1st Edition

Developing Leadership Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals

By Annie Phillips Copyright 2014
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

Do you want to develop effective supervisory, people and management skills? If you work in health or social care as a manager or clinician, deal with people on a daily basis, and need these dealings to be thoughtful, effective and stress free, this is the book for you. It teaches you how to understand and alleviate barriers to effective communication, manage the stresses and conflicts, and develop... Read more
About the author. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Why is assertiveness important? Women and assertiveness. How to be assertive. Understanding ourselves. Understanding others. Teams, groups and facilitation. Communicating in organisations. The functions of management. Leadership. Developing interview skills. Delegating. Personal development. Combatting stress. Time management. Goal setting and change management. Index.

Biography

Annie Phillips Writer on Health and Health Management Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, Somerset Partnership