Practical Professional and Leadership Skills - E-BOOK: A Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals
Sep 2025 · Elsevier Health Sciences
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About this ebook
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. - 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
About the author
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.Sir Graham Thornicroft is a Consultant Psychiatrist South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, working in an Early Intervention community mental health team to support people in the first episode of psychosis in a London borough, Professor of Community Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, Director World Psychiatric Association Stigma Section.
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