Building on some of the main themes from our national #TrustLeaders CEO conference, our national CEO network will delve into the detail of how CEOs can recalibrate community relationships, further develop community engagement and partnership, and contribute to system stewardship and leadership. Our conference introduced these themes at a high level and our network meeting will further develop these areas through examples of practice and ideas sharing across our network.

There will be the opportunity to discuss and reflect on:
• How we recalibrate our relationships with our communities (including parents and carers) – moving us into genuine partnership with shared levels of accountability
• A range of different approaches to community engagement and how locality and contextual factors inform what works and how we measure effectiveness
• What we mean, in practice, by system shaping (stewardship) and system leadership and the vital role of the CEO in this

With contributions from:

• Alice Gregson, CEO, Forum Strategy (Network Lead)
• Duncan Forbes, CEO, Trivallis
• Kerri Edge, Deputy CEO & Debbie Amato, Trust Inclusion Lead, Rivermead Inclusive Trust
• Katie Whirledge, Founder & Director, Papillon Communications

This session is a unique opportunity for members of our national CEO network to come together and share ideas, reflections and practice on areas of strategic importance for the role. We look forward to welcoming colleagues. Please note, we are now sending out calendar invitations to our online events to make it easier to access. Please accept or decline the invitation depending upon whether you wish to join.

Alongside, we are trialling a small change in the structure of the network meetings, recognising how busy our members are and adapting our approach to provide greater flexibility with accessing content and making time for important network discussions and connections. There will now be two main elements to our network meetings:

• Three videos – of no more than 25-30 minutes each – which we will share with in advance of the network meeting (the content will be the same as our usual network meetings – and will include education, cross-sector and partner content – but shared so it can be viewed in colleagues’ own time)
• A 90-minute online network meeting which will be led by our CEO, Alice Gregson, and will include a timely, thought-provoking input from Alice which will then take colleagues into our network meeting which will be discussion based and focused on sharing thoughts, practice and ideas from across the country

There will be absolutely no expectation that members attending will have watched all of the content before the network meeting, although it will be helpful if there has been the opportunity to, as it will link to our network theme for the term and may spark some questions or ideas. We can also connect colleagues with any of our contributors for a follow-up discussion or to cover any questions attendees might have after watching their inputs – please just email Alice and she will make introductions. We hope this is a helpful change, recognising how busy everyone is, but preserving all the elements we know members value from Forum Strategy national network meetings. This is a pilot, so please do feedback to Alice or James, on whether this is a welcome change.