About Bolton NHS Trust

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is an NHS Foundation Trust which runs health and social care services in Bolton, UK.

Purpose of the partnership

Following a review of its leadership development strategy, Bolton’s Organisation Development Team identified a skills and confidence gap with their junior clinical managers to enable them to lead change and inspire their teams within the pressures of healthcare service delivery.

What we did

We worked in partnership with the Bolton team to scope a skills-based 9 month development programme to engage participants with thinking about team leadership approaches, their own wellbeing and application of programme principles to apply to the ‘real world of work’. Topics included resilience, mindfulness, coaching, action learning and influencing skills, with respect to Trust values around care and compassion.

Formal and informal feedback was gathered throughout the programme to evaluate the learning experience for participants, around transferability of learning, impact on personal and professional practice and organisational impact.

Outcomes

Participants developed and delivered a work-based project during the programme and presented their results to invited guests and senior managers at a World Café event.