A Leadership Toolkit for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals: From Student to Experienced Practitioner

This practical guide provides essential knowledge and tools for nursing and healthcare students and practitioners to develop their leadership skills, from the very beginning of their practice and throughout their careers.

It is ideal for students and practitioners at all levels in nursing and healthcare interested in self-development.

Dr Alison H. James

Alison a Doctor of Advanced Healthcare Practice and is currently Reader in Healthcare Leadership at Cardiff University, UK and a Senior Fellow of the HEA. She is a Registered Nurse with a background in neurosciences, critical care, osteoporosis and clinical research. Alison has taught across undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare programmes for over 20 years and has published and worked on leadership development projects internationally and is an active qualitative researcher. Alison’s main interests are in research focused on leadership development and education in the healthcare workforce and how this impacts delivery and quality of patient care, with a focus on values-based leadership theory and models, and how this influences cultures within healthcare environments.