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Leadership isn't complicated - keep it simple and make it count. This new edition of Steve Radcliffe's uniquely powerful, successful and practical framework will show you how to develop faster as a more confident and capable leader. This compact, instantly-applicable guide to developing leadership skills contains practical insights, straightforward actions and plain guidelines to accelerate your growth as a leader. The framework is derived from expert coach Steve Radcliffe's work with real leaders in real leadership situations. It shows you how to: Be guided by the Future you want and stay focused on your vision Engage others in productive and stimulating working relationships that make things happen. Deliver the results you need to really move your business forward.

The ABC of Clinical Leadership explores and develops the key principles of leadership and management. It outlines the scope of clinical leadership, emphasising its importance in the clinical context, especially for improving patient care and health outcomes in rapidly changing health systems and organisations. Using short illustrative case studies, the book takes a systematic approach to leadership of clinical services, systems and organisations; working with others and developing individual leadership skills. This second edition has been fully updated to reflect recent developments in the field, including current thinking in leadership theory, as well as a focus throughout on workforce development and working in multidisciplinary healthcare teams. International examples are used to reflect global practice and two new chapters on leading projects and followership have been added. Combining theory and practical clinical examples, and written by clinical educators with a wealth of experience of leadership in the clinical and educational environment, the ABC of Clinical Leadership is an ideal resource for all healthcare professionals, both during training and for continuing professional development.

What happens in health policy at local, state, and federal levels directly affects patients, nurses, and nursing practice. Some healthcare professionals, though, are intimidated by the complex and often nonlinear policy process or simply don't know how to take the first step toward implementing policy change, in Evidence-Informed Health Policy, authors Jacqueline M. Loversidge and Joyce Zurmehly demystify health policymaking and equip nurses and other healthcare professionals with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to navigate the first of many steps into health policy. This book translates the EBP language of clinical decision-making the EBP language of clinical decision-making into an evidence-informed health policy (EIHP) model-a foundation for integrating evidence into health policymaking and leveraging dialogue with stakeholders. Readers will develop a stronger understanding of policymaking and its role within government, learn strategies for influencing policymakers, and help shape future healthcare policy that makes the best use of evidence. Book jacket.

Critical Conversations in Healthcare, Second Edition, provides scripts and scenarios to facilitate better, more effective communication in healthcare settings. Chapters feature do's and don'ts, reflective questions, and practical tools to help you improve your on-the-job interactions. Whether you are a new nurse at the bedside or the CEO of a major healthcare facility, this fully revised second edition will show you how to: New: Communicate mindfully, New: Interpret body language, New: Develop a growth mind-set, Work with frustrated families, angry physicians, and uncooperative colleagues, Deal with gossip, harassment, and other tough topics, Successfully address workloads, management styles, and other tricky subjects, Improve the patient experience, Overcome conversation traps Book jacket.

Let's face it: Leadership is difficult. It tests your bravery, honor, and self-knowledge. Excellent leaders have the self-awareness to bring out the best in themselves and their teams, colleagues, and organizations. These valiant leaders know who they are, imperfections and all, and resolve to use their experiences to persevere and remain flexible when faced with opportunities and challenges. In Leading Valiantly in Healthcare, leadership expert Catherine Robinson-Walker provides a proven approach for healthcare leaders at all levels to grow into successful, resilient leaders capable of addressing the most pressing problems effectively. Using e dimples inspired by-real-life experiences, Leading Valiantly teaches you how to transform yourself and your personal leadership style in order to inspire others and lead with character and grace. Book jacket.