Heather Richardson
Heather Richardson currently works as a senior consultant to the Professional Learning Team and wider organisation of St Christopher’s.
Pathfinder Leaders in Palliative Care
Creating a Different Tomorrow
Event overview
- Awaiting new date
- £1,500 plus VAT
- Virtual
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- 020 8768 4656
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- Cancellation policy
Are you a professional working in health and social care interested to contribute to positive experiences of death, dying and loss through strong and confident leadership?
If so, we would like to invest in you.
We are interested to work with emerging leaders who want to improve how people live, die and grieve, by drawing on new and different leadership thinking and action. They will be people that aspire to shape care, build partnerships and form services that are future orientated, courageous and creative in nature.
You will have the opportunity to learn as part of a group of like-minded people who can rise above the challenges of today to meet tomorrow’s opportunities. Those contributing to the course as facilitators and guest speakers are drawn from within and beyond the hospice and palliative care sectors.
Please email education@stchristophers.org.uk to discuss joining.
Our curriculum is forward-focused and covers a range of issues. Online sessions last three hours in length, providing opportunities for conceptual learning, practical application, personal reflection and action planning.
What is expected if you join the course?
In the course of the programme you are expected to undertake a work-based project. We can help guide you in relation to the type of project most appropriate, but it must be one that is seen as valuable by the organisation for which you work, and one which calls on leadership skills in its design and implementation. Your organisation must be happy to support you to identify and work on the project, giving you access to relevant data and resources. Ideally your managers will allocate some time for you to work on this, protected from the demands of the rest of your job.
We expect participants to attend at least 80% of the course and to be prepared to complete the work-based project.
This leadership programme is an excellent opportunity for leaders and managers that have an aspiration to progress to director level and beyond. You will be recognised as having leadership potential and talent by your employing organisation.
This course will be of interest to:
- Senior Managers already in post who want to build strategic leadership skills
- Senior team leaders and heads of department who aspire to lead directorates in the future
- New CEOs or COOs who have recently taken up roles within the hospice/palliative care sector and who want to immerse themselves in this area of work
- Existing directors looking to hone their leadership skills
Topics covered in the programme:
- Knowing self, values and strengths
- Building personal assets and resilience
- Building strategic vision and clarity
- Financial confidence
- Authentic, centred leadership and gravitas
- Forward looking transformation and change
- Negotiation skills and influencing others
- Maximising agency and leverage
- Big picture thinking
- Driving innovation
- Building others
- Networks, collaboration and partnership working
- Being intelligent around risk
- Intimacy at scale
Marie Cooper
Marie Cooper is a nurse with extensive experience in clinical leadership and practice development across a range of care settings. Having led change in previous roles, she now enjoys working…
“The training strengthened my confidence as a leader and had a transformative impact on my career. I found my place in palliative care with a renewed sense of purpose”
– Thamirys Mendes, Brazil participant
“The course created a psychologically safe environment that encouraged open dialogue and deep self-reflection. I felt comfortable exploring my own strengths and areas for growth without judgment”
– Caroline Phillips, UK participant
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Learning at St Christopher’s
Why our education programme?
We have a well-established programme of high quality, cutting-edge, specialist palliative care education, designed for those working in the UK and internationally.
Why St Christopher’s?
Education is at the heart of St Christopher’s mission to promote and provide hospice care of the highest standards.
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