Practical Leadership

Prescription Leadership: The 9 Practical Skills Needed by Health Professionals to Thrive in the 21st Century

Harry van Bommel, Beverley Powell-Vinden, Elizabeth Latimer, Michèle Chaban and Larry Lewis

470 pages, 6 x 9 inches, ISBN 1-55307-004-6, $25 ebook, $35 paperback

Covers the soft skills needed by care providers in health care to achieve personal success, work better together and respond to the ever-changing health care system. Using the acronym "PRINCIPAL," this book highlights the most important skills needed for co-operation amongst care providers and with their patients: Principled Leadership; Resolving Conflicts; Awareness; Communication; Team Skills; Impassioned Supervision;

Change Management; Action-Oriented Planning; Life-Long Skills.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Don’t Panic!

1. Principled Leadership

2. Resolving Conflicts

3. Awareness

4. Communication

5. Team Skills

6. Impassioned Supervision

7. Change Management

8. Action Oriented Planning