Connected Leadership 2025

We are currently running Connected Leadership 2025 and applications have closed for this cohort. The programme is aimed at supporting leaders to navigate their roles in these evolving times and to deliver the three Government shifts. We will support you to move from concept to concrete action within your systems.

The programme is free to ICSs and is made possible by sponsorship from Boehringer Ingelheim Limited.

It follows on from the success of our initial pilot Connected Leadership programme which finished last year and supported 12 ICS leaders with their roles in leading systems through the delivery of the four purposes.

“I think this has been an absolutely, marvellous programme. I really can't praise it enough, simply because what it has done is brought the NHS colleagues and local government colleagues closer together. What's come out of that is a real appreciation of how we need to work together, what we need to do, what's important and what's not.” Cllr Sue Woolley, ICP Chair

Upcoming session dates: 

In person session

Tuesday 25 November in London, in person session prior to our ICS Conference the following day.

Online webinar

"Seeing the system differently" - online webinar on 2 December with a case study from London. Book here.

Final online workshop – Wednesday 25 February 2026

Details to follow

Aims of the programme:

Support ICS leaders to navigate their role.

Examine leadership in the context of the three shifts.

Moving from concept to concrete – leading the three shifts to reality in systems.

Working through tangible examples of how to make a difference.

Collective problem-solving.

Peer learning and networking.

Being an effective leader in an evolving and ever-changing context.

Who is the programme for?

The programme is aimed at all ICB chief executives, ICB chairs and ICP chairs and are happy to extend the invitation to interim appointees. We believe the programme is of particular value to new appointees and those who have been in their role for less than 18 months.