Leadership isn't always about being in charge. Sometimes it's about knowing when to step forward, when to listen, when to speak up and how to help others succeed.
Everyday clinical practice presents opportunities to demonstrate leadership and management, regardless of seniority or formal responsibility.
This interactive 1-day workshop explores how clinicians and other healthcare professionals can make a positive difference through their everyday behaviours, communication and contributions to multidisciplinary teams.
Following five interconnected scenarios set during a busy hospital shift, you'll explore realistic workplace challenges, consider different perspectives and reflect on how you might respond. From navigating competing expectations and managing relationships under pressure to speaking up, working across professional boundaries and supporting improvements, the workshop brings leadership and management into the realities of clinical practice.
With practical activities, group discussion and accessible leadership concepts, you'll develop a greater awareness of your own impact and identify approaches you can apply in your working environment.
What will you learn?
- Recognise and demonstrate everyday leadership without formal authority.
- Develop self-awareness and manage your responses under pressure.
- Work effectively with different professional and patient perspectives.
- Communicate constructively, influence others and speak up appropriately.
- Contribute to learning, teamwork and manageable improvements.
You will take away a clearer understanding of everyday leadership and management, practical approaches for working effectively with others, and a personal action plan to support your ongoing development.
The workshop supports development in areas reflected in the 2026 UK Foundation Programme curriculum, particularly those relating to effective team membership, sharing leadership, clinical prioritisation, continuity of care, communication and quality improvement.
It also draws upon principles of effective teamworking, leadership and management, professional responsibility and speaking up reflected in GMC guidance.
Although particularly relevant to foundation doctors, its focus on everyday professional behaviours makes the learning applicable across multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
This workshop is approved for 6 external CPD credits.
Designed primarily for foundation/resident doctors, this introductory workshop is also relevant to other clinicians and healthcare professionals who are beginning to develop their leadership and management skills.
No previous formal leadership training is required.
This event is delivered on regular dates throughout the year. You can join us in-person at the RCP venue in London (RCP Regent’s Park), or Liverpool (RCP at the Spine), or join a virtual classroom session and attend online from the comfort of your own home or office. We are increasingly delivering our most popular workshops in regional centres as well. So keep an eye on all available dates and locations via the booking links at the bottom of the page.
We offer significant discounts to RCP members on all our education activities. Non-members are always welcome, but we encourage you to join the RCP, whatever your grade or specialty, to benefit from great-value professional development opportunities. Find out more about membership.
Click on your chosen event below to see the full rate options. Resident members will pay slightly less than consultant members, and our virtual classroom events are priced lower than in-person sessions to ensure professional development is accessible and affordable to everyone. You must be logged in as an RCP Member to be eligible for the membership rates.
Flexible payment plans for higher value in-depth programmes can be arranged, and we can directly invoice employers with the appropriate authorisation. Please contact education.courses@rcp.ac.uk if you have any queries about fees or payments.
Our experienced medical educationalists work collaboratively to co-design programmes with senior clinicians who are active in hospitals throughout the UK. This ensures our courses remain relevant and respond to the changing needs of the clinical workforce, enabling high quality patient-centred care.
This unique partnership approach is key to the value and success of our programmes both in the UK and internationally. Each course combines on-the-ground experience and professional knowledge of medical practice in the NHS, alongside educational theory, teaching and practical skills, designed for every stage of your career.
This workshop is also available on a commissioned basis. Please contact us to discuss the RCP delivering this event exclusively for your doctors and healthcare teams, delivered in-person at your workplace, at the RCP sites in London or Liverpool, or in a virtual classroom.
To discuss your specific requirements and how the RCP can work with you, please give us a call on (0)20 3075 1555 or email consultancy@rcp.ac.uk
Further information about commissioned programmes from the RCP.
