Leading Integrated Teams

Leading Integrated Teams is a substantial leadership programme for ambitious leaders of multidisciplinary teams, aimed at supporting effective integration in systems and places.

Based on the work of Prof Michael West, it’s a fantastic chance for Leaders to hone their skills and develop high functioning teams that deliver high-quality, continually improving, compassionate care.

Aqua are working with Affina Organisation Development (AOD Ltd) to design and deliver this offer. Participants will progress through the programme with colleagues from a range of backgrounds in health and social care from across the North West.

There has never been a more important time for organisations to equip their leaders with the right skills, behaviours and capabilities to deliver integrated services for population and place.

Bringing together the latest thinking in leadership and team development, this unique programme helps leaders to navigate complex, interdependent systems of care and support.

Formed as a series of half- and full-day workshops, leaders receive a full 44 hours of face-to-face learning and coaching. Central to the experience is the opportunity for participants to take their own team through the Affina Team Journey. Teams gain new insights and actions they can apply immediately to keep improving and achieving their goals.

Each cohort forms a powerful peer network of like-minded and collaborative leaders across the region, with impact well beyond the programme itself.

Throughout the programme, participants will:

• Work with colleagues to build knowledge, insight, share skill and create support links
• Assess their system leadership approach
• Create a network of peers
• Have taken their team through the Affina Team Journey (ATJ) to improve team performance
• Be coached by two accredited ATJ coaches
• Have a suite of tools that they can use for two year period, and experience of tools that they can use in other team settings
• Generate reflective case studies for sharing with other Aqua members
• Be involved in the evaluative process and introduced to other QI tools

The next cohort of Leading Integrated Teams starts on February 14 2024.