It is vital for healthcare leaders to have a clear sense of which leadership ideas and practices are rooted in sound theory and convincing evidence, and which are more speculative. This book provides a coherent set of six lenses through which to scrutinise the leadership literature relevant to healthcare — leadership concepts, characteristics, contexts, challenges, capabilities and consequences. It offers a view of leadership beyond the traditional focus on the individual, and argues instead that leadership has to be understood and developed as a complex set of practices by many people within ... More
Keywords: leadership, healthcare, healthcare leaders, challenges, capabilities
Print publication date: 2010 | Print ISBN-13: 9781847424877 |
Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781847424877.001.0001 |