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- ISBN 9781805012368
- Weight: 360g
- Dimensions: 152 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 21 Apr 2025
- Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Leadership in the caring professions presents unique challenges, as teams are expected to balance the dual pressures of organisational requirements and empathetic responses to clients' needs. The tried-and-tested EVOLVING framework offers a psychologically-responsive approach to leadership, allowing you to provide effective support and get the best out of your team.
This guide explores the psychology behind good leadership and provides practical tools to integrate theory into your practice. Exercises, real-life examples, and in-depth explanations help you to recognise relational patterns in yourself and your colleagues, and use them to respond to your team's needs and become an adaptive, engaging leader.
Essential reading for leaders in the healthcare, social care, and education professions, this book demystifies the psychology behind good leadership.
Dr Sue Knowles is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Lead for Changing Minds Child and Family Services (CMCAFS), and co-founder of the Centre for Psychologically Responsive Leadership. She has diverse experience of working with leaders, and leadership teams, including within health, education, social care, charity sector and the corporate arena.
Gill I’Anson (Author)
Dr Gill I'Anson is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Lead for Leadership Provision at Changing Minds Child and Family Services (CMCAFS). She co-founded the Centre for Psychologically Responsive Leadership along with Sue and has a range of experience working with leaders and professionals from paediatrics, education, social care, legal, mental health, charity and corporate services.
