1st Edition
A Leadership Toolkit for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals From Student to Experienced Practitioner
About the author
Notes on Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part 1
1. An introduction to leadership
A.H. James
2. Leading during challenging times- lessons to take forward.
A.H. James
3. Power, politics and social justice- developing your voice and being heard A.H. James
4. Personal leadership across the career- developing your leadership mastery
A.H. James
5. Being an emotionally and socially intelligent professional
M. Brimble
6. Adapting to change
C.L Bennett
7. Leadership and Wellbeing: An Achievable Challenge or Impossible Dream?
T. Clouston
Part 2
Introduction to Part 2
8. Becoming a self-aware professional - developing emotional and social intelligence
M. Brimble
9. Exploring personal values for leadership
A.H. James
10. Creative methods for leadership development
A.H. James
11. Action learning for leadership and problem solving
A.H. James
Biography
Alison H. James is a Doctor of Advanced Healthcare Practice and is currently Reader in Healthcare Leadership at Cardiff University, UK and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). She is a Registered Nurse with a background in neurosciences, critical care, osteoporosis and clinical research. Alison has taught across undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare programmes for over 20 years, has published and worked on leadership development projects internationally, and is an active qualitative researcher. Alison’s main interests are in research on leadership development and education in the healthcare workforce and how this impacts delivery and quality of patient care, with a focus on values-based leadership theory and models, and how this influences cultures within healthcare environments.
