Wilson Goodchild Ltd » management development

Assessing Skills, Discovering Potential

Janette — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:30:57 +0000

Wilson Goodchild has been working with leaders, managers and clinicians at Bassetlaw PCT to assess their skills and capability to become World Class Commissioners.

Using the Department of Health guidance on World Class Commissioning Competencies we undertook a skills assessment with the senior team and the professional executive committee. The assessment took the form of 1-1 and telephone interviews with each participant considering whether the skill was something they were able to do, able to train others or an area that required development.

The results not only identified where the PCT strengths lay and where there was greatest need to develop. They also provided an indication of where there was internal capability to develop others and where an external solutions was required.

Individuals now also have a tool to use to inform their continuous professional development and which can be used to reflect on their progress. The sessions were valued by staff as the following informal feedback describes…

“Thank you for…..and also for a really useful and enjoyable meeting last week” (by e-mail from Penny)

and this is what the Chief Executive thought…

Janette is enthusiastic with a real interest in helping people achieve their potential. She has an optimistic and facilitative style working with us to develop solutions and encourage cross-organisational learning. I thoroughly recommend commissioning work from Janette her work is always delivered to time and is of a high standard.

We are now working with the PCT to use the knowledge gained from this exercise to design and facilitate their future leadership and management development programmes.

In addition to the services we provided to Bassetlaw, we are also able to offer an online skills assessment tool.

Can we help you discover the potential in your team? Please contact us to discuss.

Career coaching service launched

Janette — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:30:04 +0000

Wilson Goodchild yesterday introduced a new executive and senior manager career coaching service to support individuals achieve their work and career goals. The service will be provided by Janette Goodchild a qualified Careers Guidance Practitioner with over 20 years experience supporting people to achieve their potential.

The service is based on one-to-one interactions to help individuals:

assess their strengths, areas for development and priorities
set short , medium and long-term goals
develop reflective learning techniques

The service can be procured by organisations for their senior teams or directly by individuals seeking independent advice.

Janette is able to deliver this service at your workplace, at an independent location or through video-conferencing. A few dates are available during 2009 with wider availability from January 2010 onwards.

For further information or if you would like to talk to people we have already supported please contact us

World Class Commissioning Support

Janette — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:00:19 +0000

Fantastic news, Wilson Goodchild has just been approved and added to the NHS Institute for Improvement and Innovation’s directory of suppliers who help PCTs to achieve World Class Commissioning.

GP introduction to leadership

Janette — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:53:10 +0000

Wilson Goodchild and Bassetlaw PCT have designed a short introduction to leadership programme for GPs.

Like many Primary Care Trusts in England, Bassetlaw have a small number of GPs who become involved in local decision-making about the commissioning of services and they wanted to grow this pool. GPs were invited to indicate their interest in an introduction to leadership programme which would be held one day per month over six months. Wilson Goodchild were commissioned to identify participants development needs, and to design and facilitate the programme.

Developing health leaders and managers in Bassetlaw

Janette — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:48:58 +0000

We are working with Bassetlaw PCT to develop clinical leaders and managers to deliver their local strategy which aims to add years to life and life to years for their local population.

Through an inclusive and engaging approach staff and local clinicians are shaping and co-delivering the emerging developing a range of programmes which we call BEST sessions.