SOM Leadership Conference 2025 - Online attendance

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SOM Leadership Conference 2025 - Leading in challenging climates

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

Thursday 9th October 9.15am-5.00pm, Online

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:

9.15-9.20am 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 Sir Cary Cooper, CBE and Dr Richard Heron. Chair: Dr Vicky Mason  

10.05-10.50am Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders - Inclusivity for all

Managing challenging situations - learning from neurodivergent leaders and how do we integrate neurodivergence when leading? Professor Nancy Doyle with Q&A / discussion. Chair: Jo Vallom-Smith 

10.50-11.10am Morning break

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

Dr Abeyna Jones, Jo Vallom-Smith, Fiona King. Chair: Dr Lanre Ogunyemi

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

Dr Richard Heron. Chair: Dr Sade Adenekan

12.55-1.55pm Lunch break (networking with opportunity to “mine the leaders” with speakers available to meet on a 1:1 basis - only available for in-person attendees)

1.55-2.55pm Discover your leadership competencies 

Prof Jo Yarker & Nathan Palmer. Introduced by Nick Pahl, SOM CEO

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, NHS England, Director of clinical commissioning. Chair: Janet O'Neill

3.40-3.55pm Afternoon break

3.55-4.40pm Mitigating work-related stress

Prof Jo Yarker. Chair: Dr Nicola Gartland

4.40pm Wrap up and close - Dr Lanre Ogunyemi

Cost: £50 non-members; £40 SOM members (please log in before registering). Trainees in all fields (doctors and AHPs) can book at the discounted rate of £27 - contact Mimi.Eyeoyibo@som.org.uk for the discount code.

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

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