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The Nature of Leadership: Distinguishing Leadership From Management | p. 1 |
Brief Overview of Selected Theories of Leadership | p. 1 |
Leadership and Management | p. 4 |
Tasks of Leadership | p. 5 |
Specific Distinctions Between Leadership and Management | p. 6 |
Elements of Leadership | p. 7 |
The World and New Leadership: Changing Our Thinking About Leadership | p. 27 |
Preparing Nurse Leaders | p. 28 |
Chaos Theory | p. 30 |
Quantum Theory and the New Science | p. 32 |
Supporting Perspectives and Perspective Transformation Theory | p. 35 |
Followership and Empowerment | p. 41 |
The Concept of Followership | p. 45 |
Types of Followers | p. 47 |
Characteristics of Effective or Exemplary Followers | p. 52 |
Sources of Power | p. 53 |
Empowering Self and Others | p. 55 |
Developing Effective Followership Skills | p. 57 |
Leadership as an Integral Component of a Professional Role | p. 69 |
Types of Leadership | p. 72 |
Emotional Competence | p. 75 |
Self-Esteem and Leadership Image | p. 76 |
Would-Be Leaders Become Leaders | p. 78 |
Leadership as an Integral Component of Each Nurse's Role | p. 78 |
Vision and Creativity | p. 85 |
The Concept of Vision | p. 86 |
Purpose and Development of a Vision | p. 87 |
The Process of Creativity | p. 96 |
Gender Perspectives in Leadership | p. 109 |
Common Gender Differences | p. 110 |
Ways of Leading | p. 113 |
Combining the Best of Femaleness and Maleness | p. 118 |
Strategies for Women and Men to Be Successful Leaders in the Future | p. 121 |
Disequilibrium and Chaos: Challenging, Invigorating, and Growth Producing | p. 129 |
Adjusting the Leader Role and the Practice of Leadership | p. 130 |
Denning Chaos | p. 131 |
Chaos in Nursing | p. 133 |
Complexity of the Registered Nurse's Role in the Current Health-Care System | p. 135 |
Facilitating Leadership in Chaos | p. 136 |
Change | p. 137 |
The Leader as a Change Agent | p. 138 |
Facilitating the Change Process | p. 139 |
Process of Change | p. 141 |
Barriers to Change | p. 144 |
Dealing With Conflict Generated by Change | p. 144 |
Shaping a Preferred Future for Nursing | p. 151 |
Predicting the Future | p. 154 |
General Predictions About the Future | p. 159 |
Predictions About the Future of Health Care | p. 160 |
Predictions About the Future of Nursing | p. 162 |
Characteristics of Nurse Leaders Needed to Create a Preferred Future for Nursing | p. 169 |
Developing as a Leader Throughout One's Career | p. 177 |
General Approaches to Leadership Development | p. 178 |
Environments That Facilitate Leadership Development | p. 186 |
Empowerment | p. 187 |
Mentoring | p. 190 |
Networking | p. 194 |
Leadership, Excellence, and Creating the Future of Nursing | p. 203 |
The Concept of Excellence | p. 204 |
Leadership and Excellence | p. 210 |
Professional Involvement | p. 212 |
Annotated Bibliography | p. 217 |
Index | p. 251 |
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