We want our culture to be positive, compassionate and inclusive. Your behaviours and roles as a people leader have a crucial role in how individuals and teams experience their workplace and this in turn impacts on the patient care and overall quality of services and experience our community receives We want all colleagues including line managers to have high expectations about what good people management looks and feels like and actively support and challenge ourselves and each other to meet the people promise: Every line manager will act with integrity, intelligence, empathy, openness and in the spirit of learning to work together to ensure that the NHS is the best place to work for all. This will include taking an active leadership role to ensure that equality, diversity and inclusion is embedded in our culture, behaviours and plans and taking responsibility for addressing your own learning needs and personal development in equality and diversity and inclusion (EDI) and all aspects of people management. To ensure familiarity with to and role model adherence to all aspects of ICB governance including policies, procedures and any contractual requirements. To ensure that system governance relevant to your area of work is in place, is effective and understood by all those working within that scope. To seek support from ICB governance team where required Take appropriate responsibility to ensure that your objectives are aligned with team, organisational and systems objectives; including those of your team (where there is line management responsibility). To be proactive in maintaining your learning and development to respond to the changing demands of the role. To positively participate in regular performance and development conversations and ensure mandatory training remains up to date. The NHS was established on principles of social justice and equity. Each of us have a responsibility to ensure that our actions and decisions seek to close the gap on health inequality and remain focused on our communities needs so that service improvement improves the health of our population To demonstrate flexibility by adapting to the changing needs of the system and community. This may involve working on other projects or in other teams, organisations or locations as required. Take a proactive leadership role in creating a culture which supports freedom to speak up. This will include taking action to ensure active listening and learning from experiences is part of how we work in our teams and across the organisation and system.