Here’s an example of the kind of workshops I’ve been facilitating: this one relates to band 7 leadership and team development.
I was invited to facilitate an Insights workshop for band 7 midwives within an NHS Trust, and the focus was on supporting positive leadership behaviours and encouraging a sense of team unity.
We worked with midwives’ Insights Discovery personal profiles to explore their individual strengths and potential weaknesses, and then considered in some detail how these individual behavioural preferences might play out in the workplace. The midwives were all working at band 7, but had a broad range of experience in the role – for some, it represented a recent promotion, while others had been in the role for many years. A central thread in the workshop was reflecting on perceptions of others, and the Insights team wheel enabled participants to fully explore how team diversity might enhance the group’s performance.
This dual emphasis on self and team identity was reflected in participant feedback after the workshop:
‘Very thought provoking. Better understanding of self and place within the team’.
‘This day has been fantastic! It’s been a wonderful insight into not only the differences but also the incredible strength of our team’.
‘This has been a really insightful and beneficial workshop that I can take into my practice and share with the band 5 midwives’.
Participants were also clear in what they would take forward after the workshop, now armed with their personal Insights profile:
‘I will try to be mindful in conflicting situations with my work environment, and use the tools from the workshop that I have learnt’.
‘I will try and address some of my blind spots. I will have a discussion with my manager at next appraisal’.
‘Help to implement kindness throughout the unit’.
Interested in these band 7 workshops? Get in touch to find out what Why Not can offer – whether it’s about supporting midwives to explore what band 7 might look like, or helping existing band 7s to get the most from the role as individuals and team leaders, we can offer a workshop to meet your needs.