About Us
LEADS Canada provides LEADS-based leadership development services and partners with organizations, authorities and regions to facilitate not only the adoption of the framework, but a cultural shift required to fully embed LEADS throughout an organization.
Events & Webinars
Events & Webinars2019 LEADS Exchange Day
Following the National Healthcare Leadership Conference , the vision of the 2019 LEADS Exchange day will be on the integration of care across the continuum with a focus on developing coalitions for better health and system integration. The day will aim on the sharing of practical experiences and tools to build better coalitions.
Early Bird Registration Open! - Until March 31, 2019
CHLNet/LEADS Webinar Series
Next Webinar: Our Most Impactful Lessons for Leaders in Health Reform
Friday, March 29, 2019 - 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET 
Strong leadership is a critical success factor in stimulating innovation and the large-scale change required to improve performance for patients and families. As provinces engage in reform efforts, building health leadership capacity is an essential piece to modernizing our health workforce. Yet as initiatives unfold, leaders and the needed capabilities to facilitate innovation and large-scale change have been given limited profile and attention. Given this, the Canadian Health Leadership Network (CHLNet) has created a national working group to gather provincial leaders to exchange ideas and evidence including doing a better job of leadership development. In follow up to a breakfast session held at the 2018 National Health Leadership Conference (NHLC), three provinces will present their key strategies and lessons learned. Moderated by Kelly Grimes, Executive Director of CHLNet, this webinar will continue this informative and lively discussion.
Guest Speakers:
Carmelle D'Entremont, VP, People and Organizational Development, NSHA
Sharon Bishop, Director, Organizational Culture, Saskatchewan Health Authority
Jude Udedibia, Lead for Organization Design and Workforce Planning, AHS
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Community for Practice
Community for Practice
The LeaderShift project is the vision of CHO. This alliance of four provincial associations believes that leaders in community and primary health care are well-positioned to make a critical contribution to an improved and more integrated health system.
LeaderShift is an ambitious, new cross-sector initiative that gives current and emerging leaders in community and primary health care the opportunity to develop their abilities, ignite collaboration, and participate in shaping the future of our health care system.
Knowledge Generation and Exchange
The online LEADS Community for Practice enables members to interact with others across Canada who are also using LEADS in a variety of ways and settings. Membership in the LEADS Community for Practice provides access to discussion forums, leadership development research articles and LEADS resources. Members are encouraged to share their resources, experiences and learnings on the implementation and integration of LEADS to facilitate its’ use in new settings and in new ways.
Learn more about the LEADS Community for Practice and how you can participate HERE
Testimonials
The uptake of LEADS across Canada has been amazing. This will allow health system leaders to share a common language when leading system change for improvements. 
Gregory Taylor, BSc, MD, CCFP, FRCPC
Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada
Accreditation Canada has implemented the Leads framework by providing 360 feedback to management, incorporating it in its ongoing performance appraisal process and reaching out to all staff through education sessions. We have found the initiatives to support us in having a common language, setting goals, building a succession plan for the organization and increasing collaboration within the organization. It is important to recognize that it should be relevant to everyone in the organization to really build leadership at all levels.
Spotlight
The Succession Management Toolkit developed by Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is based on best practice evidence, HHS experience and application. It provides leaders with approaches, tools, and templates that guide organizations to assess, evaluate, and develop their top talent; those who wish to grow their leadership potential and career within the organization. Building internal top talent retains top performers, builds leadership capacity, and preserves experiential knowledge only obtained by existing talent. Find out if this toolkit is right for your organization
Transforming Healthcare Organizations: Healthier Workers. Healthier Leaders. Healthier Organizations
Commissioned by the By Health, For Health Collaborative, the Mental Health Commission of Canada, CHLNet, and LEADS Canada, partnered to develop a crosswalk between the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace and the LEADS in a Caring Environment framework.
The report is now available online!
LEADS 360 Assessments
Does your organization need support to develop successful LEADERS?
The LEADS 360 Assessment is a feedback process primarily for development purposes. It focuses on leadership and takes the capabilities identified in the LEADS in Caring Environment capabilities framework and identifies sentinel behaviors that would be exhibited by front-line, mid-level, senior, or executive level leaders. Visit our LEADS Services page to learn more.
To learn how to implement the LEADS 360 Assessment in your organization, contact Kate Lawrie, Administrative Coordinator, LEADS 360 Support at klawrie@cchl-ccls.ca
Bookstore
AVAILABLE NOW through the LEADS Bookstore
Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: LEADS in a Caring Environment
Do you have your copy?
Visit the LEADS Bookstore to order.
by Graham Dickson and Bill Tholl
This book describes what it means to be a leader in today's world and the key challenges to better leadership in our health system.
Tri-namics: Leadership Wisdom for the Health System
Now available through the LEADS Bookstore!
by Debbie Payne and Erna Hagge
Tri-namics is based on self-directed and sustained learning. Tap into your own and the intellectual capital all around you and go beyond to access your personal and collective wisdom with this resource at your fingertips.
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