Leadership in Nursing Seminar

8:30am - Registration and Refreshments

9:00am

Getting in the Leadership and Management Groove!

This introductory session explores approaches for working together during this two day program and ensuring your learning style is accommodated.

• What are your personal learning objectives for this course?
• Setting the scene: alignment with the Australian Health Leadership Framework
• An introductory look at the following core concepts:
• Leadership
• Management
• Effectiveness
• Inspiration
• What is the key purpose of your role as a leader and a manager?
• Too busy…or are you achieving outcomes?
• Explore the neuroscience of mirror neurons that ensures you are inspirational all the time – either for magnificence or mischief

10:00am

Sharing your Leadership and Management Checklist

(Checklist prepared prior to coming to course)

10:30am - Morning Tea

11:00am

“Using a Bit of Buzz” – A Scientific Approach to Achieving Better Results

• The concept of “seven brains” and how to use them
• The autonomic nervous system either freezes you and your team or frees the team to creativity and cooperation
• How is neuroscience contributing to our understanding of better leadership and management?
• Stressed or blessed – how your perception influences your team results
• Discover how mirror neurons are always switched on and your leadership is always on show

12:00pm

Roll Up your Sleeves – Let's Start Applying the Principles

“Without vision the people perish” – create a vision for your workplace.

12:30pm

Managing Inappropriate Behaviours – Courageous Conversations

Bullies thrive when managers do nothing – learn an elegant 4 step courageous conversation script so you have confidence “what to say” when you notice breaches of boundary.

• In the safe environment of the classroom and working with a trusted buddy, learn to practice and execute the script

1:00pm - Lunch and Networking

2:00pm

Mapping Your Team Culture and Managing Toxic Bullies

Identify the magnificent; mean well; mediocre and malevolents in your team.

• Match your right leadership style to each group
• Why you may be making matters worse through empowering the bullies
• Practice the courageous conversation script to manage inappropriate behaviours

2:50pm

Staying Afloat on the Management Boat! Buoyancy Strategies for Effective Leaders

• Leaders and managers who role model good health and buoyancy are critical to effective teamwork
• Cultivating resilience as a positive force
• Taking a proactive rather than a reactive approach to controlling stress levels and responses

3:20pm - Afternoon Tea

3:50pm

Deep Reflection – What Have Been the Key Learnings of Day One

• Share with your learning buddy what you have learnt
• Share in a plenary session your key learnings for the day
• Reminder to attend to the two fun work activities for the evening

4:15pm - Close of Day One of Seminar