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• Alfred Health - Building Positive Engagement - a full day workshop for managers across the organisation to build workplace engagement, leadership strategies and skills for the current rapid change context and improve retention, attendance and wellbeing. “Linda was a great presenter, she was engaging, funny and extremely knowledgeable. I walked away feeling excited and motivated to back to the team and continue to lead in a positive and effective way”. (Aug 2024) Linda has been facilitating this workshop in partnership with Alfred Health since 2014.

• Monash University NHMRC Investigator Grants - Workshop for academics experiencing career disruptions and applying for grants - context, evidence informed strategies and practical writing tips & practice

• Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences - ECR Peer Group Coaching Program - facilitator for the peer group coaching program with multiple simultaneous peer groups of ECR and MCR academics to foster research impact

• Western Health - Nursing & Midwifery Advanced Practitioners Professional Development Workshop Series - cofacilitating with Deputy Executive Director of Nursing & Midwifery, Adjunct Associate Professor (Deakin University), a series of workshops focusing on situational analysis of the current health context, WH strategic direction and key priorities for Advanced Practitioners

• Deakin University Faculty of Health - Leadership Strategic Retreat Panel Session facilitation - Workforce demands - Faculty support to major partners

• Peninsula Health - Maternity Services Model of Care codesign project facilitator - designing a new continuity of care focused maternity model using a codesign working group and steering committee approach

• Western Road Upgrade Partnership Workshop - A half day workshop for the PPP leadership group, including the State, Project Co and Service Co. Building on the successful partnership workshop in 2023, WRU partners requested a repeat workshop to build on their improved partnership strategies and performance in 2024. “The communication and partnership have improved in the past 12 months 83.3% Strongly agree/agree” (Pre-workshop survey response to measure improvement from last year’s workshop)

• Coaching - senior leader coaching - health & university sector - leadership skills, navigating rapid change, complexity, new career directions

• Victoria University - Business Intelligence Team - effective partnering and strategic planning

• Mentoring Programs -

  • Monash University Science Faculty

  • Western Health - senior and emerging leaders

  • Western Health - Allied Health

  • Cross-Institutional Library Mentoring Program - academic & public libraries from Vic, NSW, SA, Tas & ACT

  • GMC - Women in Manufacturing Network Mentoring Programs - Geelong & Ballarat

• Plenary Health - New Footscray Hospital Partnership Workshop - roadmap for partnership effectiveness in lead up to the operational phase of the NFH

• Royal Women’s Hospital - Team Leaders - Leadership Development Workshop series

• Alfred Health - Building Positive Attendance & Engagement Workshops - long standing Alfred program for leaders across all discipline groups aimed at optimising attraction, attendance & retention of the workforce

• Royal Melbourne Hospital - Medical Workforce, Allied Health and Nursing Workforce Futures Projects - Codesign approach to the design of strategic priorities for workforce retention, service models, redevelopment, digital health and future workforce innovations. Interviews, focus groups, survey and codesign workshop, report and recommendations. Reporting to CMO, Director of Allied Health, Exec DON, Exec Director People & Director Nursing Workforce

• Western Health Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Periop - Strategic Planning workshop facilitation

• Department of Health TCP 1 Day Workshops April 2024 – Evaluation

  Any comments or feedback about the facilitator, Linda Betts?

  Linda was amazing. From the minute she got on the microphone, the audience was engaged. Her involvement was engaging, with humour, with updated facts and defiantly created future thinking - outstanding

  Great facilitator

  Excellent presentation and engagement

  She was an excellent speaker, very knowledgeable and had a clear understanding of the issues within public health. It was a great workshop

  One of the best presentations I have attended

  Great communicator and educator

  Really great and held your attention

  She was fantastic, very engaging, and relatable

  Professional intelligent, humorous, easy listening. 

  Very knowledgeable about the industry and challenges

  Linda was very engaging; she is obviously very knowledgeable ad confident. She has a very calming effect which I found particularly reassuring in our current crazy working environment,

  Extremely well presented. Very knowledgeable

  Very knowledgeable, very clear, very inclusive.

  Engaging and interesting facilitator, I really enjoyed the content

  Excellent, SO knowledgeable, spoke from memory - did not use notes. Respectful.

  Linda was a very dynamic and engaging speaker

  Excellent facilitator, keep me engaged for the whole day

• New Footscray Hospital - Plenary Health Partnership Workshop series

• Peninsula Health - Nursing and Midwifery Workforce codesign project and strategy

• Royal Melbourne Hospital - Command Centre Workshops - new access and flow service facilitation

• Monash University Faculty of Science - ECR Peer Group Coaching, Mentoring and coaching

• New Frankston Hospital - PPP Partnership Workshop

• Austin Health - Mental Health Executive Leadership & Operational Managers workshop series

• Department of Health - Transition Care Program - Case Management Workshop for TCP workforce

• Western Health - Review of Bacchus Marsh Maternity and Newborn Service Model, and Review of the Women’s and Children’s Integrated Obstetric Ultrasound Service - review of operational, governance and training models, benchmark case studies and recommendations for future best practice model and service development

• Victoria University - Business Operations and Finance Teams - leadership and strategic planning

• Local Public Health Units - LPHU Network Strategic Planning Forums, WHPU Public Health Officers team and leadership development series and WPHU Medical team Strategic Planning workshops

• Royal Children’s Hospital - ED/AHRS Social Work service - Team review and recalibration project to consider strategies for operations and innovation to meet ongoing increases in demand and workforce shortages

• Deakin University Institute for Health Transformation - Health Economics and GLOBE strategic planning session

• Alfred Health - Building Positive Attendance workshop series - staff engagement, retention and attendance strategy and skills workshops

• Leadership Coaching - senior women in health, university and research - Monash University, University of Tasmania, Victoria University, Deakin University

• Hudson Medical Research Institute - strategic plan project facilitation

• Royal Melbourne Hospital - NUM Masterclass Leadership Workshop for nurse leaders recalibration in year 3 of COVID: insights, lessons and innovation and setting future directions

• Royal Women’s Hospital - Frontline Leadership Program

• Royal Children’s Hospital - Gatehouse Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA) Review and Codesign approach to future service priorities and model of care

• New Footscray Hospital - People, Culture and Change Advisor to Plenary Health consortium in the design, construction and operational readiness project phase for the new $1.5 billion dollar hospital precinct project in the West

• Deakin University Library - Codesign: Reimagining the Library project using a codesign process involving library staff, students, academic staff, professional staff and other stakeholders, this project used interactive online forums to help shape the new strategic direction of the Deakin Library as part of Deakin University Reimagine Strategy

• Health Workforce COVID Workshops - Navigating rapid change, uncertainty and workforce retention and wellbeing. Online interactive workshops throughout the pandemic to support health care leaders and staff navigate the challenges of workforce wellbeing, retention and recovery using evidence based and rapid review literature learning, real world case studies and a PDSA cycle approach. Clients include Western Health, Peninsula Health, VHA, Mansfield District Hospital, Royal Children’s Hospital

• Mentoring Programs - virtual and hybrid -

  • SAEF (Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future) Research Program,

  • CSIRO Data 61,

  • La Trobe University SABE,

  • Western Health,

  • Cross-Institutional Library Mentoring Program - University of Sydney, Deakin University, La Trobe University, University of Melbourne, Monash University, UNSW, University of Canberra, Public Libraries Victoria, University of Tasmania, University of Wollongong, Federation University, Victoria University, University of Newcastle, CAVAL, RMIT University, State Library Victoria

• Leadership Development - RMH Nurse Leaders Masterclass - Navigating Rapid Change , Uncertainty and Recovery: An evidenced based approach, RWH The Women’s Frontline Manager Program, AlfredHealth - Building Positive Engagement & Retention

• Senior Leader Coaching - one to one coaching for senior leaders across health, university and research sectors - Executive Directors, CFO, COO, Faculty Deans, Academic Leaders L&T/Research, Mangers and Team Leads

• Gender Equity - Research focus workshops on achieving gender equity in academic and research - including

  • Career Context grant coaching for ARC applications Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences,

  • WEHI Gender Equity Workshop Series,

  • MCRI Gender Equity Workshop

• VCCC Organisational Structure redesign - collective impact model developed with a stakeholder consultation process, case study model research, leadership co-creation workshops and development of preferred option for implementation.

• Silver Chain Group - Organisational structure redesign and model of care codesign for the integrated home care model that delivers a unique person-centered approach to health, aged and home based care, rehabilitation and palliative care aligned to a national strategic plan.

• Women’s Health West (GenWest) - Evaluation, Research and Evidence Unit - strategic planning workshop series for evaluating family violence sector, gender and social inclusion and justice programs

• Peter MacCallum Hospitals Review of Specialist Clinics Operations: review of current effectiveness of SPC operations and further development of telehealth services, concierge model and opportunities for virtual care.

• Co-facilitator Victorian Healthcare Association - facilitation of a series of 4 interactive VHA webinars focused on capturing the lessons of COVID-19 in Victorian healthcare organisations including metro tertiary hospitals, community health, regional and rural services. The themes included healthcare workforce wellbeing and resilience, crisis preparedness, innovation and adaptation and recovery approaches.

• Research Institute and University Strategic Response to 2020 workshops - Monash Art, Design & Architecture; UNSW Library Leadership Team; Institute for Health Transformation Deakin University; Deakin University Library Leadership Team

• Zoom webinars on Navigating Rapid Change, Leading Staff Through Disruption and Building Resilience in Turbulent Times. Live webinars and pre-recorded - clients include: Alfred Health, Peninsula Health, Western Health, Peter Mac, Monash University, ARC, Vic Cross Institutional University Library Mentoring Program - University of Melbourne, Monash University, Deakin University, LaTrobe University, Swinburne University, Federation University, ANU, RMIT University; NSW Cross Institutional University Library Mentoring Program - University of Sydney, UNSW, Wollongong University, Newcastle University, Macquarie University, ANU

  Testimonials

  “Thanks for the opportunity to participate in the recent Webinar on Resilience in Turbulent Times.  The session was very timely and on point at that stage of our transition to working from home, remote service delivery and large scale uncertainty. It was also provocative in ensuring that we paid close attention to the behaviour and culture of this experience for not only ourselves but for each other. Thank you again for delivering this valuable workshop and key messages in a timely and directing manner – very powerful and impactful. Your work is very meaningful and greatly appreciated. “

  “I found the entire session very useful and relevant. It was a great mixture of data applied in a practical, relatable and interesting way.”

  “What was useful - All of it- Linda you perfectly captured the challenges and nuances of the health sector currently.”

  “The information presented was clear concise and very relevant to what we are currently experiencing. it also provided insights into where I could improve as a Manager to support my team and how to move forward in the "new normal"“

  “Really enjoyed the sessions and felt it was valuable for me. I have taken some of the ideas from the session and already put this into practice on my unit i.e. tap off at the end of the day and review what went well and where there may have been improvements”

• Peer Group Coaching Program - Deakin University Institute for Health Transformation, SAEF Research Program

• Honeywell - PPP partnership facilitation workshop, Mater Hospital, Newcastle; Long Bay Prison Hospital and Forensic Hospital Partnership Workshops

• Monash Engineering Mentoring Program - Induction workshop facilitation

• Working Together - codesign project funded by DHHS, in partnership with Western Health and Northeast Health Wangaratta. Designed and facilitated workshops for Nurse and Midwifery Unit Managers on leading new models for workforce and delivery of care using codesign principles. Facilitated follow up workshops designed to equip project leaders on effectively managing a PDSA project cycle and learning outcomes.

  “Thanks again for your support with development of codesign capability at NHW. It has been a great joy to see the teams ignite and build team capability, resilience and confidence to embrace opportunities to innovate. It is a huge shift in capacity to see stronger teams actively PDSA-ing on the fly…short test cycles, review, embed and scale….etc. Teams understand now that  there are many small practices or processes that are inefficient or outdated and they do have the capability and permission to explore the opportunities. That tests will lead to strategy adaption,  adoption or a decision to stop and cut the project.  That we learn more from failures than wins…it is OK and expected to have failures. Wow what a lot of lessons in one year!

• Calvary Adelaide Hospital - Change strategy for the merging of an acute private hospital and rehabilitation centre into a new purpose built facility in Adelaide. Working closely with the GM and senior clinical and non-clinical managers implemented a range of change strategies pre-move, post-move ‘landing’ phase and strategic reset 6 weeks on.

• Peninsula Health - Mental Health Staff Experience codesign project . Improving staff engagement, connection to service model and the client experience.

• Royal Children's Hospital - facilitation of the service and structure co-design of Social Work Department and recent 2 year implementation review. Outcomes included improved workload management, reduction in sick leave rates, improved stress levels, improved staff retention, reduced overtime costs, improved communication, increased quality and research activity and improved after hours care for patients/families.

• Peninsula Health Emergency Department - Front of House redesign through codesign

• Monash University Mentoring Programs: Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Education

• Women's Shadowing Programs (women's advancement program) Monash University STEM faculties, Victoria University

• Keynote Speaker - Public Libraries Victoria leadership forum, State Library Victoria, Baker ECR leadership development seminar

• Coaching - senior leaders in the health, university and government sectors

• Monash Health - Facilitator of the 2 day Inspiring Leadership Program run for middle level managers multiple times each year

• Western Health sub-acute strategic planning retreat, Allied Health Strategic Planning - Physiotherapy, Social Work, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Ward Leadership Training sessions, CNS prof development forum

• Inner West Mental Health Leadership Planning Workshop

• Alfred Health - Staff Engagement and Positive Attendance Workshop series - over 600 Managers at Alfred have participated in Linda’s workshop focused on staff engagement, well-being and attendance.

• Baker Research Institute - Women’s Peer Group Coaching Program, Executive Team Coaching

• Women's Health West - codesign project for the Integrated Family Violence Service new funding model for after hours and L17 services delivery, Leadership Development Peer Reflection sessions, Organisational Structure Review, Coaching - Managers/Directors, Leadership Planning Retreat.

• SouthWest Healthcare - Leadership development workshops for staff well-being and engagement

• Peter MacCallum Hospital Review and change implementation Parkville Cancer Clinical Trials Unit

• Geelong Manufacturing Association - Leadership Development and Women's Mentoring Program

• Alfred Health - Building Positive Attendance workshop series - over 600 managers trained in contemporary models for effectively preventing and managing sick leave and building employee engagement in the health sector

• Royal Children's Hospital Review of People & Culture

• Cross-Institutional Library mentoring Program - 8th year for VIC program and 2nd year of the NSW program, involving 8 university libraries and state library

• Monash Pharmacy (Monash University) change strategy consultant undergraduate/post graduate program redesign

• Monash Art Design and Architecture academic women's mentoring program (Monash University) & Presenter: Women in Architecture, Design and Art Networking event : Opportunity Knocks: Women in Art, Design and Architecture Career in Focus

• Senior leaders coaching, senior managers, doctors, academics/researchers

• Southern Melbourne Primary Care Partnership/Community Health integrated chronic disease collaborative - Co-Presented at World Congress of Integrated Care 2016 (New Zealand) Using Co-design Process to Develop Care Options for People with Chronic and Complex Needs across four community health services in Southern Melbourne

• Public Transport Victoria (PTV) Women's Leadership & Diversity Program

• Federation University - Presentation: Constructive Disruption and Innovation for the Learning and Quality Portfolio

• Western Health - NUM Peer Leadership Groups (Facilitated reflective practice for leadership)

• Western Health - Aboriginal Employment Plan, facilitation and plan development

• Royal Women's Hospital - maternity services strategic planning day

• RMIT University Centre for Games Design Research - strategic planning day

• Women's Health West Organisational Review

• Royal Children's Hospital - Review of neonatal nursing workforce

• Monash Health - Inspiring Leadership 2 day workshop series

• Quit Victoria - facilitation of the Tackling Tobacco in Mental Health Services planning workshops

• Other Mentoring Programs - Western Health, Cross-Institutional Library Mentoring Program - SLV & 11 Victorian Universities, Victorian Rehabilitation Medical Trainees

Change Management

Linda Betts & Associates have facilitated a broad range of organisational change projects. Using an evidence-based, consultative approach, we support organisations and smaller work units to manage the organisational change process, reduce resistance to the transition and enhance the outcomes of the change efforts.

Clients include:

Royal Children's Hospital, Monash Health, RMIT University, Monash University, Women's Health West, Southern Melbourne Primary Care Partnership, Royal Women's Hospital, Quit Victoria, Carers Victoria, and others.

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Leadership Development

Linda conducts a broad range of leadership training including the Monash Health - 2 day Inspiring Leaders series, Allied Health Influencing and Negotiating Workshops at Western Health & Royal Children's Hospital, Building Positive Attendance workshop series at Alfred Health, and Leading Change for Arcare aged care Australia leadership forum. As well Linda has developed the Praxis Group Model, a unique and highly effective leadership development program designed to address the high learning needs of senior managers working in large, complex organisations such as hospitals and universities.

Linda also coaches senior managers across the tertiary education, health and not-for-profit sectors. Linda has a commitment to the advancement of women and works with women of all ages and career stages in her coaching role.

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About Us

Linda Betts & Associates is a consultancy specialising in organisational development and change. Linda has significant experience in providing a broad range of tailored services. She has more than 20 years experience working across a range of sites with particular expertise in the health, education and government sectors.

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