Compassionate leadership sustaining wisdom, humanity and presence in health and social care / Michael A. West.
Publication details: The Swirling Leaf Press 2021Edition: First edDescription: 325p. pbkISBN:- 9780995766976
- 658.4092
1. Compassion: a universal human value -- 2. A crisis of leadership in health and social care – 3. Compassion in health and social care: the evidence – 4. Compassionate cultures in health and social care – 5. Compassionate team leadership and psychological safety – 6. Compassionate leadership is effective leadership – 7. If it’s not inclusive, it’s not compassionate leadership – 8. Collective leadership – 9. Compassionate leadership across boundaries – 10. Compassionate leadership for quality improvement and innovation – 11. Leadership self-compassion.
Those who work in health and social care give inspiring support for the health, happiness and well-being of all – communities, societies and nations. Yet their workplaces often harm their own health and well-being, affecting care quality, motivation, patient satisfaction and corroding cultures of compassion.In these pages, an evidence-based approach to transforming the leadership and cultures of health and social care teams and organisations is described. Practical, powerful and compelling, it describes a strategy based on the core human value of compassion, showing that by sustaining that value in health and social care, we can cultivate wisdom, humanity, presence and high-quality in health and care services. Supplemented with practical resources, case examples and searching questions for discussion, it offers a simple, radical and powerfully effective strategy for change. It is a call for leaders to nurture compassion within themselves and across health and social care institutions, to support healthier and happier institutions and communities. It challenges leaders at every level to have the courage and authenticity to embody compassion in their leadership now and for the long-term future.
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