Discovering Leadership Resources

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Discovering Leadership 2024 useful documents

Core programme documents

• Welcome pack (PDF, 2.2 MB)   

Core Sessions 

• Connection session notes (PDF, 467 KB)
• Communications and Insights session notes (PDF, 408 KB) 
  •  Communication and Insights slides (PDF, 2.28 MB)

• Understanding the challenge session notes (PDF, 460 KB)
• Change management slides (PDF, 2.4 MB) 

Elective sessions

Crucial conversations

• Crucial conversations session notes (PDF, 328 KB)
  • Crucial conversations slides (PDF, 934 KB)

Project management

• Project management slides (PDF, 235 KB)
  • Project management toolkit (PDF, 389 KB)
  • Project poster (Word, 927 KB)

Introduction to Involvement 

• Slides (Part 1 and 2) (PDF, 3,436 KB)
• Involvement elective (Part 1) 
  • User Involvement Guide (PDF, 6.33 MB)
  • Guide to Remote Involvement (PDF, 483 KB)
• Involvement elective (Part 2)
  • Putting involvement into practice (PDF, 4,422 KB)
  • Top tips for diversity in involvement (PDF, 1,163 KB)
  • Oxfam inclusive language guide (PDF, 5,463KB)
  • Involvement checklist (PDF, 60 KB)

Building relationships

• Building relationships slides (PDF, 427 KB)
  • Logical Levels summary (Word, 156 KB)
  • Logical Levels worksheet (Word, 217 KB)
  • Logical Levels of change exercise (Word, 49 KB)
  • Values worksheet (PDF, 199KB)

Introduction to Coaching

• TGROW coaching model (PDF, 102KB)
• Coaching Presentation (PDF, 720KB)
• Coaching Conversations - Top Tips (PDF, 672KB)
• Coaching for Performance - John Whitmore (PDF, 9.34MB)

Culture: the what and why for the NHS

• Culture: the what and why for the NHS slides (PDF, 996 KB)

Influencing skills 

• Influencing Skills Slides (PDF, 1.70 MB)
• Influencing Skills Session Notes (PDF, 384 KB)

Introduction to Deep Democracy 

• Introduction to Deep Democracy slides (PDF, 723 KB)

Insights to the Shadow Self

• Insights to the Shadow Self slides (PDF, 1.16 MB)

Compassionate Leadership 

• Compassionate Leadership slides (PDF, 1.61 MB)
• Compassionate Leadership Resources (PDF, 238 KB)

Teams: How to avoid dysfunction and build a cohesive high performing team

• Teams: How to avoid dysfunction and build a cohesive high performing team slides (PDF, 1.84 MB)

Additional tools and reading materials you may find useful while you complete the Discovering Leadership programme with Diabetes UK.  

Communication and insights

• Our colleagues at Leicester Diabetes centre explain the Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) model of communication in a YouTube video. 
• A short guide giving an overview of the insights colour preference.
• Further information and resources on insights discovering.
• Design thinking as an approach to problem solving, the importance of shared understanding 
• Mental models: How to train your brain to think in new ways

Building relationships

• An article from Forbes on The Power of Personal Values in Relationships
• Ben Brearley from Thoughtful Leader discusses Why you need to know your values in leadership
• Operational integrity: the gateway to workplace harmony and velocity

Influence

• Watch Simon Sinek describe the importance of starting with ‘Why?’ in his Ted Talk: How great leaders inspire action.
• Find out more about the circle of influence (PDF, 145KB) by reading Stephen Covey's explanation. 

Leadership styles

• Watch this short King’s Fund clip, exploring compassionate and inclusive leadership in the NHS. 

Leadership development

• MindTools explain imposter syndrome, the fear of inadequacy.
• An incredibly useful guide from the Relationships Project, the Bridge Builder's Handbook, gives guidance on how to repair the divisions that occur in our communities and create connection

Coaching style conversations

• Some useful questions to consider asking when using the GROW model in coaching-style conversations. 
• Find out tips on how to make the most out of coaching conversations. 
• Read this short article on getting the most out of your next coaching conversation. 

Effective feedback

• The four F’s of feedback.

Project management

• The Project Management Institute on new strategies for managing complex projects
• Read this IDEO U blog on leveraging intuition to navigate complexity in your projects

Prize Draw

There will be a prize draw for two people to win a £30 Amazon voucher. To be included in the Prize draw you must complete both the pre-programme survey and the post-programme survey.

• Please see the Prize Draw entry terms and conditions