THE CHANGE LEADER'S COLLABORATION LABORATORY
MENTORED BY DR DENA VAN DEN BERGH
ENROLLMENT IS CURRENLY CLOSED.
PLEASE JOIN THE WAITLIST TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN IT OPENS
If you’re a health care practitioner who, up until now, has been using head-down-hard-work, qualification collecting and sheer determination as your strategy to make a change in the system…. This is for you!
I want to let you in on a secret….
No Matter How Hard You Work & How Many Degrees You Accumulate...
YOU WON'T BE SEEN AS A CHANGE LEADER
UNTIL YOU GET
DELIBERATE & VISIBLE
Working Later & Later Every Day Hoping You'll Get Noticed...
IS NOT THE ANSWER
Doing Another Masters, PhD
or Qualification...
IS NOT THE ANSWER
Working Alone Day In & Day Out Trying To Make A Difference...
IS NOT THE ANSWER
Well, what is the answer then?
SUCCESFULLY EXECUTING
AN IMPACTFUL (BUT ACHIEVABLE)
CHANGE PROJECT
& then telling THE RIGHT PEOPLE about it
And, I have just the place for you to make sure you get your change project in motion, making an impact and in front of the right eyes...
introducing...
The Change Leader's Collaboration Laboratory
THE CO-LAB ACADEMY
An 8 week immersion program for both aspiring and established change leaders as you develop, get buy in and roll out your first (or next) change project in your current organization
No matter where you are in your career, the co-lab academy can support you to get the results you envision
this is an action academy
WHERE YOU WILL
DESIGN
Create a design for your achievable project that maximises its impact and value
IMPLEMENT
Action your project with the support of your cohort, with weekly check-ins, inspiration, accountability and group coaching
UPLEVEL
Learn key skills you've never been taught to leverage your project and create value in your career, your organization and the healthcare industry!
YOU WILL ALSO GET
PERSONALIZED
FEEDBACK
PRIVATE LINKEDIN COMMUNITY
SECURE DEDICATED
LIBRARY
LIVE GROUP
COACHING CALLS
IS THIS PROGRAM FOR YOU?
NO
You do not work in healthcare
You do not want to elevate your career and impact
You only want to work with people in your own organization (talk to me about a custom programme)
YES
You are a high achiever or aspiring leader that is ready for your next level of impact
You need a boost in inspiration and confidence to get ahead on your dreams
You want to be guided by an expert mentor that has walked the path before you
Thank You Dr Dena van den Bergh for your mentorship and guidance. I would not be where I am today, had you not taken me under your wing so many years ago. It is definitely thanks to you that I have had such a wonderful career.
SONYA KOLMAN
Clinical Pharmacist at Nelsom Mandela Children Hospital, South Africa
Dena has been instrumental in leading high impact leadership, systems change and quality improvement, materially impacting healthcare in South Africa. Dena is an excellent mentor and her enthusiasm for improvement work is inspirational.
DR CHEVON CLARK
CEO,NRC South Africa
the co-creative process we follow
LET'S SEE WHAT'S INSIDE
Powerful container and platform for success, supported by expert mentor-coaching and a the insights and input of like-minded change leaders and healthcare professionals
Co-creative process with exciting bonuses
MODULE 1
Optimize The Design Of Your Accelerator Project
In-depth coaching to optimize your ideas into an achievable accelerator project
Insight on how to work with collaborators - what to avoid and how to leverage
Refine your measures and accelerator assets
Input to create a roadmap to achieve your aim in the timeline set
MODULE 2
Boost Success with Stakeholders
A role map of stakeholders
Identifying their WHY and formulate an impactful engagement strategy to drive success
Address pushback to resistance and change
MODULE 3
Execute With Energy and Unstoppable Momentum
In this module we focus on powerful execution, handling setbacks and keeping the energy and momentum of the project moving forward and maximising engagement and impact along the journey
MODULE 4
Amplifying You as a Change Leader
In this module we turn the camera on YOU. Focusing on your presence, your energy and how you can move to the next level of impact. Have fun building a personal brand that will support your highest values, intentions and dreams.
MODULE 5
Discover the Value of a Powerful Story
Collate your results and learnings of your Accelerator project into a powerful story that will make the impact you envisage
Map out a plan to leverage your project in line with your vision
Share your story powerfully and celebrate your success
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE
ADDITIONAL BONUSES
TO HELP YOU AMPLIFY YOUR WORK
GUEST EXPERTS
Featured experts to support you to become more visible in areas such as personal branding
IN PERSON MEET UPS
Alumni in-person meet ups co-ordinated around key healthcare industry events
BONUS TRAINING
How to write up an abstract and submit it to get selected to display or present at a key conference
PROJECT PLANNER
A simple project planner for you to keep yourself on track. Keeping yourself organized is the best way to ensure you make progress on your impactful project
CATCH-UP HOTLINE
This bonus gives you 2 coupons to catch up with me personally and focus on you and your project. Use these for specific questions relevant to you only or to recover from a setback
GET REIMBURSED
I will share my experience and a tool to help you pitch to your organisation or a funder to get your Co-Lab participation reimbursed
EXPERT FACILITATOR
AND MENTOR
DR DENA VAN DEN BERGH
With a career spanning over 30 years as an executive in healthcare, Dr Dena van den Bergh is an authority in change making and innovation with experience on the hospital front lines to the boardroom, international conference stage, and beyond.
Dena has worked with South Africa's largest healthcare groups and funders in the public and private sectors and collaborated with global change leaders in large scale health systems improvement
Her Doctorate in Engineering from Warwick University gave her a love for systems thinking which she has integrated with her clinical expertise to create a unique approach to healthcare change leadership.
She now works independently with leaders, teams and organisations to successfully implement health systems improvement co-designed with stakeholders. Her goal is to empower accomplished and emerging leaders to thrive in their lives and careers and inspire them to make a powerful impact in shaping the future of health systems globally.
Dena is an industry leader in change leadership and implementation research as well as a passionate advocate for value-based care and addressing the gap of vital employee and public input into designing better health systems for all. She serves as an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Cape Town Infectious Disease Department and is a senior editor for JAC-AMR a leading medical journal. A world citizen at heart, Dena frequently collaborates internationally and presents and publishes her research at global level to constantly expand and exchange knowledge to better her own work.
Her online and custom Collaborative Laboratory for Healthcare Change Leaders (Co-Lab Academy) provides a unique opportunity for health professionals and leaders globally to join a co-creative program that equips them to implement real-world improvement projects and master new levels of leadership and influence in health systems change.
I wanted more for my life and my career. I wanted to be promoted and get more leadership opportunities. I wanted to create needed change in the health system, and I wanted to be SEEN as the leader I knew I was.
I struggled for years trying to figure it out all by myself. Now I wish I had reached out for the high-level support that could’ve made the journey so much easier!
Mentoring current and aspiring leaders in healthcare has always been a big focus of mine - but now I’m offering my support, knowledge and experience on an even greater level than ever before.
HIGH TOUCH, HIGHLY SPECIALIZED OFFER LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS ONLY SO I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE PERSONALIZED ATTENTION INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM
"Joining Co-Lab not only equipped me with practical skills to lead change and grow personally it also provided a weekly space to explore and unpack the nuts and bolts of this kind of work across different projects. Dena was not only a teacher, but also a coach, who gave practical, thought-provoking insights and challenges from her own experiences. This space was a highlight of my week."
Hear From Talented Health Professionals
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN ME
Gracie Makumbie
“Dena is one of the most admired, respected healthcare leaders in SA. She opened a whole new world to me - that of change leadership and building strong nursing and pharmacy partnerships. Wow!
I remember doing my first conference poster presentation on improving medication administration errors, with Dena leading and urging me on. Priceless!”
Andriette van Jaarsveld
“Dena has a very unique skillset to mobilise and motivate people to conquer challenges that seemed insurmountable before. She knows how to design big collaborative studies across multiple platforms and support participants throughout the project.
Dena is an excellent mentor with a passion for antimicrobial stewardship and health system improvement. I’ve learned so many valuable lessons from her on a professional and personal level and will join her on any project any time.”
Dr Liezl Balfour (PhD)
“I have worked with Dr Dena on the first multidisciplinary Neonatal AMS projects in SA and appreciated how she encouraged, acknowledged and supported the role of the nurse in implementing AMS. She also helped me to identify and overcome barriers related to implementation in practice and empowered me to lead the nursing participants in the project.
As a result I have fulfilled some of my biggest dreams to lead change in nursing, co-author a paper and step up into new roles in my organisation. She inspired me to continue the journey and become a healthcare change leader!”
Dr Hafsah Tootla
“I have had the great pleasure of working with Dr Dena van den Bergh on 2 antimicrobial stewardship projects. She is an exceptional leader in this field, and a lateral thinker who has the ability to take original ideas and creatively turn them into sustainable, implementable projects in both resource-rich and resource-constrained settings.
Her energy level, ability to influence, engage and teach, allow her to successfully deliver constructive outputs.”
Pavel Prusakov
“Dr Dena van den Bergh is an inspiring change leader in healthcare. There is no project too big or too novel for her. Many projects were derailed by COVID and it would have been an easy excuse for Dena to give up.
Despite unprecedented challenges, Dena continued to recruit sites for the study and was able to engage multidisciplinary teams from 14 neonatal units, overachieving the initial goal. Throughout the project she engaged and motivated all participating teams to stay committed and complete the study. All 14 sites stayed the journey! Importantly her beneficial impact will last beyond the duration of the study and will improve patient outcomes for years to come.”
Ama Annor
"I have worked with Dena on several projects including a multidisciplinary project with private and government hospitals. I must say that working collaboratively with microbiologists, neonatologists, nurses and other pharmacists was a big learning curve for me because I was able to bridge a lot of gaps in my practice through the way we supported each other.
I improved my communication skills and working with Dena and the project team boosted my confidence levels. I also improved my writing skills or report writing to be able to share my work and I learnt how to deal with timelines because Dena’s always on point and keeps us reminded.
She is always ready to assist with our challenges and she's a very positive person, encourages us when we are on the right track and lifts us up when we have a setback."
What inspires me so much about each of these change leaders is that they put themselves forward for the collaborations and mentorship that pushed their careers forward and impacted the health system.
They knew they couldn’t do it all alone and they had to be in collabor-action of their success!
So what do you say? Are you going to be in collabor-action and join me for Co-Lab Academy?
FAQ
Can I join the next one?
I fit CoLab Academy in-between my custom programs for bespoke clients so I cannot always predict when it will be offered again. Now is the best time to join and take the vital steps needed to manifest your dreams. There will never be more time. Use this opportunity to line up your 2024 to achieve your current KPI's or a parallel project.
What are the dates and times?
CoLab starts with a 5-day Accelerator Intensive which is five 30 minute sessions at 15:00 starting on 2 October. If you miss any of these they will be in the Co-Lab library to rewatch before we start the weekly CoLab Sessions which run from 12th Oct - 23rd Nov 2023. Live call times are at 15:00 or later as determined based on the popular vote of CoLabers once enrolled.
Can I get CPD points?
Depending on your specific industry and country, possibly. Please reach out to us directly to find out if your industry is currently recognizing CoLab Academy for points.
How much of my time will it take?
I will teach you my method for making your project achievable alongside your normal work-commitments. We will meet weekly for 90 minutes for our group Co-Lab sessions and my expert mentor coaching. I recommend you put aside 30 minutes per day for actioning your project or you can do an hour every second day. Bottom line is small consistent steps can make a huge impact. The container has been carefully crafted for your success, so don't let TIME be the reason you hold back on upleveling where you are in your career and the impact you can make in healthcare.
If not now, when?
If not you, who?