HSCI Guidance: Facilitating the Journey of Integration
Guidance that Integration Joint Boards may wish to draw upon as they pursue Health and Social Care Integration and look at their own individual and collective development needs
Appendix 1 Personal Development
This section is for Integration Joint Board members to work though on their own. The additional tools and resources are freely available. The questions are designed to help members reflect on their own leadership style and role.
There is a personal action plan to help Integration Joint Board members to develop a personal leadership journey and sources of support and further reading. You may choose to use an existing or alternative PDP format. The key point is to invite Integration Board members to reflect on what they bring to the Integration Joint Board and capture the actions which would support their development in this role.
Those who are supporting the formation and development of the Integration Joint Board will need to clarify the process by which the specific and general development needs stemming from the personal development plans will be addressed. This should be negotiated with the Chair or Chief Officer of the Integrated Joint Board.
What do individual members bring in relation to Integration Joint Board?
Each member of the Integration Joint Board is a unique person with their own set of values and beliefs. Knowing what is important to them and how they communicate with others and listen to their ideas and perspectives is vital in developing the Integration Joint Board and individual members leadership role. Essentially the more members pay attention to the behaviours needed to fulfil the tasks they are asked to fulfil, the better they will be able to provide authentic leadership when serving on the Integration Joint Board.
Questions to stimulate personal reflection by Integration Joint Board members
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Actions based on reflection |
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| What are my values? |
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| Would those around me recognise that I am living these values? |
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| What skills, knowledge, and attributes do I bring to the role? |
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| How do I operate when I am at my best? |
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| What do I need to watch out for when under pressure or stressed? |
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| What or who inspires me? |
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| Who is supporting me in my leadership role? |
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| How does this differ from other roles/positions I possess? |
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| What is different about how I need to operate as a member of an Integration Joint Board? |
Useful tools and resources
| Psychometric assessments to help me understand my preferences and character |
Individual developments to help me gain perspective and new insights |
Board or group developments to improve collaborative working and functioning |
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| e.g. 360 degree feedback, Behavioural profiles e.g. MBTI, 16 PF, Insights, Disc |
e.g. coaching, mentoring, eLearning on specific leadership qualities or technical skills (e.g. finance, data analysis, appreciative inquiry skills, critical thinking/systems thinking), creative thinking approaches, personal resilience, mindfulness, leadership exchanges, paired learning, action learning |
e.g. facilitated Board development workshops on group dynamics, Board dialogue on critical issues, locality visits to confirm realities and impact of decisions made, regional or national networking events (profession specific or whole system) |
| These can generally be accessed through: Organisational Development leads in NHS or Local Authorities |
These can generally be accessed through: Organisational Development leads in NHS or Local authorities Coaching Collaborative via Workforce Scotland http://www.scottishleadersforum.org/public-service-collaborative-learning |
These can generally be accessed through: Organisational Development leads in NHS or Local Authorities National organisations which provide support to Integration Joint Board SSSC - http://www.sssc.uk.com/ NES http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/ Improvement Service |
What do other Integration Joint Board members bring?
When considering the role and responsibility of the Integration Joint Board it is important to understand what other Integration Joint Board members bring. Appreciating different perspectives and ideas is important and adds strength to a group and helps them to develop ideas and work more comfortably with ambiguity and complexity.
Much has been written in leadership and organisational development research about how groups function, the roles of group members and group processes. The majority of groups work best when there is a group environment where all members feel listened to, valued, are able to contribute to debate and discussion, where different opinions are aired and respect for members is a core aspect for how the group works. It is also important for groups to be able to identify where they may have gaps in their knowledge or skills and seek to continually improve and build on their ways of working.
Questions to stimulate personal reflection by Integration Joint Board members
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Reflection |
Actions I may take as a result of reflection |
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| How do I know what others bring? |
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| How do I ensure that I operate on facts and not assumptions? |
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| How do I ensure that I value difference? |
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| What do I value about partnership working? |
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| What is the difference between cooperation and collaboration - where are we? |
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| What annoys me about working in partnership and what is in my ability to change? |
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| Is there shared and equal power amongst other Integration Joint Board members? |
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| How do I know what other Integration Joint Board members' priorities are? |
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| How will we make new Integration Joint Board members welcome? |
PERSONAL ACTION PLAN
This section is for you as an Integration Joint Board member to capture learning and insights and create a plan to build on these.
| What are my key insights and learning from using this guide? |
What are my next steps to develop myself in this role? |
What support do I need to do this? |
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Email: Brian Nisbet
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