The Leadership Mentoring Programme
The BME Leadership Network’s recent Shattered Hopes report highlighted how career progression for BME leaders in the NHS can be challenging; and that succession planning and talent development are not occurring at sufficient scale to support the next generation of diverse leaders.
To address this the BME Leadership Network has developed the Leadership Mentoring Programme (LMP). The programme is available exclusively to BME Leadership Network members.
The programme will support members to:
- Explore the range of skills you already possess, the system and environment within which you work, and how you are navigating your career.
- Be challenged to reflect upon your own values and beliefs as well as upon those of your organisation.
- Become comfortable in occupying the space you are in and confident in how you steer where you go next.
The sessions will provide a safe space enabling you to consider creative solutions to the challenges you face. To achieve this growth, you will be placed outside of your comfort zone but with the full support of your mentoring group. Sessions are run virtually bi-monthly for an hour, but members will be required to work on the outcomes from sessions beyond this time commitment.
The LMP is best suited to individuals working towards senior management but unable to make that move, and those who are new or have transitioned from a clinical role into senior management.
The LMP is available to BME Leadership Network members. If you’re not already a member, please sign up here.
To apply for the LMP, please complete this form by 15 December.
Take a look at this short video from Dr Masood Ahmed, associate chief clinical information officer at NHS Midlands and chief digital officer at West Midlands AHSN, talking about his experience of the programme during its pilot phase.
