Middle leader professional development program

• A leadership development program for doctors
• Leading healthcare delivery in complex collaborative environments

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Aim of the program

As a Middle Leader, reporting to senior staff, managing juniors, and collaborating with peers are significant responsibilities that bring unique challenges. In a middle leadership role, you also may be considering the next phase of your career and what leadership opportunities you may aspire to and find fulfilment in the future.

The Middle Leader program is a professional development course for doctors, consultant level and above. The program aims to build leadership capability and knowledge, supporting participants to find their own leadership voice and style and to lead with confidence in complex collaborative environments. 
 

Structure of the program

The program provides 18 hours of leadership education facilitated by our leadership expert, Dr Anna Clark. The program is modular in design and is delivered in a small group format over several sessions via both interactive webinars/tutorials, face-to-face workshops, peer learning pairs, one-on-one coaching, and self-paced online learning, including video tutorials, readings, and reflective learning activities.

Program structure:

• 4 x 3 hour modules – delivered over 2 x 1-day workshops (9.30am - 4:30pm) either in-person or via a Zoom webinar
• 1 x 1.5 hour live group action learning tutorial via webinar (6.30pm - 8.00pm)
• 1 x 1 hourr one-on-one coaching session delivered in person or via Zoom

Participants work on a personal leadership mission statement and three personal action plans across the duration of the program: a personal leadership development plan, a holistic leadership plan, and a professional network health check. These plans support the direct application of learning into specific leadership skills and behaviours that can be used immediately in participants' current roles.
 

Program dates

Intake 1: 2024

• Program launch webinar (30 minutes): Wednesday 1 May, 6.30 pm
• Module 1 and 2 (face-to-face): Friday 10 May, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm
• Live tutorial (webinar): Wednesday 29 May, 6.30 pm - 8.00 pm
• Module 3 and 4 (face-to-face): Friday 14 June, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm
• 1:1 1-hour coaching session: scheduled individually with participants

Intake 2: 2024

• Program launch webinar (30 minutes): Wednesday 1 May, 6.30 pm
• Module 1 and 2 (face-to-face): Friday 2 August, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm
• Live tutorial (webinar): Wednesday 14 August: 6.30 pm - 8.00 pm
• Module 3 and 4 (face-to-face): Friday 23 August, 9.30 am - 4.30 pm
• 1:1 1-hour coaching session: scheduled individually with participants

Note: We are offering an in-person workshop format for our second intake in 2023 which will be held at AMA House, ground floor, 293 Royal Parade, Parkville.

Who should attend this program

This program is for doctors who are consultant level and above who are currently managing and leading a team, service, or department. Participants may also hold a leadership role in private practice, with many juggling more than one role across both the private and public sector.
 

Content covered in the program

• Developing strong self-awareness and clarity around values, goals, and purpose
• Articulating a strong leadership identity and purpose for self and team/department
• Developing a strong sense of role, role clarity and complexity, and managing boundaries
• Developing strong communication skills and behaviours for interpersonal and team settings  
• Establishing psychological safety and strong team and department culture
• Developing others through cultivating a culture of professional conversations and feedback  
• Strategies for dealing with difficult people and difficult interactions
• Leading during constant change as well as leading change and navigating resistance to change
• Strategic thinking and planning and making time for leadership work
• Time management and delegation
• Strategic planning for own professional growth – using feedback effectively, preparing for promotion, interviews, and performance reviews
• The importance of self-care and managing exhaustion and burnout for self and others
   

Program director 

 
 

 

DR ANNA CLARK (PhD)
Leadership coach and educator

Anna has a PhD in social psychology from the University of Melbourne and works as a leadership development consultant and coach designing and delivering leadership development programs and coaching in Europe, Singapore, and Australia. Prior to working in leadership development, Anna held academic positions in psychology and organisational behaviour departments in the Netherlands, France, and Australia. She has over 12 years’ experience coaching a range of emerging, middle, and senior leaders from both private and public sector organisations, including health and education. Anna currently lives in Melbourne and works as a leadership development consultant and coach designing and delivering executive education programs and coaching for a range of organisations and individuals around Australia. Anna specialises in supporting individuals to find authentic, purposeful, and realistic development goals and to then create and enact nuanced personal action plans to support their work toward the behavioural change they desire in a practical and sustainable way.

In her work with AMA Victoria, Anna has joined the Professional Development and Careers team to provide leadership development programs and one-on-one coaching for Doctors at all stages of their careers. Professional coaching provides a safe and objective developmental space for doctors to work on the current issues and challenges that they face in their day-to-day work, as well as in their professional work system.  

Anna also writes regularly for AMA Victoria, publishing on leadership topics highly relevant to the complex care and collaborative leadership required in healthcare settings. 

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Terms and conditions

Read AMA Victoria's Professional Development and Careers Service T&Cs here.