Do OD Leaders Culture Change Toolkit
This comprehensive toolkit for organisation development (OD) colleagues and wider workforce leaders is a practical resource grounded in organisational psychology, organisational development and design, and NHS learning.
It has been developed with busy leaders in mind, focusing on practical action rather than theory, and is flexible and easy to use, allowing you to dip into the areas most relevant to your context. It is fully interactive online or can be downloaded and printed if you prefer.
You can download the toolkit at the link above, read more details below, and watch a walk-through presentation of the content at the bottom of this page.
Who is the toolkit for?
This toolkit is for OD colleagues and NHS leaders at all levels, including ward managers, team leads, heads of service and professional leads, or anyone who plays a role in shaping how people behave, connect and work together.
If you don't work in organisation development or feel unsure about how to use the toolkit, please contact your OD team who can support you to use it effectively.
When to use it
You could use this toolkit when you are:
- planning or running a team away day
- addressing low-level conflict or incivility
- resetting team purpose or objectives
- tackling unclear roles or accountability
- building effective leadership habits as a new leader
- responding to staff survey results, high sickness or team overwhelm.
How the toolkit is structured
There are seven modules, each encouraging you to reflect on your experiences; build knowledge and understanding; apply this knowledge in practice; and identify improvements to support ongoing development. The modules cover the following themes:
- Purpose and readiness
- Understanding culture
- Know yourself
- Work with others
- Lead culture change
- Taking action
- Track impact
*Please note, this toolkit was developed ahead of the publication of the new NHS Leadership and Management Framework, developed by NHS England to create consistency at all levels of management and leadership. The framework includes its own self-assessment tool – which can be accessed with an NHS Leadership Academy login.
