Importance of Leadership Training and Development for NHS

This article discusses the importance of leadership training and development for NHS in improving culture, identifying potential leaders, and increasing productivity. It explores the concepts of leadership and management theories and evaluates the leadership development program.

Organisations leadership and
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Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Discuss the leadership and management literatures/theories.................................................1
Evaluate the leadership development programme..................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Organisation leadership and management is an approach of the business in order to
provide the best to each and every individual that are linked with the company that is either the
single person or the group. It is the attitude of the company towards the work ethics that
motivates an individual to work in any role or at any position. Organisation works effectively
with the contribution of both management and the leadership as they both imparts the positivism
in the working environment of the company that motivates each individual to perform their work
with more perfection (Mansouri, 2018). Management is the process through which the different
operation that is performed within the company will be managed well while leadership is the
quality in an individual that supports and influence the working criteria and performance of each
individual. Leadership and management are somehow relatable two each other but the manager
could be the leader while it is not mandatory that the leader could become the manager.
Leadership is the vital functions that are played by the management that supports or helps the
company to get achieve their objective and goals within the specified period of time.
Organisation leadership is an approach of the company to get accomplishes their target within
the timely manner and with more effectiveness. This report is based on the NHS leadership
academy that will develop the different leadership program and they works with the motive to
get provide the excellent leadership all across the NHS that has the direct impact on the
healthcare patients. On 1 April of 2019 the NHS will expand their business in the NHS England
in order to improve the long term plan of NHS. This report includes the different concepts of
leadership and the management theories or the literatures. Furthermore includes the importance
of leadership training development for an organisation with the benefits of the leadership
program.
MAIN BODY
Discuss the leadership and management literatures/theories
As per the viewpoint of Terina Allen, 2018, leadership is the behaviour or a style of an
individual through which they could influence the other in order to enhance their performance
and working abilities. Whereas, on the other hand management is the practice through which the
company will manage, plan, control, coordinate, direct and implement different functions within
the business in order to develop more and more profit and higher sales. Leadership needs the
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maximum number of followers who follows them and that will figure out the influence level of a
leader (Bush, 2019). Whereas, the management is the planning and controlling different
activities through which company could gain the success and growth within the certified period
of time. The manager will perform their entire task by themselves achieve their objective by
applying their own efforts. There are some of the basic concepts of leadership are as they work
with more honesty, commitment, courage, competency and also known for the four factor as like
followers, communication, leader and situations. They themselves known their strength and
weakness and develop the skills, knowledge and experience or others as well. Whereas
management is an art of completing the different things in a systematic manner that up-raises the
working standard of the company and they are the backbone of the company as from their
contribution different function will be performed with more easiness. As per the viewpoint of
Nikita Duggal 2020, There are some difference between the leadership and the management that
are as defined as like Thinking process in this leadership is the style through which the leaders of
NHS will focus on the employees and always looks outwards in order to get influenced the
people from their working style. While Management is the process through the mangers of the
NHS would focus on the different function that are performed within the business and always
looks inwards in order to raise the standard and market value of the company. In employee
relation leaders has the strong relation with the employees as with empowers and encourages
them to perform their work with concentration and in builds the trust and more confidence in the
employees by which they could perform their task with more easiness (Burnes, 2018) Whereas,
managers are those that control the employees and try to improvise their performance and they
have their subordinates as well that further provide the information to the lower level employees
in order to maintain the complete cycle. They direct with the coordinate and perform the better
flow of information within the NHS. In Goal setting the leaders have the articulate vision and
produce the future plan for the employees by which they could gain the higher advantages in
their life. They create and build the better future of the employees that enhance the performance
level of the employees. Whereas, managers of NHS performs different operations in order to
gain high advantage from the competitive market. They also execute the better plan within the
NHS that develops the working standard of the employees. They always try to improvise the
presence of the employee that imparts more perfection and motivation in them. In Operations
leader always perform the right things at the right time and try to create the change within the
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NHS in which the employees didn’t work for the salary only they work with more enthusiasm.
Whereas, managers always do the right things that are in the favour of the NHS and manage the
different change within the company in order to achieve the better outcome within the timely
manner. In authority the leader is those who influence the employees of the NHS and reduces the
different conflicts from the company and acts as more decisive in which takes the decision for
the betterment of the NHS and the employees (Coulson-Thomas, 2018). On the other hand
managers of the NHS use the authority and assign different duties and roles to the employees as
per their experience and knowledge. They act with more respondents and guide the company to
make the better decision for the improvement of the company. There are different theories that
show the concept of the leadership and management practices that are implies within the NHS
and these are as defines below as:
Behavioural Theories
As per the viewpoint of Ben Mulholland, 2019, It is the theory that explains the
behaviour of an each individual that are performed within the company and it includes the
complete analysis and the different consequences that affects the performance of each of the
employees. It is the theory that is developed by the B.F. Skinner who performed his work by
compare it with the psychology as from the 1930 to 1950 and until his death in 1990 this theory
remains the best theory of behaviourism that is also known as radical behaviourism. This theory
is based on the concept of stimulus response that is also termed as S-R equation. It is also known
as the behaviour psychology that is based on the learning that states that behaviour will always
get changes as per the conditions. It is a theory that attempts to understand and knowing the
different factors that affects the behaviour of employees that further affects the behaviour of an
organisation as well (McShane, 2018). There are different conditions that get changes as per the
working and outer environment that keeps on changing as per the influences of different other
factors. Behavioural believes that the behaviour of an individual will get affects as per the stimuli
reaction of the people as accords to the different actions and the shapes. This is the theory that
attempts to resolve the various factors that keep arises within the NHS as per the changing
behaviour of the employees. It includes the several impacts of the environment, behavioural and
the personal characteristics as in order to determine the behaviour of employees. The behaviour
of an employee not only get affected by the different condition in the job there some other factor
as well that affects the behaviour and that might be either personal or professional.
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The behavioural theory promotes the values of the leaders and the managers within the company.
As the leadership style generate more values within the company that emphasis the concern
about the employees and the effective collaboration that improvise the working environment of
the company. It is the theory that also helps the manager by which they could find out or match
up the right value of the different style that is implemented by the leadership. The managers also
help the leader in order to maintain the balance relation with the employees and shown their
concern about the productivity of the company that will be generated as per the contribution of
the employees (Obholzer, 2018). Behavioural theory has a huge focus on the working style of the
leader as it is the quality of an individual that will be with that person as from their birth while
management is the quality that will be generated as per the experiences and the knowledge that is
gained as per the time.
As with the help of this theory the leaders will manage the behaviour of the employees by
assuming their conditions and then provide the adequate solution of that and then try to
improvise the performance of them. Whereas, the behaviourism theory of management is also
known as the human relation theory of management as in this the manager will address the
different behaviour of the human that changes as per the variation of different relations. Human
relation theory as it is the theory in which the manager of the NHS will make the interaction
with the employees in order to provide the best and the free environment to the employees. This
theory believes that if the company will focus on the morale and believe of the employees that
the employees will get motivated and it reflects the better performance of them. It is the
approach of the company through which they could make the better communication with the
employees by which the productivity of the company get on increases and it reflects on the
increment performance of the company. It is the theory that is described by the Elton Mayo that
is known as the father of human relation. He conduct an experiment in the Hawthorne plant of
electric company and measure the impact of the different working conditions.
Trait theory of leadership
As per the viewpoint of Kendra Cherry, 2019, It is the theory that defines that leader are
born and they have that quality to get influenced others in order to perform their work with more
perfection and traits are more suit to the leadership (Doyle, 2018). It is a theory that is introduced
by the Thomas Carlyle and it is also tied as the Great man theory of leadership. He described that
people who have introvert personality they are more timid and has less social skills and also
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doesn’t have that ability to get lead the team or become the follower. It is also known as
dispositional theory and it is approach through which the personality of an individual will get
noticed that must get changes or effected as per the different pattern of behaviour, emotions and
the thoughts of the people. It is as known for the personality development or analysis through
which the ability of an individual will get measured that defines the power or skills towards the
accomplishment of work. Whereas, trait theory is the most important theory that defined the
psychology that further supports to indentify the personality of an employees.
It is the theory that is used for both the successful and the unsuccessful leader in order to
predict the effectiveness and efficiency of the leaders (Jena, 2018). The result will get used to
compare the potential of the leaders to assess the success and failure in their likelihood. It
provides the constructive information about the leadership approach as it could be apply to all
the people that are working within the company. Trait theory has provide the belief that leaders
are born not be create or made by anyone it is something that is related with the arts and science.
There are few Similarities between the leadership and management practices in both the theories
as it emphasis the action of the leader as they are capable of giving the solution in every
condition. As per the trait theory the leader has the sense to measure the personality of an
individual and defines that everyone has its own potential of doing a task or performing their
work. There are some difference between the leadership and management as well as like the
behaviours theory is a democratic kind of theory in which leader are free and influenced the
behaviour of an each individual as per providing them adequate training and development.
Whereas in the trait theory leader has those abilities to perform and guide the personality of each
individual that collectively improvises the performance of the company.
Evaluate the leadership development programme
There is the importance of leadership training and development for NHS as well as it develops
the behaviour, positive attitude, belief and values towards the patients and thus provides more
care to them by which they get resolve their issue with more comfort (Bigby, 2019). Effective
leadership is important for an organisation to accomplish its goals as the leaders are the one who
influence and motivate the employees to contribute to the objective of the organisation. It
becomes important for the organisation to consider various training and development programs
for the leaders so that they can effectively execute their roles. With the help of leadership
development, opportunities can be provided to the leaders for improving their morale and loyalty
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while with the help of leadership training, abilities to communicate and encourage the people can
be improved due to which the productivity of the people and thus the organisation can also be
enhanced. The importance of training and development of leadership for NHS are as like
improved culture of the organisation: Leadership development program organized by the NHS
substantially improved the corporate culture which brings about an optimistic influence on NHS.
Leadership development also has a positive effect on the recruitment and retention of the
employees of NHS as with this the leader can engage your employees and make them feel as an
integral part of the organisation. Facilitate to identify new potential leaders: With the help of
leadership development the management of NHS can identify various potential leaders in the
organisation who has capability of mitigating various challenges in an unpredictable situation. It
also facilitates the NHS to reduce the gap between the level leadership which make the
management of the NHS capable of managing the change at different levels. Increase
productivity: With the help of leadership training, effective skills can be developed in them so
that they can give direction to the employees of NHS which will enable them to perform as per
the expectations (Kooij, 2018). Such leadership skills also enable them to identify problems in
case of uncertainty, manage the adverse situation and determine various sensible solutions that
can reduce the impact on the organisation. Contributes to ROI: The leadership development
programs enable the NHS to increase the ROI of the company as the potential leaders when take
the role of managers they take all the necessary decisions from the point of view of both leader
and managers. This boosts the performance of the employees and profitability of the
organisation. They take all profitable decisions and formulate better strategies. Improved risk
management: In the competitive world all the organisation operates which some or the other
risk which they have to manage effectively. NHS provides training to their employees and
leaders so that they can deal with such risk. The training to leaders facilitates NHS in creating a
strategic vision and developing various risk management skills so that they can add extensive
value for their business. Project leadership: With the help of leadership training sufficient
project leadership skills are developed by NHS in their leaders so that they can handle various
aspects related to the project. Such skills enable them to keep the project on track and reducing
the chances of substantial losses due to wastage of material and time (Ferreras-Méndez, 2018).
Improved efficiency of leaders enables them to boost the efficiency of the team thus it enhances
their productivity and profitability.
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NHS leadership academy provides a lot of programmes to develop the leadership development
across the entire world and have a major experience with the health and care. NHS conducts the
different programmes of the leadership in order to connect the better connections with the
patients and to provide the better care of the patients. They always try to make the better
relationship with the patients to provide the positive outcome and measure the health of the
patient with more care. There a lot of cases that is generated on random basis in which failure
will be noticed due to lack of leadership skills (Rosenbaum, 2018). As per the research of
development dimensions international (DDI) that is conducted on of international respected that
shows the quality of the leaders. NHS has the high quality leaders that have the huge aspect to
manage every situation with more sufficiency. NHS has contain the routine development of the
by applying several techniques to enhance the talent of an each individual.
Rosalind Franklin programme will be conducted by the NHS organisation that is for the
clinicians or the managers that are leads with the middle system of the health and care. That is
done to aspire them by which they could leads the large and the complex programmers as well
with more efficiency and manage the different department with the care and provide the wider
range of services to the patients in terms of better care. It is the program that works with the aim
to shape out the leaders that act as the mediator and keep refining the knowledge, skills,
behaviour, value and the attitude of the leader. It raises the working standard of the NHS as they
provide the outstanding and inclusive leaders that are more compassionate and zeal and working
all across the world and provides the best and reliable care to the patients. Leaders work on the
larger level and further provide the help to those who has the access of them. The Rosalind
Franklin programme helps and supports the candidates to become the ravishing and outstanding
leaders that work with the team and influence other as well to perform the services with more
ability. Leaders will induce more innovation that raise the working performance and the standard
of the health and care by which they could prevent the best services by managing the whole
system to provide the smoothest care to the patients. Through the Rosalind Franklin programme
there will be the improvement and more up-gradation of the skills and the abilities. It
furthermore helps to impart the practical application in order to provide the best care to the
patient by which there be the best and the easiest flow of the services that is performed in a
systematic manner (Aldridge, 2018). As per the evidence it is states that the leadership skills are
the outstanding process through which the health and care has flows the different aspects that are
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as like. The compassion, collaboration, inclusion and the knowledge that has the evident effect
on the working style of the leaders. Rosalind Franklin programme is the program will
furthermore provides more motivation and the encouragement in the other people. As with this
there a lot of people that has lot of fundamental questions that supports to be the leader within
the certified and be gain an outstanding outcome of this program. It is the program that further
more leads to the award to the NHS leadership academy and nominate to the senior healthcare
leadership.
There are the eligibility criteria as well of Rosalind Franklin programme as like it directs the
people who manage and control the others as it is the forward step of the management. It is the
group that has the traditional people that are act as the team and structured as the medium to the
large organisation. It includes those who lead the team and perform their own role and with that
lead other to provide the service all across the system of health and care. It include the managers
that are the clinicians and perform them training of postgraduate (De-Nobile, 2018). It need the
professional that act as the leader and manages the team that resolve the different issue on
temporary basis. It is the group that might have to lead the complex projects as well that will be
operates with the pivot points and balance the strategic and operational demand of the team
members. They need a team that manages the complex programmes and the projects that have
the aligned budget and work with the significant impact. Rosalind Franklin programme has
structured with the nine month program that incorporates with the learning style that is necessary
to blend the comprehensive learning of online. It has the face to face workshops as well and the
program with the small group. It includes the 6 number of modules and that is conduced three
days that is back to back. One of the programs will be conducted at the end as well and has 120
hours of study pack on online and members have to submit the 5000 assessment that is written.
There are some of the benefit of this problem that is provided to an individual as like it provides
the deeper and the clear sense of the strength and those areas that will be developed to build the
best in ourselves. It improves the progress in the team as it inspires the company to
compassionate and make the care that is person-centred (Leithwood, 2020). It helps to
understand the team that enhances the effectiveness and develops the new ideas, increases the
morale of the team. Develops the analytical skills and support that network, enhances the
adaptability to fight with the challenges. It includes the depth understanding of the leader and the
behaviours those changes as per the different situations. There is some of the benefit to the
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organisation as well in improves the success of the company with the positive productivity that
changes the mind of the team. It helps to reduce the wastage that procure the cost of the
company, enhance the morale of the employees. It induces more strategies as to manage the
service and the care of the patients and to manage the large programs with more efficiency
(Fischer, 2018). It builds the morale and boost in the team members by which they could meet
the objective of the company by gaining the complete challenges. It inspires the individual and
induces the better planning to gain the succession.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report that leadership and the management that the
huge support in the company and imparts the huge success and development in the company.
They are those that manage the different aspect in order to imply the succession in the business
with more effectiveness. Leaders are those that influence the working environment of the
company and impart the positivity and the boost in the employees by which they could provide
the best of them at every condition and imply the change with more effectiveness. On the other
hand the management is the practice through which the different work and the functions will be
managed that further develops more productivity and profitability of the NHS. Whereas there are
the different leadership theories that are used by the NHS in order to develop the effectiveness of
the leadership. In addition to this report includes the trait theory and the behavioural theory of
the leadership that will be used to measure the effectiveness of the leadership within the
company. It could be analysed with the help of certain review of the writers that has perform the
research on the specified theories in order to provide more clarity about the effect if leadership
and the management within the NHS. Furthermore, includes the different similarities and the
difference in between the leadership and the management in order to provide the brief that helps
to better understand the different formats within the company. After includes the Rosalind
Franklin programme that is conducted by the NHS to provide the brief about the leadership that
help to provide the assess healthcare to the patients. In includes the different criteria, structure
and format that is used by the NHS in order to conduct this program. At the end includes the
benefits of Rosalind Franklin programme on in individual and on an organisation.
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