October 2025 News Bulletin
Please see our latest news and events below
Social Leadership in the Social Age: A Two-Part Leadership Masterclass
Places available – don’t miss this opportunity! : 18 and 25 November 2025
We’re delighted to introduce a new two-part masterclass led by Dr Julian Stodd—researcher, writer, artist, explorer and author of The Social Leadership Handbook.
Navigate Change with Confidence
Many of us are currently leading and navigating unprecedented change in the NHS. This interactive and evidence-based programme develops the ‘Social Leadership’ capabilities critical for navigating complexity in modern healthcare. It explores how effective leadership happens at the intersection of systems, technology, and social movements—providing you with the tools and perspectives needed to thrive in today’s complex healthcare environment.
Key Learning Outcomes
- New Perspectives – Understand distributed healthcare models and the leadership challenges they present
- Connection Building – Acquire practical methods to foster genuine belonging and strengthen team relationships
- Movement Thinking – Learn to approach change as a social movement rather than simply a procedural exercise
- Adaptive Leadership – Build capacity to embrace uncertainty with curiosity instead of relying solely on predetermined plans
A Collaborative Approach
This programme is not a traditional lecture format. Over two integrated sessions, you’ll experience:
- Collaborative learning with peers and shared exploration
- Paired activities, small group work and whole-group discussions
- Room for ambiguity and discovery within a structured framework
- Engaging, participatory methods throughout
Meet the Facilitator
Dr Julian Stodd shares research-driven insights through Sea Salt Learning, examining leadership challenges in complex organisational contexts. His expertise centres on Social Age concepts and exploring the Organisation as Ecosystem. Learn more about Julian’s methodology in his Quiet Leadership Guidebook.
To book a place visit our events page: Introducing Social Leadership and the Social Age
Clinical Leadership for Integrated Care Programme – Expression of Interest Now Open
Are you a senior clinical leader involved in cross-system working? We’re looking to run the Clinical Leadership for Integrated Care Programme from February to April 2026.
This three-month virtual programme is designed to develop clinical leaders with greater self-awareness, enhanced influence, and the ability to lead positive change within integrated care systems.
What you’ll gain:
- Deeper understanding of yourself, others, and complex systems
- Skills to develop influence and lead effective meetings
- Strategies for working with complex problems through collaboration
- Tools to make sense of broader systems and your role within them
Programme highlights:
- Highly interactive and experiential learning
- Small peer groups with dedicated leadership coaches
- Leadership simulations and video reviews for real-time feedback
- Multi-professional approach with leaders across North East and Yorkshire
Who is this this programme aimed at
Senior clinical leaders (consultant level or above, or Band 8a+ for nursing/AHP roles) currently involved in cross-system working within North East and Yorkshire organisations.
Interested? Submit your Expression of Interest by Friday 28th November 2025: https://forms.office.com/e/0xKtdfGWZ9
AI and Leadership – Harnessing Technology Without Losing the Human Touch
Tuesday 9th December 2025 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the way we work, make decisions, and lead teams. But how can leaders leverage AI without sacrificing the creativity, empathy, and ethical decision-making that define great leadership? This session explores what leaders need to know about AI, practical tools that enhance rather than replace human capability, and strategies to ensure AI-driven transformation remains people-centred.
What We’ll Explore
- Understand the key AI trends shaping leadership and decision-making.
- Identify practical AI tools that enhance efficiency and innovation.
- Explore strategies to balance AI adoption with human-centred leadership
High Demand Alert – Current Status: Fully booked
Good News: We’re commissioning another cohort due to exceptional interest!
Don’t miss out on the next available session. Add your details to our waitlist and we’ll contact you with priority access to future dates.
Visit our website to find out more about the Future-Fit Leadership series.
📚 Can’t Wait? Start Learning Now
- Harvard Business Review: How AI Can Help You Lead with Heart Compassionate leadership
- Forbes The Human-Centered AI Revolution: Leading With Purpose In 2025 as we approach the end of this year and move into 2026 how as leadership evolved for you in the last 12 months and what do we see as the opportunities ahead.
New Events:
Unlocking the Power of AI in Coaching
Join us for a dynamic workshop designed for coaches, coaching students, supervisors, and reflective practitioners who are curious about integrating AI into their coaching practice. Whether you’re working toward a qualification, supporting others through supervision, or simply looking to deepen your coaching impact, this session offers practical insights into how AI can become a trusted companion.
Supervision Café
The Supervision Café offers accredited coaches an opportunity to engage in group supervision. In this setting, coaches can collectively address current challenges in their practice. The format is informal, with facilitated supervision.
Neurodiversity for Coaches
A session for coaches on how to work well with all clients presenting or whom have been diagnosed with neurodivergence. By the end of the session, you will have started to share and explore with each other techniques to explore clients’ needs with them and practice contracting for how to work well together.
Managers Toolbox
More dates coming soon!!
The Managers’ Toolbox is a series of practical sessions tailored for managers with at least 12 months’ experience in role – particularly those leading teams while balancing demands from across the organisation.
These new workshops focus on real-world challenges, offering tools to build high-performing teams, sustain engagement, and lead more effective meetings and more.
Manager as Coach
Manager as Coach (MAC) is a leadership programme consisting of 3 linked workshops. These can be accessed as a complete series, or in isolation, depending on your own learning needs. The aim of MAC is to support development of a coaching approach when working with individuals, or with the whole team. The programme is aimed at managers at all levels and roles, and those aspiring to their first management role.
Join us to gain insight and skills into how you can give and receive feedback to support appraisal, talent enablement conversations etc.
Leading Together: Creating Solutions through System Leadership.
This series consists of five concise, stand-alone masterclasses, tailored for individuals whose work involves collaboration across teams, organisations, or system boundaries. The sessions are designed to help leaders strengthen their understanding of system leadership and systems thinking, foster culture and vision within a system, and enhance their ability to work collaboratively at place and system level to improve services and population health within their area.