Learning and Development
Our 4-Dimension approach develops skills, knowledge and self-insight about leadership and change. We work with people in 4 key ways:
- Making sense of the changing context, and upcoming demands
- Support for skills/attitude shift: building up readiness to try the new, and gain some self-insights
- Stretch: push to think ‘out-of the-box’, take a fresh view, and move new thinking into real action.
- Exchange and challenge about successes and mistakes; improving practice as a result
Leadership development programmes,
seminars, and conferences
BFA offers tailor-made development programmes to leaders and professionals in organisations. We offer programmes for experienced professionals new to leadership, and for managers and professionals at senior points in their leadership careers.
COMMENTS FROM MANAGERS AND PROFESSIONALS
“I feel this programme has far out-weighed my expectations. I feel a “new person” – clear about my role and direction, who to make connections with.”
“An invaluable opportunity to take time out to participate in an intensive and thought-provoking programme”
“I have really enjoyed and benefited from this development programme. I have gained knowledge and skills and increased my understanding considerably. It has been great fun and energising and has given me a great deal of food for thought.”
OUR LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMES
- Apply learning to the practical challenges people are facing day-to-day.
- Offer parallel topic sessions, so people can tailor the time to their own needs.
- Offer robust theory alongside experiential learning.
- Offer focused feedback to help people commit to really improving their approach.
We expect people to exit our programmes with much-improved confidence as leaders, feeling they’ve spent productive time getting to grips with the role.
Leadership development programmes for medical professionals
We have a specialist expertise in leadership programmes for medical professionals who want to learn more about organisations, management and change. Organisations commission us to design and lead tailored in-house programmes for medical staff.
COMMENTS FROM MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
‘As a doctor, I don’t learn this at all – the behaviour that’s behind things. For the first time in my career I could get involved in and learn from other specialties & non-medical problems’
‘I would like to follow up on influencing the organisation in a broader sense - how to make your mark as a young consultant’
‘It showed me I don’t have to be liked!, and that you can’t do things that seem right to everyone… made me ask myself what I stand for as a leader’
Breda Flaherty also leads on Management and Leadership for Doctors at the Institute of Postgraduate Medicine, Brighton & Sussex Medical Schools, where she teaches at Masters level, and supports Masters programmes for health and social care professionals.
‘More Specialist registrars and Consultants would benefit from this teaching, and the Trust would reap rewards” SpR on the IPGM ‘Management for Doctors’ Masters module’
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE AS A RESULT
‘Identifying key people – since the first module I have solicited the help of a mentor to help me to develop effective leadership skills’
Adult Care Lead – Social Services
‘I have examined the extent of my workload and consequently have delegated tasks and responsibilities to senior nurses in the team’
Senior Nurse
‘Service development from an out of hours perspective – I am moving ahead with projects that will help reduce inappropriate hospital admissions/attendances’
Consultant in Accident & Emergency
Individual Coaching
BFA’s coaching service offers individual leaders and professionals a more tailored, confidential option for their development.
Individuals use coaching for varied issues: they may be tackling challenging issues in their organisations dealing with ‘difficult’ colleagues, building on career success, or seeking new directions in their professional development.
We work with people over a mutually agreed number of coaching sessions; our philosophy is to encourage strengths, and tackle weaknesses constructively. We support the coaching sessions with diagnostic and self-assessment tools to help individuals to gain insights into their own working approach.
COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE USING OUR COACHING SERVICES
‘I found it extremely helpful to focus on dealing with difficult people/situations as we discussed in my coaching sessions’
Adult Services Lead, Local Authority
‘I found the coaching session to be an excellent experience. Prior to it I felt truly anxious and daunted at the thought of it but found it to be extremely useful and thought provoking.’
Clinical Service Manager
‘My coaching sessions have helped me voice some difficult issues with the other partners about our practice, and start to make the most of my role as Senior Partner’
GP – Senior partner
‘Your coaching structure helped me work through a conflict that has held me back at work, and I now feel able to make some positive decisions about my own career path’
HR Lead
‘This is the only work space I have to discuss absolutely confidentially the politics and personalities that surround my every step’
Finance Lead
