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Practical Professional and Leadership Skills

A Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals

  • 1 Edición - 24 de junio de 2025
  • Última edición
  • Autores: Norman Sartorius, Sir Graham Thornicroft
  • Idioma: Inglés

Written by two prominent and influential psychiatrists of international renown, Professors Norman Sartorius and Graham Thornicroft, Practical Leadership Skills is a highly pragma… Leer más

Descripción

Written by two prominent and influential psychiatrists of international renown, Professors Norman Sartorius and Graham Thornicroft, Practical Leadership Skills is a highly pragmatic guide designed to boost the abilities of healthcare students and professionals to lead and achieve their goals.

The content in this book has been honed and tested over many years in the internationally acclaimed courses on leadership run by Professor Sartorius. Readers will gain essential, practical skills to become effective leaders, to work well with smaller and larger groups, and to work well when alone. Each skill is covered in a short chapter, along with case studies, examples, and key action points.

The professional skills covered in the book will help readers work better with colleagues, supervisors and students, and will increase competence, confidence and satisfaction at work. Practical Leadership Skills is ideal for early career researchers, doctors, psychologists, nurses, social workers and others working in allied health or human services. It will be invaluable for teachers and lecturers engaged in leadership training.

Puntos claves

  • Written by highly distinguished authors with many years of experience in delivering leadership training in a variety of global contexts, with extensive international leadership experience
  • Honed by feedback from more than 2,000 course participants from across the world
  • Highly practical text – a focus on ‘how to’ develop leadership skills and build your career
  • A highly versatile teaching aid, with bite-sized, focused chapters covering essential topics
  • Informal and accessible style
  • Feature boxes setting out key practical points for each chapter, with brief real-world examples to bring the key points to life
  • Clear and detailed worksheets for specific individual and group exercises so readers can practise each skill
  • Training aids for all who wish to add leadership and professional skills to their teaching

De interès para

Early- and mid-career allied health professionals, Student AHPs

Índice

1. Introduction

SECTION A Skills Needed to Work Well With Larger Groups of People

2. How to Make a Presentation or Give a Talk

3. How to Ask and Answer a Question at a Meeting

4. How to be Elected

5. How to Prepare and Present a Poster for a Meeting

6. How to Behave in an Interview With the Media

7. How to Overcome Language Problems

8. How to Work With People From Other Cultures

SECTION B Skills Needed to Work Well in Smaller Groups of People

9. How to Introduce People at a Small Meeting

10. How to Present Oneself to a Group of People

11. How to Chair a Meeting

12. How to Prepare for a Meeting

13. How to Chair a Conference Session

14. How to Take Part in a Meeting

15. How to Write a Report of a Meeting

16. How to Lead a Small Working Group or Collaboration

17. How to Interview Candidates for a Job or Position

18. How to Behave in an Interview for a Post

19. How to Take Part in a Video Meeting

20. How to Present a Proposal for Funding

21. How to Make an Elevator Pitch

22. How to Negotiate

23. How to Say No

24. How to Manage a Poorly Performing Colleague

25. How to Work in a Small Group

26. How to Reduce Tension in a Small Group or in a Meeting

27. How to Be a Mentor Or a Mentee

28. How to Collaborate, and Use Networks and Feedback

29. How to Convince Others About the Usefulness of a Project

30. How to Learn From the Failure of a Project

31. How to Work Well in Video and Online Collaborations

SECTION C Skills Needed to Work Well Alone

32. How to Write a Curriculum Vitae/Resume

33. How to Write a Letter of Motivation

34. How to Read a Research Paper

35. How to Write a Research Paper

36. How to Select a Title For a Research Paper

37. How to Apply For a Post

38. How to Select a Topic For Research

39. How to Search For Information

40. How to Manage Your Time

41. How to Decide on Priorities in Work and in Life

42. How to Admit an Error or Apologise

43. How to Learn Soft Skills

Detalles del producto

  • Edición: 1
  • Última edición
  • Publicado: 17 de septiembre de 2025
  • Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

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Norman Sartorius

Norman Sartorius is President, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs, Visiting and Associate Professorships at the Universities of London (UK) New York and St Louis (USA), Zagreb (Croatia) Beijing (China), Member of the Council of the World Psychiatric Association, Chairperson of the Section on Comorbidity of the World Psychiatric Association.
Afiliaciones y experiencia
President, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs, Visiting and Associate Professorships at the Universities of London (UK) New York and St Louis (USA), Zagreb (Croatia) Beijing (China), Member of the Council of the World Psychiatric Association, Chairperson of the Section on Comorbidity of the World Psychiatric Association

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Sir Graham Thornicroft

Sir Graham Thornicroft is Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, working in a community mental health team to support homeless mentally ill people in South London, and Professor Emeritus of Community Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK.

Afiliaciones y experiencia
Sir Graham Thornicroft, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, working in a community mental health team to support homeless mentally ill people in South London, and Professor Emeritus of Community Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK.