Developing Healthcare Leaders
It has been an excellent, well structured course, giving us the space to reflect upon day to day practice
Program Participant, February 2026
The program combines practical experience with new thinking and reflection, enabling participants to relate to themselves, the people around them, and their environment differently. Engagement, sense of belonging, and fulfilment in their roles are key outcomes.
Overview
The program has been developed for line managers and is fully aligned with the principles and practices of the successful Developing Healthcare Talent program for Healthcare Support Workers.
Purpose
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Develop an effective and inspiring management and leadership approach
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Learn innovative, proactive practices and expand core skills & competencies
Outcome
With minimum demand on their time, participants are able to relate to themselves, the people around them, and their environment differently, developing their mindset and embracing the leadership role.
The program sessions focus on core competencies such as communication, relatedness, listening, enquiry and collaborative working, blended with developing an effective and innovative management approach. The result is the emergence of new possibilities for participants, everyone they look after, their teams and their organisation.
Participants’ self-assessed abilities and practices, across 10 main dimensions, 100% of participants improved or significantly improved, including:
awareness
92% improved or significantly improved 'awareness of myself and my responses'
relationships
94% improved or significantly improved their ability to develop positive relationships
resilience
82% improved or significantly improved their resilience: 'understanding how to better support my personal resilience'
communication
90% improved or significantly improved communications skills at work: 'my ability to communicate effectively'
listening
94% improved or significantly improved: 'my ability to listen deeply and attentively to other people at work’
The data from this page is averaged from all cohorts ending between January 2024 and March 2026
relevant
92% agreed or completely agreed: 'The program was relevant to their profession'
support
93% agreed or completely agreed 'the program will help me to better support others around me'
recommend
85% agreed or completely agreed they would 'recommend the program to colleagues'
Case Study: East Midlands Alliance
Developing Healthcare Leaders, a professional development and readiness for leadership programme for Clinical Support Worker (CSW) Managers, has been successful in filling a gap in leadership development for the Band 5/6 workforce for mental health and community Trusts across the East Midlands.
Through improved listening, openness and self reflection, I feel better equipped to manage stress and approach challenges with greater calm and clarity.
Program Participant, January 2026
Feedback Report
We are pleased to share the full participant feedback from an earlier cohort of the program for Managers of Clinical Support Workers, in partnership with 5 leading NHS Trusts in the Midlands:
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Participants: 18 Managers (Band 5/6)
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Duration: 22 weeks (April 23 – July 23)
The feedback was collected anonymously, via Survey Monkey, on completion of the program. All participants gave consent to sharing their anonymised feedback.
Very supportive team and trainers, made my ideas and thoughts feel valued
Program Participant, July 2025
