Complete Leadership Series – Supporting Growth Through Adversity

This workshop is part of our Complete Leadership Series, leading inclusively and compassionately, to help you target areas of development leaders and managers have identified as top priorities right now.

About the workshop

Supporting growth through adversity is a component part of the Complete Leadership Series aimed at leaders who are new to line management or in the first year or two in a line management role. Participants are welcomed from clinical or non-clinical backgrounds to this 2-Hour online session which will: 

• Explore the psychology of now and the accumulative impact of sustained pressure and stretch on individuals, teams and organisations
• Consider positive growth through adversity models and how we frame can our experiences and learning for ourselves and others as we move forward in our leadership.
• Understand at the importance of psychological transition and the role of confidence, control and connection in 

This session is grounded in the psychology of how people think, feel and behave. It will provide you will valuable insights and helpful tools to support you in your leadership as you continue to enhance your own self-awareness and your awareness of others. 

This session will be delivered virtually. 

Who is this session for: 

The NHS Leadership Academy provides leadership development for people of all backgrounds and experiences across health and care. 

Other information:

If you are unable to attend any of the sessions above please register via our Expression of Interest page, this will help us to understand the demand for our programmes and plan accordingly. You will also be notified when we release new dates for this workshop.

If your circumstances change and you can no longer attend, please email [email protected]

The session will be delivered virtually

About the facilitator 

Rebekah is an experienced registered Chartered Occupational Psychologist, with more than 17 years’ experience working with individuals, teams and organisations.  

Rebekah is passionate about helping people realise their full potential and the relationship between thoughts, emotions and actions. With her team of practitioners Rebekah provides a range of learning opportunities that hone and harness the skills, expertise and abilities of people to meet the situations and challenges they face at work. 

Rebekah makes a difference through delivering evidence-based, bespoke applied learning that drives demonstrable, on-the-ground behaviour change and performance improvement. This is where she really has an impact, shaping effective and sustainable leadership, culture and organisational development. 

Rebekah started her career in the NHS. Working across primary and secondary care leading a variety of large-scale quality improvement and change programmes, prior to working as a Healthcare Management Consultant for 8 years with Arup. As a Principal Consultant, Rebekah developed and led the Healthcare Consulting Business within Arup working across all parts of the healthcare system.  

Working exclusively with health and care organisations Rebekah, is at the forefront of the provision of leadership, culture and team development for clinicians and managers in health and care settings across the country. She strives to challenge mindsets, build belief and support change through the use of psychology-based development.