What happens next?

1. leadership for
a purpose
leadership saves lives
Fleur Kitsell - PhD
25 October 2017
What happens next?

2. leadership for
a purpose

3. leadership for
a purpose

4. leadership for
a purpose
Skills/behaviours learned/honed
• Communication
• Resilience
• Flexibility
• Confidence in self
• Creativity
• Resourcefulness
• Compassion
• Persistence
• Patience
• Planning
• Data collection and
analysis
• Appreciation for NHS
• Wider determinants of
health
• Team-work
• System-thinking
• Cultural understanding
• Technical skills

5. leadership for
a purpose
• HEE Toolkit • NHS Healthcare
Leadership Model (2013)

6. leadership for
a purpose
Things people have done
• Work:
– 100% (13) surgical trainees got specialist training
posts at interview (Northumbria)
– Further NGO global health work – e.g. Mercy
Ships; MSF; Save the Children; Chatham House
– More senior roles in NHS
– More pro-active in improving things in work place
– Confidence/ambition

7. leadership for
a purpose
Things people have done
• Study/Development
– Formal PG study e.g. in Public Health,
Tropical Diseases, Leadership
– Various national/local Leadership
Fellowships: Keogh; RCP Chief Registrar;
Florence Nightingale; Service Improvement

8. leadership for
a purpose
Things people have done
• How:
– Seeking-out/searching for opportunities
– Talking to line-managers, senior people
– More tactical - personal development plan
– Applied for things they previously would not
have had the confidence to apply for
– Entrepreneurship: new (cheaper) source of
mesh for hernia repairs (Northumbria)

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a purpose
Benefits to volunteers
‘
‘My ability to listen, really listen, has
grown during this placement. I now
have a greater appreciation of
people’s individual perspectives and
beliefs, which I realise is core to
engaging with others and building
relationships with them.’
‘‘
I have gained further insight into how change
does not happen in isolation…in order to
facilitate change, the individuals involved need
to have faith that what they are doing will be
beneficial and worthwhile… I feel that I am more
proactive in my approach and I am less
prepared to accept the status quo…’

10. leadership for
a purpose
Thank you