Written for new and experienced social services managers and supervisors alike, Responsive Leadership in Social Services provides the practical tools, strategies, and insights to inspire, motivate, and engage employees and staff. Along with over 100 strategies and two simple tools-the Key Performance Motivators Scale (KPMS) and the Preferred Leadership Profile (PLP)-a wealth of practice wisdom, scholarship, and evidence-based research is presented to demonstrate the role of effective leadership and how it achieves positive client outcomes.

About the Author
Stephen de Groot is a clinical and organizational consultant and author of the Relationship Based Strengths Approach (RBSA) (2003, 2013) for helping, the Empowering Social Workers Project (2006, 2010), and the Responsive Leadership Approach (2013) for Supervisors and Managers. As an associate professor and sessional instructor, de Groot has taught in both BSW and MSW programs for seven years with the faculty of social work at the University of Manitoba. Stephen has worked with more than 200 organizations within the human services and corporate sectors and has provided support, education, and learning development to professionals working in child welfare, mental health, child and youth care, youth homelessness, addictions, justice, education, and health. As an international trainer of more than 20,000 participants, de Groot has made it his mission not only to inspire people but to empower and equip them with knowledge and tools so that they may also inspire and transform themselves and those for whom they are responsible. Stephen has occupied and continues to operate in a myriad of roles such as consultant, supervisor/manager, executive coach, trainer, author, and international speaker. Outside of his professional endeavors, Stephen continues to help others by devoting a great deal of his resources to giving and charity work. He is founder of the Getting to BetterTM Initiative and chair of the advisory board of a global kindness movement known as Life Vest InsideTM. De Groot also promotes and supports the great work of two important nonprofit organizations: See BeautifulTM and VOICES, Manitoba's Youth in Care Network.

Reviews
"Responsive Leadership has enhanced our capacity more than any other approach undertaken. . . . De Groot's approach has improved employee and client outcomes." -- John Colangeli , CEO, Lutherwood, Waterloo, Canada

"A useful yet practical approach any social service supervisor would find helpful."

-- Gregg Allinson, Beaufort County Community College

"The author has articulated solid supervisory practices which are consistent with my view of the field of supervision in the human services. I also concur with his important contribution of providing students with hands-on tools that they can carry and use in the field."

-- Denise K Sommers, University of Illinois Springfield

"De Groot presents an undercover point-of-view of the social service agency by providing students with perspectives and actions from a supervisor's normal day in the trenches of organizational supervision."

-- Juanita Johnson, Union Institute and University

"[D]e Groot's commitment to the success and fulfillment of employees is apparent in his thoughtful and authentic approach to supervision . . . Through the application of practical and straightforward strategies based on communication and feedback strategies, [de Groot] offers a unique approach to supervision practice based on the 'how' of positive communication."

-- Leslie W. O'Ryan, Western Illinois University - Quad Cities



Book Information
ISBN 9781452291543
Author Stephen de Groot
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
Weight(grams) 410g