For Commissioners
Leadership development with measurable outcomes​​
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Thrum partners with healthcare organisations to deliver context-specific leadership programmes that make a lasting impact.
We work alongside you to align each programme with your strategy, priorities, and people, supporting meaningful development and measurable change across your teams.
What we offer partners
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We design and deliver leadership programmes that help organisations strengthen leadership capacity, improve team culture, and achieve system priorities.
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Every partnership is co-designed, but our foundation model includes:
Blended delivery
Live workshops, peer learning, and applied projects that connect theory to practice.
Evidence-based design
Workshops shaped by research-backed leadership principles.
Sustained development
Coaching and alumni support that extend impact beyond the programme.
System relevance
Designed by and for NHS professionals to stay connected to real system needs.​​
Strategic co-design workshops, tailoring of content and framing
Early conversations to understand organisational priorities and challenges
Stakeholder engagement (commissioners, senior leaders, potential participants)
Development of programme outline, high-level topics, and delivery methods
Design
Structured learning journey, responsive facilitation, individual and team support
Admissions and onboarding of participants
Experiential learning through workshops, Action Learning, and QI projects
Fireside chats with organisational leaders and subject experts
Integrated online learning resources and reflection prompts
Delivery
Ongoing feedback, post-programme impact reporting, long-term follow-up
Development of a bespoke evaluation framework based on organisational priorities
Pre- and post-programme questionnaires using validated tools
Project outputs such as posters, reports, or case studies
Post-programme interviews with participants and stakeholders
Long-term follow-up and alumni engagement
Evaluation
Publication and dissemination to advance practice, highlight impact, and strengthen the evidence base.
Findings translated into papers and published in peer-reviewed journals
Contribution to wider healthcare leadership research and practice
Sharing insights with commissioners, faculty, and future participants
Knowledge Translation
Programme overview
Each programme is co-designed with our partners to align with organisational priorities.
The structure below illustrates a typical format.
While tailored to context, every workshop blends these core elements to ensure consistency of quality and measurable outcomes across the programme.
Reflective
Exercises
Experiential
Learning
Guest Speaker Conversations
Learning
Sessions
Action Learning & Quality Improvement
Programmes typically incorporate Action Learning Groups or structured Quality Improvement projects, both of which strengthen organisational capacity for problem-solving and change.
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These approaches ensure that leadership development translates into practical improvements, embedding new behaviours while addressing real organisational priorities.
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​To support your understanding of the action learning process, feel free to review some of our support documents.​​​
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Programme impact
Individual leadership capability
Increased confidence
Career progression
Increased resilience
Leadership identity
Behaviour change
Clinical and patient outcomes
Improved communication
Psychological safety
Conflict management skills
Safer care
Relational trust with patients
Team efficiency and workplace culture
Diversity in leadership roles
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Increased engagement
Improved morale
Decreased burnout
Organisational performance
Increased efficiency
Succession planning
Staff retention
Reduction in agency reliance
Service redesign & QI outcomes
Learn more about how we evaluate impact here.
What our partners say
“By changing the culture, we can develop our leaders to lead by example and consistently embed the behaviours and values we expect.”
— Director of Culture and Leadership, NHS Partner Trust
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“I don’t want the trust to have a blueprint leader. I want the trust to have a range of leaders who can do different things and do them well.”
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— Chair of Board, NHS Partner Trust