Adaptive Leadership Framework for Chronic Illness

Adaptive Leadership Framework for Chronic Illness

We propose the Adaptive Leadership Framework for Chronic Illness as a novel framework for conceptualizing, studying, and providing care. This framework is an application of the Adaptive Leadership Framework developed by Heifetz and colleagues for business. Our framework views health care as a complex adaptive system and addresses the intersection at which people with chronic illness interface w...

A Framework of Effective Leadership for Environmental NGOs

The challenge and inability to effectively manage organizational resources such as financial capital, human resources, and  management of intra- and inter-organizational conflict resolution is one of the issues non-governmental organizations are faced with. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to present an effective leadership model for environmental people-based organizations (PBSs/NGOs) ...

Studying the clinical encounter with the Adaptive Leadership framework.

In this paper we discuss the concept of leadership as a personal capability, not contingent on one's position in a hierarchy. This type of leadership allows us to reframe both the care-giving and organizational roles of nurses and other front-line clinical staff. Little research has been done to explore what leadership means at the point of care, particularly in reference to the relationship be...

Implementing Culture Change in Nursing Homes: An Adaptive Leadership Framework.

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY To describe key adaptive challenges and leadership behaviors to implement culture change for person-directed care. DESIGN AND METHODS The study design was a qualitative, observational study of nursing home staff perceptions of the implementation of culture change in each of 3 nursing homes. We conducted 7 focus groups of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff, medical care...

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