Self-care leadership series

Leading vs Managing

Explore the differences between management and leadership for impactful practice at work. 

As you approach future leadership roles, your responsibilities will expand far beyond clinical and technical expertise. You will inevitably become a manager of resources (such as budgets) and more importantly, a leader of people (such as multidisciplinary teams).

This online workshop provides the foundational clarity needed to navigate this transition successfully. It helps you understand when to manage tasks for efficiency, and when to lead people for sustained excellence and morale.

Here, we will explore the key elements between technical work versus management versus leadership, and why these elements matter in leading others within your health setting. 

Key topics include: 

• Management vs leadership 

• Leadership mindsets and styles for the 21st century 

• The parallel paths of the physician leader 

Learning outcomes: 

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Distinguish between management and leadership, and discuss why leadership is important within healthcare. 

• Describe the different leadership mindsets and styles required for leading in the context of the future of work in healthcare. 

• Discuss the different healthcare leadership roles for the 21st century, and where leadership is mostly required in your health setting. 

• Identify the leadership characteristics and skills for transitioning from a clinician to a healthcare leader.

Leading Self

Learn how to use the six emotional leadership styles to learn more about your strengths and weaknesses of the way you like to lead, and how your current leadership style affects others as we discuss the impact of leadership on organisational climate (or the work environment). 

Through critical reflection, this online workshop focuses on the essential foundation of effective leadership from self-awareness to emotional intelligence. For clinicians and non-clinicians working in private and public health systems, this is vital for managing high-stress situations, communicating clearly, and understanding how your actions impact others and the work environment ("organisational climate"). 

Key topics include: 

• Emotional intelligence and the six emotional leadership styles 

• Ethical and humble leadership

• My leadership style self-assessment using the six emotional leadership styles 

• My leadership style affecting others in the work environment 

• My current and future skills for transitioning from a clinician to a healthcare leader and to lead effectively 

Learning outcomes: 

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Identify your leadership style using Daniel Goleman's six emotional leadership styles. 

• Discuss how your leadership style affects others and the work environment. 

• Choose the right leadership style for the situation so you can lead effectively, and bring out the best in others: now and in the future. 

Leading Teams

Ignite your knowledge and skills in leadership to effectively inspire and lead teams for continuous improvement and quality outcomes. 

Curated for busy professionals, this online workshop builds on self-awareness by providing the management framework necessary to inspire, manage performance, and resolve conflict within multidisciplinary teams. This is crucial for driving quality improvement initiatives that affect patient safety, health care service efficiency, and organisational effectiveness. 

Key topics include: 

• Strengths based leadership 

• Ethical and humble leadership

• Leading and engaging teams 

• Psychological safety, performance and feedback 

• Diversity and inclusion 

Learning outcomes: 

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Use strengths based leadership to identify your team members’ strengths and use their strengths to best effect - taking into account their diverse skill-sets and link to high performance. 

• Provide feedback and coaching to foster development, and recognise achievements to improve performance and collaboration across boundaries. 

• Deal with conflicts in teams more effectively as one of the ways for leading by example. 

Healthcare Management Essentials

Be equipped with the knowledge, tools and confidence you need to step-up to management of a health care department in the digital age. 

This focused online workshop provides the essential management and strategic toolkit needed to manage and lead a modern health care department effectively.

Key topics include: 

• Leadership and management 

• Strategic planning and budgeting 

• Training and education 

• Teamwork and performance 

• Health systems and patient-centred care 

Learning outcomes: 

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

• Describe the essentials of management and leadership in health systems.

• Set clear goals and develop a strategic plan (or roadmap) to achieve them, as well as, align resources, activities, budgets, and stakeholders towards a common purpose while managing risks and adapting to change. 

• Identify protocols, policies, processes, constraints, compliance requirements, and governance for overseeing clinical and non-clinical work in the digital age. 

• Provide coaching and support for performance, training and education of undergraduate medical students, specialist trainees and non-clinical staff.