Tag: Emotional Intelligence

Supervision in Clinical Practice: A Practitioners Guide, 3rd ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Scaife J
Pages: 432p.
Format: PDF
Publisher: Routledge, 3rd edition
eISBN-13: 978-1138651883

This fully updated edition of Supervision in Clinical Practice: A Practitioner’s Guide is packed with practical examples from personal and professional experience. Since the publication of the first two editions, health and social care organisations have become increasingly risk averse, resources more strained, and moves have been made towards stifling levels of clinical governance. In this edition Joyce Scaife counters the idea of supervision as a constraint and challenges some of the thinking associated with ‘evidence-based’ practice when this focuses on what can be easily measured rather than what matters. Joyce Scaife explores frequently encountered dilemmas including:

    • How can supervisors facilitate learning?
    • What are the ethical bases of supervision?
    • What helps to create and maintain an effective working alliance?
    • How can supervisors balance management and supervision roles?
    • How can supervisors work equitably in an increasingly diverse and pluralistic world?

Essentials of Management for Healthcare Professionals

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Singh H
Pages: 186p.
Format: EPUB
Publisher: CRC Press, 15 Dec. 2017
eISBN-13: 13: 978-1-315-09920-0

Medical care is an industry and private providers and hospitals are the major service providers. They operate on business principles. Hospitals are getting highly specialized and complex. The diagnostics and therapeutics are technology intensive. Private establishments have to compete with one another to remain in business. They strive to induct the best talent and latest technical know-how, resulting in ever-increasing costs to patients. Patients, who pay high charges, demand quality as a matter of right. To meet the challenge, hospitals are constrained to bring in professionalism in their systems and services. They appoint qualified professional managers to manage their clinics and hospitals with a view to sparing health professionals to focus on clinical care. Whether right or wrong, ‘management’ is often associated with authority and power. As a result, the medical professionals are reduced to secondary level in some organizations. To retain commanding positions in medical organizations, it has become necessary for the healthcare professionals to learn ‘management’, at least its basics.

On the other hand, non-medical managers while managing healthcare services do not get the required cooperation from the medical professionals, as the latter are often secretive and not willing to share medical knowledge. If medical knowledge is demystified, non-medical managers can perform many functions in healthcare organizations proficiently. Both medical and non-medical managers can complement each other in providing quality healthcare services.

The book aims to orient clinicians (including physicians and nurses) and other healthcare professionals on the essentials of business management and to familiarize them with management terms and jargon. They can learn to be effective managers besides being health professionals. Similarly, non- medical managers can get familiarized to nuances of clinical care and special managerial requirements of healthcare facilities. They all will be able to relate processes in healthcare settings with the concepts of business management. They can develop expertise on patient relationship management

Develop Your Interpersonal and Self-Management Skills: A Practical Resource for Healthcare Administrative and Clerical Staff

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Stainsby K
Pages: 152p.
Format: Epub
Publisher: CRC Press, 20 Mar. 2007
eISBN-13: 978-1560244332

A book written to help administrative and clerical staff in their work role, to provide information and practical suggestions. A large part of what the do involves communicating with other people: colleagues, patients, relatives, carers and the general public. Given the complexities, vulnerabilities and sometimes ‘demanding behaviour’ of other people, this may at times be an arduous task. Healthcare jobs take their toll on people, and being able to manage the various demands without being ground down is a great challenge. This book will help to affirm and build upon what they already know in a way that supports both them and their work.

Critical Resilience for Nurses: An Evidence-Based Guide to Survival and Change in the Modern NHS

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Traynor M
Pages: 184p.
Format: Epub
Publisher: Routledge, 16 Mar. 2017
eISBN-13: 978-1138194236

The nursing profession is under pressure. Financial demands, student debt, the target culture, political scrutiny in the wake of major care scandals and increasing workloads are all taking their toll on professional morale and performance. This timely book considers the meaning of resilience in this adverse context and explains why measures to preserve individual nurses’ and students’ well-being are flawed if they don’t take into account wider political and organizational perspectives.

Arguing that healthcare can be thought about and experienced differently, this book:

  • Provides a summary of the latest research on resilience, explaining its relevance and also limitations for nurses;
  • Considers debates about compassion and highlights the effects of policy agendas on nurse education and nursing work;
  • Re-evaluates nursing’s professional identity, including where nursing has come from and the effects of class, gender and race on its powerbase;
  • Assesses the role of politics and social media, both in driving change and feeding resistance; and
  • Introduces the idea of critical resilience as a complete framework for resisting bullying and fostering survival and change in the nursing workforce.

Direct, upbeat, at times provocative and witty, this agenda-setting book enables nurses to understand why they feel the way they do. It also lists what opportunities are available to them to change, resist and survive in what has become a complex, challenging – if still deeply rewarding – line of work.

 

The Art of Coaching: A Handbook of Tips and Tools

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall. Pages: 288  Format: PDF Publisher: Bloomsbury
8 Mar. 2018
eISBN-13: 978-1408870587

Combining brand-new, original diagrams with classic models from the learning development and management fields, Jenny Bird and Sarah Gornall have a created a valuable resource for quick reference, instant accessibility and fast learning, built on a strong theoretical base. Each model in the book is explained with a clear, accessible diagram and a simple guide to what it is, how it works and how to put it into action. The text is full of inspiration for applications of the ideas in scenarios based on real coaching practice.

The Art of Coaching will be an invaluable companion for coaches looking for new ways of developing awareness with clients, coaching students and trainees, coach supervisors, learning and development professionals and those working in human resource departments.

Compassion in Nursing

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Edited By Alistair Hewison And Yvonne Sawbridge. Pages: 236 Size: 2.15 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Red Globe Press
Published: 16 September, 2017
eISBN-13: 978113744370

Compassion has become a prominent issue in health policy and practice and the recommendations of the Francis Report and the Berwick Review emphasised the need for compassion in care. This timely and important text book provides a valuable resource for practicing and student nurses which examines compassion in depth, but from a real world perspective. It appreciates and discusses the emotional labour of care and the realities of practice which can make ‘caring’ and ‘having compassion’ feel like a difficult and impossible task. This is an essential guide for those seeking clarity and depth in the analysis of compassion in contemporary nursing. Whether on a pre-qualifying undergraduate degree or an experienced practitioner, this is a must-have book for anyone interested in creating a compassionate health service.

The Peach Who Thought She Had to Be a Coconut: Profound Reflections on the Power of Thought and Innate Resilience

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Terry Rubenstein Pages: 137 Size: 1.56 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Andrews UK Ltd
Published: 24 May, 2017
eISBN-13: 9781785386770

So I had a problem. I felt like a peach. But aspired to be a coconut. Unsurprisingly, I concluded I was ill-equipped for life, doomed to feel exposed to outside variables. It felt like an unstoppable blizzard was constantly blowing through me. My mind was full of long, dark winter days. And peaches don’t fare well in winter. Then, one day, I realised I did not need to be a coconut. In the midst of winter, I found within me an invincible summer. I uncovered innate resilience. Innate health. It is my birthright. It is the birthright of humanity. The one essential question to ask is this: Where do we think our feelings are coming from? And there is only one answer. Our feelings are always coming from the power of Thought in the moment. Never from anywhere else. Ever. Resilience is revealed when misunderstanding falls away. Realising the inside-out logic and wisdom of how our minds work reconnects us with what is true. And experiencing this truth is resilience. In these powerful reflective essays, Terry Rubenstein, author of the ground-breaking book Exquisite Mind and an avid student of the human dimension, reveals the logic and truth behind the extraordinary genius with which all human beings have been designed. This knowledge, which is self-evident when realised, eliminates the false assumption that we are non-resilient. It carries with it monumental implications and answers one of the most important questions that we can ever ask: Why would a peach ever want to be a coconut?

How to Be Happy: How Developing Your Confidence, Resilience, Appreciation and Communication Can Lead to a Happier, Healthier You

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Liggy Webb. Pages: 226 Size: 4.5 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Capstone
Published: 17 July, 2012
eISBN-13: 9780857083418

We all have the capacity to be happy. There may be occasions in your life where this seems a challenging concept, however there are some very definite things that you can do to make sure that you are happy more often than not. After all, happy people get sick less often, they have more energy, are more creative, sustain more positive relationships and are more fun to be around. With the help of Liggy Webb, you can create your own personal happiness toolkit! How to be Happy will help you feel more self-empowered and in control of any situation, helping you progress in your work and personal life. You will learn how to:

  • Build your self-confidence to make the best of who you are
  • Be open to learning new things, to become more effective and creative
  • Develop an attitude of gratitude to appreciate life more
  • Encourage and sustain positive relationships
  • Build your resilience and emotional strength to cope with stress and manage change
  • Foster a healthy attitude and get fit for life You can make the decision right now to be happier if you really want to be.

Life is what you make it – so learn how to be happy, effective and energetic – and watch how it inspires those around you.

Personal Branding For Dummies, 2nd ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: By Susan Chritton. Pages: 364 Size: 14.74 MB Format: PDF Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 25 June, 2014
eISBN-13: 9781118915578

The simple guide to managing your personal brand, a vital element of success in the professional world. Personal Branding For Dummies, 2 nd Edition, is your guide to creating and maintaining a personal trademark by equating self-impression with other people’s perceptions. This updated edition includes new information on expanding your brand through social media, online job boards, and communities, using the tried and true methods that are the foundation of personal branding. Marketing your skills and personality, and showing the rest of the world who you are, gives you a competitive edge. Whether you’re looking for your first job, considering changing careers, or just want to be more viable and successful in your current career, this guide provides the step-by-step information you need to develop your personal brand. Distinguishing yourself from the competition is important in any facet of business, and the rise of personal branding has evolved specifically to help candidates stand out from the global talent pool. Establishing a professional presence with a clear and concise image, reputation, and status is a must, whether you’re a new grad or an accomplished executive. Personal marketing has never been more important, and your personal brand should communicate the best you have to offer. Personal Branding For Dummies, 2 nd Edition, leads you step by step through the self-branding process. Includes information on how to know the “real” you Explains how to develop a target market positioning statement Helps you make plans for your personal brand communications Instructs you with ways to make your mark on your brand environment The book also discusses continued brand building, demonstrating your brand, and the 10 things that can sink your brand. A personal brand is more than just a business card and a resume. It should be exquisitely crafted to capture exactly the image you wish to project. Personal Branding For Dummies, 2 nd Edition provides the information, tips, tricks, and techniques you need to do it right.

Creative Personal Branding: The Strategy to Answer: What’s next

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Jurgen Salenbacher ; [edition: Vicky Hayward]. Pages: 195 Size: 3.01 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Bis Publishers
Published: 13 May, 2014
eISBN-13: 9789063693602

In this innovative book Jürgen Salenbacher shares his unique personal coaching method designed to develop creative thinking and innovation. The method, while it originated as a career management tool, it can be used by anyone who wishes to explore what they have to offer the world. In five succinct chapters Salenbacher reveals how to use brand positioning methodology to discover where to go next. Along the way he discusses the origins of today’s crisis, the keys to creative thinking, he examines the work of leading theorists in business culture, and sets readers 9 assignments designed to coach them towards realising their assets and skills. An invaluable professional resource, Creative Personal Branding is a fascinating and very practical tool for anyone interested in positioning themselves in the creative economy.

Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O`Toole ; With Patricia Ward Biederman. Pages: 146 Size: 862 KB Format: PDF Publisher: Jossey Bass Ltd
Published: 30 April, 2008
eISBN-13: 978047036827

In Transparency , the authors a powerhouse trio in the field of leadership look at what conspires against “a culture of candor” in organizations to create disastrous results, and suggest ways that leaders can achieve healthy and honest openness. They explore the lightning-rod concept of “transparency” which has fast become the buzzword not only in business and corporate settings but in government and the social sector as well. Together Bennis, Goleman, and O`Toole explore why the containment of truth is the dearest held value of far too many organizations and suggest practical ways that organizations, their leaders, their members, and their boards can achieve openness. After years of dedicating themselves to research and theory, at first separately, and now jointly, these three leadership giants reveal the multifaceted importance of candor and show what promotes transparency and what hinders it. They describe how leaders often stymie the flow of information and the structural impediments that keep information from getting where it needs to go. This vital resource is written for any organization business, government, and nonprofit that must achieve a culture of candor, truth, and transparency.