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Leadership Course and Changing priorities. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust. Dr Chandrashekar Shetty Consultant Chemical Pathologist, WWL NHS FT, Wigan. In the beginning… Heard about the West Midlands pilot course and secretly wished a National rollout
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Leadership Course and Changing priorities Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust Dr Chandrashekar Shetty Consultant Chemical Pathologist, WWL NHS FT, Wigan • In the beginning… • Heard about the West Midlands pilot course and secretly wished a National rollout • Email received about the National course in Early 2010 • Telephone interview went well (I thought) • Selected for the course and … • Started with great enthusiasm and gusto. • Enjoyed the first day • Learnt a lot of new concepts • Highs ... • Getting selected for the course • Increasing awareness of my self and learning about my abilities • Changing personal priorities • Meeting and networking with a great bunch of people • Increasing confidence in handling situations in work/life • Improving emotional intelligence • Quick Acceleration in learning process • 7 habits of Covey • Listening at 3 levels • Leadership styles • Emotional intelligence • Learning about time management • Art of delegation • Giving and receiving feedback • Lows … • Resulting poor finish to course and my involvement • Unable to attend 3rd coaching session • Unhappy about the ongoing delays in 360 degree process • Time management issues persist • Final Thoughts today • Broken learning over these 8 months will be constantly revisited • My immediate priorities have changed but leadership lessons learnt will serve me well in all fields of work and life. • Immense satisfaction and relief of having endured the course and completing tasks to the best of my abilities in spite of various distractions. • Numerous changes in the near future would lead to some trepidation but also confidence that I would be able to use some of the learning points during these changes • Keen to continue with further management training.