Role-Based GMP Leadership Coaching

The plenary days of GMP Leadership provide the basis for this (additional) training. A coaching day designed to teach coaching at function-group level. With situations that group recognises immediately; the pressure points of a team lead in production are not the same as those of a head of engineering or a QC supervisor.

Every group receives the same structure, with content tailored to their own practice. A realistic scenario close to the group's own work. Where feasible, a walk-through or simulation on or near the relevant work area rather than in a training room. A root cause discussion built on a real or realistic issue from that function. And personal action planning: what each participant will change starting the next working day.

A short intake per function group precedes each coaching day, so that the case material is built on situations the group actually encounters rather than on generic examples.

• One six-hour coaching day per function group
• 3 to 12 participants per group
• Short intake per function group beforehand, to identify recognisable situations
• Scheduled after the plenary GMP Leadership days
• Closing quiz, so knowledge gain is measured rather than assumed
• Certificate of attendance for every participant

Practical requirement: where the day includes a walk-through or simulation, access to the relevant work area and any personal protective equipment required are provided on site. Where access cannot be supplied, that element is simplified or limited in scope.

Team leaders, supervisors and department leads who have completed GMP Leadership. Delivered per function group — typically manufacturing and technical support, engineering, and Quality Control — with 3 to 12 participants per group.

Scheduled after the plenary leadership days, so that every group arrives with the same shared framework.

A six-hour coaching day per function group, structured as: opening and recap of the leadership principles (30 min); function-specific scenario workshop (2 h); practical walk-through or simulation in the group's own environment (1.5 h); root cause discussion on a real or realistic issue from that function (1 h); personal action planning (45 min); closing quiz and wrap-up (15 min).

Indicative focus per function group:

• Manufacturing and technical support: recognising deviation signals early during production, line clearance and discipline under pressure, and reinforcing a "stop and ask" attitude instead of working around a problem.
• Engineering: applying change control thinking before and during technical interventions, keeping calibration and qualification status visible, and documenting maintenance so that it holds up under GMP scrutiny.
• Quality Control: safeguarding sample and reagent integrity and equipment qualification in daily lab work, and recognising data integrity risks in raw data and lab records.

Participants leave able to name the GMP risks and pressure points typical of their own function, to apply the leadership principles to a concrete situation from their own work area, and to coach a direct colleague through a comparable situation using the same approach. Each participant leaves with a personal action taking effect the next working day.