Description
Offering practical advice underpinned by theoretical perspectives, the book will help you to understand the principles of effective leadership and apply them to your own practice. You will learn:
- What leadership is and what skills and qualities you need to become an effective leader.
- About leadership within the cultural context of your work environment.
- How to use leadership skills to influence outcomes in the workplace.
- The importance of the leader as a catalyst for change.
- How leaders influence policy development.
- How to identify your own strengths and weaknesses and create an action plan to develop your emerging leadership skills.
"I believe this book will help me to develop my leadership skills and give me a background knowledge on how leadership can be influenced by other factors and the skills needed to be an effective leader within my own career, which I feel every student reading this book would benefit from."
Review on studentnurseandbeyond.co.uk, April 2019
This title is an updated and revised version of Leadership in Health and Social Care: an introduction for emerging leaders, published in 2012.
Essentials is a series of accessible, introductory textbooks for students in nursing, health and social care. New and forthcoming titles in the series:
- The Care Process
- Communication Skills
- Mental Health
- Promoting Health and Wellbeing
- Research and Evidence-based Practice
- Study Skills
About the Author
Louise Jones is an executive and leadership coach with many years' experience in leadership roles within higher education. She has been Dean of Health, Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor (Educational Partnerships) and Strategic Director for Health and Wellbeing at the University of Worcester, and has been Vice Chair of Council at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. At a national level Louise has served as Vice Chair of Council of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and as the elected England Representative on the Executive of the Council of Deans of Health for a number of years. She is currently the Chair of Governors at Halesowen College, a large General Further Education College, and an Investigating Committee member for the Nursing Midwifery Council. Louise runs her own coaching and mentoring consultancy, Louise Jones Consulting. Dr Clare L. Bennett is a registered nurse with a background in immunology, HIV infectious diseases and sexual health. She is currently a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University and teaches health promotion, public health, leadership and quality improvement on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for nurses and allied health professionals. Clare is also an honorary lecturer at the University of Freiburg, Germany. She is a researcher in the field of sexual health promotion, teaches research methods and supervises doctoral students. She is widely published in academic journals and has co-authored three textbooks.
Reviews
'Having taught leadership in health and social care for several years in higher education, I found this book to be an excellent read. The information is relevant to those working in health and social care, as are the activities, which are identified throughout.
The fundamental principles and concepts of leadership are explored in an easy writing style suitable for most readers, cleverly interweaved with pertinent diagrams and easily replicated mind maps, giving the whole experience a practical stance supported by a relevant evidence base.
In conclusion, the social and political stance of this text is sensitively weaved throughout, encouraging the wider thought processes of the reader. Images and illustrations provide a welcome and useful change to the traditional academic text, and I would recommend the book as an important reference resource for those starting on their leadership journey, or for those wanting to update. A well-informed, easy read that I will be recommending to our students to support their studies.'
British Journal of Biomedical Science
'I believe this book will help me to develop my leadership skills and give me a background knowledge on how leadership can be influenced by other factors and the skills needed to be an effective leader within my own career, which I feel every student reading this book would benefit from.
The book is written in an easy-to-read way, whilst containing a good amount of knowledge and information for students in any year of a degree course.'
Student nurse blog, studentnurseandbeyond.co.uk
Inspiring, interactive and easy to digest.
'I actually love this book. I received it as a review copy as a student nurse and it has helped me to understand leadership theories in preparation for my dissertation. It breaks everything down and has examples and activities throughout. I never thought I'd be interested in leadership as quite an introverted person but it's given me a whole new perspective and I feel like I can develop my own leadership skills now thanks to this book.'
Amazon reviewer
Book Information
ISBN 9781908625472
Author Louise Jones
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Lantern Publishing Ltd
Publisher Lantern Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 335g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 172mm * 8mm
