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The LEADS in a Caring Environment Capabilities Framework: The Source Code for Health Leadership

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Leadership isn’t management and it’s not administration. It’s energy, influence, perseverance, resiliency, dedication, strategy and execution—applied in the real world of people to create change. In order to develop it, practice it, and engage in doing it, it first must be defined. The LEADS in a Caring Environment capabilities framework outlines the 5 domains and 20 capabilities that define effective health leadership. This framework has been extensively validated and consistent with similar work done in other international jurisdictions.

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  1. 1.

    Traditionally, participatory action research is conducted by a team of both academic researchers and decision makers, who are trying, together, to use inquiry-based methods to generate change in the context of the real world and study it at the same time. It is called the action research phase because most of the activities were formally undertaken using a participatory action research approach. Consequently, the research was conducted in cycles, each consisting of ongoing steps of research; sharing those findings with decision makers, refining the research, and bringing it back to researchers, until the product (ultimately LEADS) was consistent with the ‘construct’ of the research process.

  2. 2.

    Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA; now Island Health); Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA); Interior Health Authority (IHA); Northern Health Authority (NHA); Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCHA); and Fraser Health Authority (FHA) are the six regions in British Columbia, that offer full programs of health services to British Columbians. Note: the PHSA is a quaternary service delivery entity that offers provincial programs in cancer, transplants, etc. in partnership with the other five regional health authorities.

  3. 3.

    The Canadian Health Leadership Network (CHLNet) is a not-for-profit, value network comprised of over 40 health organizations across the country. The network facilitates or brokers joint work among and between its Network Partners; using the LEADS framework as a foundation for much of that work. This joint work cuts across the health disciplines and across the lifecycle of leaders. CHLNet believes that leadership is a life-long pursuit and is Canada-wide. It is through this joint work that CHLNet produces a unique value, adding to the growing number of individual leadership initiatives across Canada.

  4. 4.

    The six organizations were: Island Health, Alberta Health Services. Saskatoon Health Region, Sunrise Regional Health Authority, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health and Health PEI.

  5. 5.

    In Chap. 11 we discuss the Canadian Health Leadership Network’s Leadership Development Impact Toolkit, which has been designed for member partners to use to assess the impact of leadership development. This is a consequence of many studies that show that leadership development can make a significant difference, both in terms of individual development as well as organizational development.

  6. 6.

    HealthcareCAN is the national voice of healthcare organizations and hospitals across Canada. Its goal is to improve the health of Canadians through an evidence-based and innovative healthcare system.

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Dickson, G., Tholl, B. (2020). The LEADS in a Caring Environment Capabilities Framework: The Source Code for Health Leadership. In: Dickson, G., Tholl, B. (eds) Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: LEADS in a Caring Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38536-1_3

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