FMLM Trainee Steering Group - 3rd Session: Compassionate leadership in a complex world
The FMLM Trainee Steering Group is excited to present a new Introduction to Leadership Development Programme, tailored specifically to doctors in training. It comprises of a series of monthly online events over the next year, which will offer both an introduction to a range of core leadership topics, as well as key insights from leaders both within and outside the field of healthcare.
Each session will offer a unique blend of education and inspiration, with the aim of supporting your development as a clinical leader. All attendees can record their learning in the FMLM Leadership Development Passport, which can provide portfolio evidence for your progression towards achieving the required leadership competencies.
We’re delighted to be hosting this programme, and we look forward to welcoming you on the next step of your leadership journey.
3rd Session: Compassionate leadership in a complex world, Monday 6 September: 7pm - 8:30pm, webinar followed by an interative workshop
This event has 2 parts: a live presentation via Zoom on compassionate leadership at 7pm which is open to all, followed by a Zoom workshop which will encourage reflection on what compassionate leadership really means within the healthcare setting. The workshop has very limited spaces to enable meaningful interaction so please book your place in advance if you would like to attend.
7 – 7:30pm Enabling compassionate leadership and why it matters – Dr Liz Thomas (open to all)
Compassionate leadership helps teams function better, with clearer communication, more satisfied teams, less staff sickness and ultimately a safer environment for patients – although these factors are difficult to quantitatively measure. Dr Liz Thomas will draw on her leadership experience to talk about the highs and lows of leadership. She strongly believes that we all have leadership qualities and that it is possible for us all to blossom with the right encouragement.
7:30 – 8:15pm How do you know what to do when you don’t know what to do? Exploring compassionate leadership in a VUCA* environment – Dr Susy Stirling (limited to 24 participants)
(*Volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous)
This 45 minute interactive workshop will look at VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) environments, and will explore what skills are required for us as leaders if these are the conditions we are working in. We will examine what compassionate leadership has to offer in a VUCA environment and consider how we might begin to embed these leadership behaviours. There is no preparation required, other than reflecting on what the words volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous mean to you from your own professional experience. Please ensure you are in an environment where you can hear and contribute with your video on. There are limited spaces for this event in order to enable meaningful interaction between participants so please only sign up if you plan to attend.
Compassionate leadership in a complex world (presentation)
Speaker: Dr Liz Thomas
Speaker: Liz is a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. She has been Clinical Director for critical care in her trust since 2017. She is the Chair of Women in ICM which is a subcommittee of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and is also an examiner for the Royal College of Anaesthesists.
Hosted by: Dr Isabel Hughes
Isabel is a plastics themed core surgical trainee based in the North West and the deputy lead of the FMLM’s Trainee Steering Group for the North of England. She has a strong interest in compassionate leadership and education.
How do you know what to do when you don’t know what to do? Exploring compassionate leadership in a VUCA* environment (workshop)
Speaker: Dr Susy Stirling
Susy runs a multidisciplinary clinical Leadership Fellowship Scheme in the NHS. She set up and runs a coaching scheme for Health Education England for doctors, having trained as a coach and seen at first-hand how powerful the impact of protected thinking time away from the coalface can be on workplace effectiveness, engagement, and wellbeing, all of which contribute to better patient care. She is interested in supporting healthcare staff to find reward and motivation at all stages of their careers. She has worked in a variety of health systems in the NHS and overseas, and for and with acute trusts, health authorities, primary care groups, primary care trusts, a strategic health authority, clinical commissioning groups, Public Health England, NHS England, and Health Education England. Susy trained and worked in Public Health and became interested in organisational development after observing the impact of successive NHS reorganisations on staff as well as patients.
Hosted by: Dr Rammina Yassaie
Rammina is a GPST2 in Harrogate having previously worked as a paediatric registrar in Yorkshire. She is FMLM’s Trainee Steering Group Regional Representative Lead for the North of England and incoming NHSE Regional Clinical Fellow for the North East & Yorkshire. She is a member of the Yorkshire & Humber’s Leadership Faculty and alumni of the Yorkshire & Humber Future Leaders Programme. She is passionate about compassionate leadership and what this means for NHS workforce retention.