BookGraham Dickson, Bill Tholl, editors.
Summary: This book shows why better leadership helps meet the challenges facing health care. The focus is on the Canadian-developed LEADS in a Caring Environment framework: what it does, how it was developed and how LEADS can be a model to envision and plan change.
Contents:
Intro
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
1: From Concept to Reality: Putting LEADS to Work
Introduction
Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: A Primer on LEADS
Putting LEADS to Work: A Retrospective on a New Perspective
What has Changed: Key Ideas
What Hasn't Changed: Enduring Ideas
Summary
References
2: Illuminating Leadership and LEADS
The Foundations of Modern Leadership
The Foundations of Leadership
Leadership and Context
The Democratic Context
The Organizational Context: Leadership and Culture
The Need for More Courage Defining Leadership in Health
What Leadership Isn't
Self, Interpersonal and Strategic Leadership
Distributed Leadership
Summary
Appendix: Leadership Theories
Category: Established Leadership Theories
Category: Emerging Leadership Theories
References
3: The LEADS in a Caring Environment Capabilities Framework: The Source Code for Health Leadership
LEADS in a Caring Environment
Caring
Environment
Capabilities
Framework
The Validity of LEADS: Can You Depend on It?
Construct Validity of LEADS
Face Validity of LEADS
The Ongoing Appeal of LEADS LEADS and Other National Frameworks
The United Kingdom (England)
Australia
Summary
References
4: Learning LEADS: Developing Leadership in Individuals and Organizations
Learning Leadership: Why It's Different from Learning Anything Else
Learning Leadership Means Learning Followership
Leaders Learn from Emotional Experience as Well as Practical Experience
Learning Includes Unlearning
Leadership and Learning are Indispensable to Each Other
Learning Individual Leadership: The Hero's Journey
The Hero's Journey and Experiential Learning The Ten Commandments of Individual Leadership Learning
A Disciplined Approach to Learning Organizational Leadership
Leading Practices for Developing Leadership in Organizations
Effective Features for Maximum Leadership Program Impact
Summary
References
5: The LEADS in a Caring Environment Framework: Lead Self
Introduction
Are-Self-Aware
Components of Self-Awareness
Manage Themselves
Demonstrating Emotional Intelligence
Build a Productive Leadership Mindset
Productively Balance the Demands of Personal Responsibility and Accountability
Develop Themselves Personal Mastery: A Discipline for Self-Development
A Strengths-Based Approach
Demonstrates Character
Building Character, Building Resilience
Summary
Lead Self Self-Assessment (For on-line access to self assessment tool, please visit www.LEADSglobal.ca.)
References
6: The LEADS in a Caring Environment Framework: Engage Others
Engagement in Context
Engagement and Diversity
Foster the Development of Others
Contribute to the Creation of Healthy Organizations
Health Workplaces Demand Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (Dr. Ivy Bourgeault)
Communicate Effectively