2. Public Health leadership development and succession planning in Scotland
Susan Webb, Pip Farman and Andrew Fraser
Contact:

3. Identification of emergent Public Health leaders
Survey of PH Departments – succession planning
Survey of trainees
Position statement to PH Review
Provide formal leadership development appropriately tailored for those wishing to take on senior leadership roles from within the multidisciplinary public health workforce
Survey of senior staff

4. Feedback Language inconsistent Disparate Not cohesive Patchy
Fragmented
Feedback
PH leaders do not have leadership skills
Support service
Request for clarity
Influencing, lobbying, advocating & tactical
Not visible
Recognition of multidisciplinary (non-medical) workforce?

5. The Task
WHO
Immediate pressures – current leaders (multidisciplinary / across domains)
Emergent leaders
Wider workforce (NHS / other organisations)
WHAT
Sustainable arrangements for leadership support and development
Implementation plan

6. Questions we have asked?
Vision – for Public Health leadership and enabling a supportive environment?
Leadership model?
What does a Public Health Leader look like?
Is there a distinct Public Health leadership challenge?
Leadership support and development – existing schemes or something new?
Engagement - who else do we need to engage with?
Please make sure

7. What is called for?
The ability to work strategically within complex organisations
Multidisciplinary approach
.. work across organisational boundaries .. range of stakeholders to facilitate change
.. look beyond current pressures .. opportunities to do things better
Evidence – understand & translate
Different set of skills / competencies
Tactical approaches

9. Recommendations Short term programme for senior leaders
Longer term programme for emergent leaders / wider workforce
Champion at local levels (practical things we can all do)
Business plan / operational plan
Platform with providers / commissioning – flexible approach as we move forward

10. What do you need to be a better public health leader?