Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare

Notes on Contributors xvii
 
Preface xxi
 
Acknowledgements xxv
 
Part I Clinical Leaders: Role Models for Values Based Leadership 1
 
1 Clinical Leadership Explored 5
David Stanley
 
Introduction 5
 
Clinical Leadership: What Do We Know? 6
 
Attributes Less Likely to Be Seen in Clinical Leaders 8
 
Clinical Leaders Are Not Seen as Controlling 8
 
Clinical Leaders Are Not Seen as Visionary 8
 
Clinical Leaders Are Not Seen as 'Shapers' 10
 
Attributes More Likely to Be Seen in Clinical Leaders 11
 
Clinical Competence/Clinical Knowledge 11
 
Approachability 13
 
Empowered/Motivator or Motivated 13
 
Supportive 13
 
Inspires Confidence 14
 
Integrity/Honesty 14
 
Role Model 14
 
Effective Communicator 15
 
Visible in Practice 15
 
Copes Well with Change 16
 
Other Attributes 16
 
Values: The Glue that Binds 17
 
Who Are the Clinical Leaders? 18
 
Clinical Leadership Defined 21
 
Why Clinical Leadership Now? 21
 
A New Agenda 22
 
Changing Care Contexts 22
 
Change Equates to More Leadership 22
 
More Emphasis on Quality 23
 
Summary 25
 
Mind Press Ups 25
 
References 26
 
2 Leadership Theories and Styles 31
David Stanley
 
Introduction: Leadership - What Does It All Mean? 31
 
Leadership Defined: The Blind Man's Elephant 33
 
No One Way 36
 
Leadership Theories and Styles 36
 
The Great Man Theory: Born to Lead? 36
 
The Heroic Leader: Great People Lead 37
 
The Big Bang Theory: From Great Events, Great People Come 37
 
Trait Theory: The Man, Not the Game 38
 
Style Theory: It's How You Play the Game 40
 
Situational or Contingency Theory: It's about Relationships 42
 
Transformational Theory: Making Change Happen 44
 
Transactional Theory: Running

Dr David Stanley, RN, RM, Gerontic Cert, Grad Cert HPE, Dip HE (Nursing), BN, MSc (Health Sciences), TF, NursD. David is a Registered Nurse and Midwife. He began his nursing career in the 1980's and his interest in clinically focused leadership came about because he was once a Nurse Practitioner. David was formerly an Adjunct Professor at Charles Sturt University and a Research Mentor at Fiji's National University. He retains his passion for the development of empowered nurse leaders and frontline health professionals with a focus on high quality clinical care.
 
Dr Clare L. Bennett, D.Nurs, SFHEA, PGCE, MSc, BSc (Hons), Dip.N, RGN. Clare is a Registered Nurse with a background in Sexual Health, Immunology, HIV and Infectious Diseases. She is a Doctor of Nursing and is currently a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University. She has taught Leadership, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for nurses and allied health professionals for over two decades. Clare is also an honorary lecturer at the University of Freiburg, Germany, where she teaches clinical leadership in the context of advancing clinical practice. Clare is Co-Director of the Wales Centre for Evidence Based Care and teaches and coaches in the field of evidence development and implementation.
 
Dr Alison H. James, DAHP, SFHEA, PGCE, MA, BA (Hons), Dip Critical Care, RGN, BA. Alison is a Registered Nurse and Doctor of Advanced Healthcare Practice with a background in Neurosciences, Critical Care, Osteoporosis and Knowledge Transfer in health and social care. She is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. Alison teaches Leadership and Quality Improvement on programmes across the nursing and allied health programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level and is a coach and mentor for student leadership in the UK. Alison's research is focused on leadership development in the healthcare workforce and