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National Leading Transformation of Health & Wellbeing Programme 2014. Learning Event 5 Leading Systems Transformation. Leading Systems Transformation:. What do we mean by systems leadership? identifying the challenges for systems leaders tools that could help.
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National Leading Transformation of Health & Wellbeing Programme 2014 Learning Event 5 Leading Systems Transformation
Leading Systems Transformation: • What do we mean by systems leadership? • identifying the challenges for systems leaders • tools that could help.
What is Systems Leadership? • Local leaders from across the health &care system sharing a cohesive approach to working together to improve the whole local health and care system. • ‘System leaders’ have clear, shared priorities that are grounded in the needs of their communities and not in the interests of individuals or their organisations. • The Health and Social Care Act 2012 established HWBs as the lynchpin of system leadership. • System leadership is vital to delivering integrated care, transforming services to address the financial and demographic challenges facing health and social care, and tackling health inequalities.
What Does ‘Good’ Look Like? • Can articulate a clear purpose and vision • A space where difficult discussions and robust debates can happen • Discussions are linked to actions. The future of system leadership, Feb 2014
How do you make that happen? • Good working relationships • Bottom-up • A good HWBB will engage and consult widely with partners • Defined process • A strong chair/leadership
3 Top Take Away Messages: i. Shared purpose matters – e.g. improving children's outcomes ii. Relationships matters – allows difficult discussions to happen and builds trust iii. Trust matters – without trust, partners will continue to approach things from an organisational perspective.
The following personal leadership traits really make a difference: • Values driven, aligned around a shared ambition • Personal drive to deliver better outcomes • A genuine sense of ‘community’.
Effective Systems leaders’ have relentless drive to ‘achieve for community’, characterised by: • Humility and a passion to learn • Courage to experiment • Seeking diverse perspectives • Suspend certainty and embrace uncertainty.
Adaptive Leadership • Emotional Intelligence • Servant-Leadership
Situational Leadership Model (Hersey & Blanchard)
Diagnosing Development(Competence & Commitment) D1—Low competence and high commitment D2—Low to some competence and low commitment D3—Moderate to high competence and variable commitment D4—High competence and high commitment
Three Choices • Match • Over-supervise • Under-supervise
Top 6 Ineffective Leadership Traits • Avoiding conflict • Fostering unhealthy competition • Seeing only what’s wrong • Taking all the credit • Controlling everything • Focussing Exclusively on the Goal Judy Ringer
National Leading Transformation of Health & Wellbeing Programme 2014 Learning Event 5 Leading Systems Transformation