Leadership for innovation and improvement

In a Nutshell: online course providing a deeper understanding of the sustainable communities agenda
This course is being funded by the Home and Communities Academy and is open to UK residents only. Each online course consists of five facilitated workshops. Each workshop runs over two weeks with participants expected to logon for a minimum of six hours per workshop. The course will help participants to:

• Develop a real understanding of the term ‘sustainable community’
• Explore the national and regional policy context and perspectives
• Consider the roles, responsibilities and skills of the various organisations and individuals responsible for delivery.

NHS Performance Ratings 2008/09
The Care Quality Commission has published the NHS Performance Ratings 2008/09. The NHS performance ratings process, also known as the ‘annual health check’, is how the performance of all NHS trusts in England is assessed. The statistics are broken down by Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area.

Creating a winning organizational culture
RJ Campbell
The Health Care Manager, 2009, 28(4), pp328-343
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Adjuncts or adversaries to shared decision-making? Applying the Integrative Model of behaviour to the role and design of decision support interventions in healthcare interactions
DL Frosch, F Legare, M Fishbein, G Elwyn
Implementation Science, 2009, 4:73

Talent for tough times: how to identify, attract and retain the talent you need
NHS Employers, part of the NHS Confederation
November 2009

The illusion of smart decision making: the past is not prologue
S Finkelstein, J Whitehead, A Campbell
Journal of Business Strategy, 2009, 30(6), pp36-43
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Effects of leadership and span of control on nurses’ job satisfaction and patient satisfaction
A Sanchez McCutcheon, D Doran, M Evans, L McGillis Hall, D Pringles
Nursing Leadership, 2009, 22(3), pp48-67
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Make better decisions
TH Davenport
Harvard Business Review, November 2009

Deliberative processes: inventory of resources
FP Gauvin
National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy
October 2009
Deliberative processes as tools for guiding and supporting policy making are a subject of growing interest. In the context of this inventory, “deliberation” is defined as the critical examination of an issue involving the weighing of reasons for and against a course of action.

Implementing evidence-based health policy in Washington State
GM Franklin, BR Budenholzer
New England Journal of Medicine, 2009, 361(18)

Improving staff engagement: a practical toolkit
NHS Employers
November 2009

Leading the NHS workforce through to recovery
NHS Employers
November 2009

(Net)working together: understanding the challenges primary care physicians face when learning to function in a network
University of Montreal
Infoletter, 2009, October, 6(3)

Making better decisions
TH Davenport
Harvard Business Review, 2009, 87(11), pp117-123
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