SWAST Leadership Development

Welcome to the home of SWAST Leadership Development

On this page you will find everything you need to thrive in your role as one of our organisations' leaders. From the key people policies to how to complete your Leadership Compliance Module, it's all here!

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What is this page about?

Whether you are a well-established leader within SWAST already & would like to brush up on your skills, or have aspirations to become a great leader one day – SWAST CPD Leadership has something for everyone.

The Aspire, Connect, Transform programme forms the backbone of our modern approach to leadership.

Working with our current leaders to embed a mind-set and approach based on three golden threads;

Lead in a way that helps things go right
Think & lead beyond our own objectives
See people as people, never as objects

This has created the blue-print for what we look for, and expect from our leaders. All our leadership development and support is built with this in mind. On this page you can view leadership development training and opportunities.

This page will point you in the right direction in terms of the key people policies that every leader should know, as well as having technical skills assistance – how-to’s on how to write a business case, make a referral to the L&D team and how to have an effective career conversation.

There is also a link to support you through the Leadership Compliance Module. This is essentially a road map intended to lead you through all the tools and support we have created for our leaders. Consolidating learning from leadership courses, from HR Bitesize sessions, to testing your policy knowledge and application as well as record any other CPD undertaken.

There is also a kit bag of resources to help you in your leadership duties. From a link to the Arbinger Outward Mind-set portal (if you don’t know what that is you need to get on the ACT programme!) to the finance guide to managing a budget. It’s here for you to access whenever you need it.

New courses, resources, links and the latest news will appear here on this page and its sub-pages.

*At present these pages are still under construction as we have so much stuff to add for you! Please keep checking back every couple of weeks and you should see more and more content.

Leadership Kitbag

The Leadership Kit Bag is designed to provide you with a range of useful documents and guidance in your management role.

Performance Management Tool

On Task Right Behaviours

Resources

Arbinger Portal Log in
3 P’s & 7 Key Behaviours for Vital Conversations
Three Golden Threads
Emotional Intelligence
Staff wellbeing and Support
Leadership Essentials
Inducting your new starter

Self-management

Email Management

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FAQs

ACT Leadership programme

Q) Who is this for?
This is for anyone in a leadership, line management or supervisory role, from Band 4 upwards. People who are new to their role – or who are already well established. This is an essential part of your leadership development.

Q) I completed the 4 day ACT programme in 2019 – do I need to do this as well?
No. The ACT Leadership Programme advertised on SWAST CPD is our ongoing offering which has taken the best bits of the original ACT programme, and turned it into 3 half day sessions in a virtual classroom.

Q) How do I get on it?
Book on through SWAST CPD! The programme will be run 4 times a year and advertised on this very site.

Q) Do I do this in work time?
Yes. As mentioned before, this is an essential programme for you in your leadership role. Speak with your line manger to arrange release from your duties.

HR Bitesize

Q) Who are these for?
These are for anyone with line management responsibility.

Q) I have done some of these before. Is it worth doing them again?
Yes certainly! As time moves on our approach to our people processes changes along with evolving view of best practice, and of course our own personal experiences shape our approach to all these management tasks. It’s absolutely worth going through these for a refresher at any time.

Q) Do we have to do this face to face – just us and an HR BP?
This can be done on a 1-1 basis or if you have colleagues that wold also like to attend a bitesize session, the HRBP can do a session for a group of up to 6 people. To limit travel this is recommended to be done virtually on Skype or other supported platforms.

Q) Who is my HR BP?
Ask your line manager. They will know who their Business Partner is and how to contact them about arranging a session.

360 Degree Feedback

Q) What’s this about?
At the moment, nothing. The Trust would like to encourage our leaders to regularly go out to their people for feedback. This site will host a 360 degree feedback platform designed to enable you to be aware of your strengths, as well as any areas of improvement, so that you can be most effective in your leadership role.

Q) If I want to speak to a human being about any of this – how do I do that?
In the first instance email People.Development@swast.nhs.uk. This is a small team within the People & Culture Department who source, develop and facilitate leadership and development

We will continue to add FAQs as people ask – please contact –

For leadership & Development queries

In the first instance email People.Development@swast.nhs.uk. This is a small team within the People & Culture Department who source, develop and facilitate leadership and development.