Developing female leaders in digital health
Minerva is a development programme for women working in health technology or a health and care data environment who aspire to lead. The programme lasts 10 months and features face to face and virtual learning opportunities, coaching, and networking support for women who would like to lead in their field.
About Minerva
Again and again we see women not fulfilling their potential due to a lack of confidence, not knowing their strengths, and hitting glass ceilings. This programme aims to empower women to overcome these obstacles and help them understand their unique abilities and how they can use them to improve their leadership skills and become the leaders of tomorrow.
What you will gain
A self-reflective understanding and acceptance of your unique leadership style and strengths.
The critical skills and insight into how you can develop as a leader now, and in the future.
Personalised leadership coaching sessions.
Eight modules in 2022, delivered in a mix of face to face and online, using a variety of learning experiences.
The opportunity to work with other women leaders in groups and join a vibrant and supportive network.
Who it is for
Minerva is for women working in health technology or health and care data environment who aspire to lead. You might come from a wide range of professional disciplines. For example, you might be a programme manager, clinician, senior business analyst, developer, comms expert - the list goes on. What’s more important is that you have the right appetite for a focused senior leaders’ development programme and a positive attitude to learning. If you are not sure if the programme is for you, please contact me for a chat. I am more than happy to talk to you about the programme and what it entails.
Each module features a range of high-quality materials, and you will have the opportunity to design some of the programme content as a group through facilitated sessions both online and in person. To maintain connection across the group - an important dimension of the programme - we will be using a social media platform to enable you to work and communicate.
“I’m really proud and grateful to have taken part in the Minerva programme. It was exactly what I needed to build back some lost confidence, focus on strengths and help me to understand my part to play as a leader in digital health in the NHS. The mix of content, self-led and group reflection and coaching really helps you to understand your own personal goals within the programme.”
What it costs
The cost of the programme is £2,700 plus VAT. This includes three sessions of personal coaching, and access to the eight modules.
How it works
Minerva is based on the simple idea that you are best placed to identify your strengths and weaknesses and decide what you want to work on.
The programme expects you to act as a partner in your learning journey, using your experiences, making sense of them, being self-directed and committed to continuous learning. Working with the programme team and external partners, you will explore your strengths and identify your learning needs. The programme provides challenge, inspiration and support that has a real positive impact on you. We believe that to develop as a leader is to develop as a human.
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This programme is designed to create a space for you to reflect on who you are, to discover your strengths, to think about who you want to be, and to identify your own opportunities for growth. Minerva provides a great learning environment, with a balance of support and challenge, to help you develop your personal learning agenda and design and run learning experiments that will help you grow as an authentic leader.
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We believe in the power of coaching to accelerate your personal journey. A core element of the programme is the individual coaching sessions that thread through the entire programme. We have extensive experience of coaching leaders and helping them to make the most of their development opportunities.
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The modules cover a range of topical issues that affect leaders of today and will prepare you for your leadership journey. These range from women and power to systems thinking, and address issues such as how to successfully innovate. The modules are below:
Module one – Knowing yourself (strengths profile feedback) and reflecting in action
Module two – Women and power
Module three – Presence and impact
Module four – Inclusive design and bias
Module five – Strategic thinking and influencing
Module six – Systems thinking; working across organisations
Module seven – Introduction to innovation
Module eight – Masterclass (meet women leaders) and future planning
See more about the programme delivery team here.
Application process
Once the application process is open you will be expected to provide a short video or written account of why you would like to apply, who you are, what you do currently and why you think Minerva is for you.
We also expect you to show that you have the support of your manager through a supporting statement submitted with your application.
Please contact me here if you would like to be notified when applications are open.
For more information you can contact me directly via: anne@ethicalhealthcare.org.uk
Thrive by Design are supporting Anne Cooper and Ethical Healthcare Consulting deliver this iteration of Minerva.