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SOM Leadership Conference 2025 - In-person attendance

This registration page is for in-person attendance only.

SOM Leadership Conference 2025 - Leading in challenging climates

SOM leadership event with the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work

Thursday 9th October 9.30am-5.00pm (registration and networking from 9am)

Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, 3.038, Booth Street West, Manchester M15 6PB

An inclusive day for all disciplines offering inspiration to develop your leadership skills.

Current challenges are on many levels – margins are tight, AI is emerging, and geopolitical and social uncertainty is affecting business. What skill sets are needed for the future? What are the business cases we need? This day will pull the above themes through highlighting the need to work in a multidisciplinary way.

The agenda is as follows:

9.00-9.15am Registration/networking

9.15-9.20am Welcome - Dr Lanre Ogunyemi & Dr Vicky Mason

9.20-10.05am Leading in challenging climates and managing in a digital age

Armchair conversation with Professor Cary Cooper - Dr Richard Heron  

10.05-10.50am Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders - Inclusivity for all – title tbc

Manage challenging situations - learning from neurodivergent leaders and how do we integrate neurodivergence when leading? Professor Nancy Doyle with Q and A discussion[1]

11.50-11.10am Tea/coffee and networking break

11.10am-12.10pm Panel - My Leadership journey – what challenges did I overcome?

Dr Abeyna Jones, Chris Terry, Hilary Winch & Jo Vallom Smith

12.10pm-12.55pm Skills in influencing and managing people and Boards in difficult situations

Dr Richard Heron

12.55-1.55pm Lunch/networking with opportunity to “mine the leaders” with speakers available to meet on a 1:1 basis*

1.55-2.55pm Discover your leadership competencies 

Prof Jo Yarker & Nathan Palmer

Presenting the leadership competency framework with facilitated self / team discovery exercises to reflect about development needs/opportunities. What is your response to uncertainty, changing business contexts and the impact on the team’s needs?

2.55-3.40pm Leading in challenging environments- how does this feel personally? From threats do opportunities emerge?

Matt Day[2] NHS England, Director of clinical commissioning

3.40-3.55pm Tea/coffee and networking break

3.55-4.40pm People and teams – Professor Kevin Fenton

4.40pm Wrap up and close

Cost: £65 non-members; £50 SOM members (please log in before registering). Trainees in all fields (doctors and AHPs) can book at the discounted rate of £35 - contact Mimi.Eyeoyibo@som.org.uk for the discount code.

Includes lunch and refreshments.

All nurses, doctors, AHPs and OH professionals, including trainees and students, are welcome.

This registration page is for in-person attendance only.

To register for online attendance, click here.

*Please note that 1:1 sessions are only available in-person

When
October 9th, 2025 from  9:30 AM to  5:00 PM
Event Fee(s)
Event Fee £65.00
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