Developing leadership skills for health and social care professionals /
By: Phillips, Annie.
Publisher: London : Radcliffe Publishing, 2013Description: vi, 265 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781846198830 (pbk.); 9781846198830:; 1846198836 (pbk.).Subject(s): Leadership | Medical personnel -- Training of | Human services personnel -- Training ofDDC classification: 362.10684Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 362.10684 PHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0063806 | ||
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Includes bibliographic references and index.
Foreword / Pam Enderby -- About the author -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section 1 : assertiveness skills. 1 : why is assertiveness important? 2 : women and assertiveness. 3 : how to be assertive -- Section 2 : assertiveness and leadership in the workplace. 4 : understanding ourselves. 5 : understanding others. 6 : teams, groups and facilitation. 7 : communicating in organisations -- Scetion 3 : personal management skills. 8 : the functions of management. 9 : leadership. 10 : developing interview skills. 11 : delegating -- Section 4 : applying leadership skills. 12 : personal development. 13 : combatting stress. 14 : time management. 15 : goal setting and change management -- index.
This practical guide and its companion volume 'Developing Assertiveness Skills for Health and Social Care Professionals' are essential tools for all health and social care professionals, particularly those in acute medicine, primary care, and the community. It is also highly recommended to those without a management role wanting to understand how to develop their relationships with their colleagues and managers.