CAREFUL Leadership

<p>Do you work in healthcare as a doctor nurse or allied health<br>professional? Or perhaps your job-title includes the word<br>supervisor or manager?<br>If so then this book is written for you.<br>Despite the recognised importance of leadership and especially the<br>impact of first-level leaders — who sit traditionally at the bottom of<br>an organisation chart — few healthcare organisations systematically<br>provide leadership training to those who are new to the job.<br>In this compact and accessible book Dr Hamblin-Brown offers such<br>healthcare leaders some direct and practical advice using examples<br>and exercises that anyone can follow.<br>Dr Hamblin-Brown has many years of experience both as a senior<br>emergency doctor and international physician leader. He has also<br>spent several years outside healthcare where he worked to coach<br>and develop leaders in other fields.<br>CAREFUL Leadership distils leadership into seven qualities which<br>can be learned and actively developed as skills. Using these skills<br>healthcare professionals can direct their energy more effectively to<br>improve the care of patients. The book discusses the psychology of<br>leadership as well as the basic approaches needed to influence and<br>manage both peers and teams.<br>This is a companion and follow-up to Dr Hamblin-Brown's previous<br>book The Meaning of CAREFUL which discussed the issue of<br>culture in healthcare institutions. Taken together these two books<br>can help organisations and individuals address the pressing need<br>for better leadership in healthcare.</p>