Firo-B, and is Strengthscope Master Practitioner and a member of the Association for Coaching.

Eleanor Clarke

Eleanor is an independent consultant and qualified work-place mediator, executive coach, team coach and facilitator. She has worked in both the public and private sector. She started out in research and development before moving into service improvement and change management on behalf of public sector organisations, including the MOD, county councils and the civil service. Healthcare is her favourite working environment, and she has worked in primary and community care and arm’s-length bodies for the last 12 years. Switching from process to people development, Eleanor headed up a new Organisational Development service within an NHS Trust, which quickly became a trusted partner to senior leaders, team leaders and staff throughout the organisation. She continues to have a passion for creating value-based solutions to support a culture of compassion and inclusion. She squeezes in a bit of mediation too.