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Unit 1 What Does it Mean to be a Leader

Birkinshaw, J. (2016). The M-word.

Canadian College of Health Leaders (2017). LEADS in a caring environment framework.

Ellis, P., & Abbott, J. (2013).  Leadership and management skills in health care.

Schick-Makaroff, K., & Storch, J. L. (2019). Guidance for Ethical Leadership in Nursing Codes of Ethics: An Integrative Review. Nursing Leadership (1910-622X), 32(1), 60–73.

Scully, N. (2015). Leadership in nursing: The importance of recognising inherent values and attributes to secures a positive future for the profession

West, M., Armit, K., Loewenthal, L., Eckert, R., West, T. and Lee, A. (2015). Leadership and leadership development in healthcare: The evidence base. London, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. [[online book useful throughout the course]

University of Sydney (2014). What is leadership?  [video]

Brearley, L. (2015). Deep listening and leadership: An indigenous model of leadership and community development in Australia.

Brendon, B. (2014).  What great leaders actually do. [video]

Koya, K., Anderson, J., & Sice, P. (2017). The embodied nurse: Interdisciplinary knowledge exchange between compassionate nursing and recent developments in embodied leadership studies.

NHS Leadership Academy (2012). The leadership framework self assessment tool. [tool]

The Banff Centre - Leadership

Canadian College of Health Leaders

Journal of Health Leadership

Additional

Hopkinson, S.G., Oblea, P., Napier, C., Lasiowski, J., & Trego, J.L. (2019). Identifying the constructs of empowering nurse leader communication through an instrument development process. Journal of Nurse Management, 27(4), 722-731. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jonm.12729

Steinbinder, A. & Sisneros, D. (2020). Achieving Uncommon Results Through Caring Leadership. Nurse Leader, 18(3), 243-247. https://0-doi-org.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/10.1016/j.mnl.2020.03.010

Swanson, K.M. (1993). Nursing as Informed Caring for the Well-Being of Others. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 25(4), 352-357.https://nursing.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/252/2012/11/ccm3_032549.pdf

Romanow, R.J. (2002, November). Building on values: The future of health care in Canada. The Romanow Report: Ottawa, ON. Retrieved September 13, 2021 from https://publications.gc.ca/collections/Collection/CP32-85-2002E.pdf

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (2015). Truth and reconciliation commission of Canada: Calls to action. Retrieved September 13, 2021 from http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/File/2015/Findings/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf

Vilches, S., Fenwick, S., Harris, B., Lammi, B. & Racette, R. (2017). Changing health organizations with the LEADS leadership framework: Report of the 2014-2016 LEADS impact study. Ottawa, ON: Fenwick Leadership Explorations, the Canadian College of Health Leaders, & the Centre for Health Leadership and Research, Royal Roads University. Retrieved September 13, 2021 from https://leadscanada.net/document/1788/LEADS_Impact_Report_2017_FINAL.pdf

Yukl, S. (2013). Leadership in Organizations (8th ed.). England: Pearson Education Limited.

Conners, S., Dunn, R., Devine, K., & Osterman, C. (2007). Strategies for cultivating nursing leadership. Nurse Leader, 5(5), 26-32.

Cotton, T. [Tim Cotton] (2018, December 19). Simon Sinek- Do you love your wife? Best explanation of leadership in relationships and business [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ8ZznC9YLw

Bennis, W. & Nanus, B. (2003). Leaders: Strategies for taking charge (2nd ed.). New York: Harper & Row.

Grossman, S. & Valiga, T. (2012). The new leadership challenge: Creating the future of nursing (4th ed.). FA Davis Company.

Sahoo, C. & Das, S. (2012). Women entrepreneurship and connective leadership: Achieving success. European Journal of Business Management, 4(3), 115-122.

Feenstra, S., Begeny, C., Ryan, M., Rink, F., Stoker, J., & Jordan, J. (2015). Contextualizing the imposter “syndrome”. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.575024

Prasad, K., McLoughlin, C., Stillman, M., Poplau, S., Taylor, S., Geolz, E., Nankivil, N., Brown, R., Linzer, M., Cappelucci, K., Barbouche, M., & Sinsky, C. (2021). Prevalence and correlates of stress and burnout among U.S. healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A national cross-sectional survey study. The Lancet, 35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100879

NHS Leadership Academy (2012). The leadership framework self assessment tool. [tool]

Drennan, J. (2011). Masters in nursing degrees: An evaluation of management and and leadership using a retrospective pre-test design. Journal of Nursing Management, 20(1), 102-112. 

Vilches, S., Fenwick, S., Harris, B., Lammi, B. & Racette, R. (2017). Changing health organizations with the LEADS leadership framework: Report of the 2014-2016 LEADS impact study. Ottawa, ON: Fenwick Leadership Explorations, the Canadian College of Health Leaders, & the Centre for Health Leadership and Research, Royal Roads University. Retrieved September 13, 2021 from https://leadscanada.net/document/1788/LEADS_Impact_Report_2017_FINAL.pdf

Geerts, J.M., Kinnair, D., Taheri, P., Abraham, A., Ahn, J., Atun, R., Barberia, L., Best, N.J., Dandona, R., Dhahri, A.A., Emilsson, L., Free, J.R., Fardam, M., Geerts, W.H., Ihekweazu, C., Jonson, S., Kooijman, A., Lafontaine, A.T., Leshem, E., Bilodeau, M. (2021). Guidance for health care leaders during the recovery stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: A consensus statement. JAMA Network open, 4(7).

Antrobus, S. & Kitson, A. (1999). Nursing leadership: Influencing and shaping health policy and nursing practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 29(3), 746-753.

Unit 2 Traits Behaviours and Relationships

Anderson, M. H., & Sun, P. T. (2017). Reviewing Leadership Styles: Overlaps and the Need for a New 'Full-Range' Theory.

Nichols, A. (2016). What do people desire in their leaders? The effect of leadership experience on desired leadership traits.

Cummings, G. G., MacGregor, T., Davey, M., Lee, H., Wong, C. A., Lo, E., & ... Stafford, E. (2010). Review: Leadership styles and outcome patterns for the nursing workforce and work environment: A systematic review.

Harvard Business Publishing. (2020). Resources to lead effectively amid COVID-19. https://www.harvardbusiness.org/resources-effectively-lead-amid-covid-19/

Mendy, A., Steward, M., & Van Akin, K. (2020). A leader’s guide: Communicating with teams, stakeholders, and communities during COVID-19. https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/a-leaders-guide-communicating-with-teams-stakeholders-and-communities-during-covid-19

Big Dog & Little Dog’s performance juxtaposition. The art and science of leadership. [website]

Emergence of learnership theories (2017) [video].

Mental model musings (on systems theory). [website]

Additional

Schneider, B. & Barbera, K.M. (eds.) (2014). The Oxford handbook of organizational climate and culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

West, M.A., Armit, K., Loewenthal, L., Eckert, R., West, T. and Lee, A. (2015). Leadership and leadership development in healthcare: The evidence base. London, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.

Bhimanprommachak, V. (2020). Leading your team through a crisis. Harvard business publishing website.  https://www.harvardbusiness.org/leading-your-team-through-a-crisis/

Lewis, A. (2021). Good leadership? It all starts with Trust. Harvard Business Publishing. https://www.harvardbusiness.org/good-leadership-it-all-starts-with-trust/

Nursing Dashboard. (n.d.). Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. Retrieved September 18, 2021, from
https://rnao.ca/policy/dashboards/nursing?page=0

Singh, N., & Suri, G.K. (2021). Empowering women emotionally through better emotional intelligence. International Journal of Social Sciences, 9 (2), 93-98. https://eds.a.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=18&sid=5c2c433f-aa40-4bfe-948a-9a9985c44b06%40sessionmgr4006

Soni, P. & Dutta, M. (2019). Emotional Intelligence: A Key to Effective Leadership. Journal of Management & Research, 9 (2), 27-31. https://0-www-proquest-com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/docview/2462686513/F83AE0E1B4DC4739PQ/3?accountid=8408

Yadav, R., & Lata, P. (2019). Role of Emotional Intelligence in Effective Leadership. International Journal of Leadership, 7 (2), 27-32. https://0-www-proquest-com.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/docview/2297147864/224FB2CA84A9413DPQ/2?accountid=8408

Chen, S.C., Chen, C.F. (2018). Antecedents and consequences of nurses' burnout: Leadership effectiveness and emotional intelligence as moderators. Management Decision, 56 (4), 772-792. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-10-2016-0694

Anderson, M. H., & Sun, P. T. (2017). Reviewing leadership styles: Overlaps and the need for a new 'Full-Range' Theory. International Journal Of Management Reviews, 19(1), 76-96. doi:10.1111/ijmr.12082

Mumford, M.D. and Van Doorn, J.R. (2001). The leadership of pragmatism: Reconsidering Franklin in the age of charisma. Leadership Quarterly, 12, 279–309.

Avolio, B. J., Bass, B. M., & Jung, D. I. (1999). Re‐examining the components of transformational and transactional leadership using the Multifactor Leadership. Journal of occupational and organizational psychology, 72(4), 441-462.

Bass, B. M., & Avolio, B. J. (Eds.). (1994). Improving organizational effectiveness through transformational leadership. sage.

Cummings, G. G., MacGregor, T., Davey, M., Lee, H., Wong, C. A., Lo, E., & ... Stafford, E. (2010). Review: Leadership styles and outcome patterns for the nursing workforce and work environment: A systematic review.

Fisher, A. N., & Ryan, M. K. (2021). Gender inequalities during COVID-19. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 24(2), 237–245. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430220984248

Windsor, L. C., Yannitell Reinhardt, G., Windsor, A. J., Ostergard, R., Allen, S., Burns, C., Giger, J., & Wood, R. (2020). Gender in the time of COVID-19: Evaluating national leadership and COVID-19 fatalities. PLOS ONE, 15(12), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244531

Grossman, S. & Valiga, T. (2012). The new leadership challenge: Creating the future of nursing (4th ed.). Philadelphia: FA Davis Company.

Sahoo, C. & Das, S. (2012). Women entrepreneurship and connective leadership: Achieving success. European Journal of Business Management, 4(3), 115-122.

Clark, S., McGrane, A., Boyle, N., Joksimovic, N., Burke, L., Rock, N., & O’ Sullivan, K. (2021). 'You’re a teacher you’re a mother, you’re a worker’: Gender inequality during COVID‐19 in Ireland. Gender, Work and Organization, 28(4), 1352–1362. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12611

Medina, L. A. (2021). Creating opportunities for women in engineering: COVID-19 posed new burdens to overcome on road to success. ISE: Industrial & Systems Engineering at Work, 53(6), 38–43.

Moore, Q., Beebe, J., & Bakhiet, Z. (2020). Hidden figures: The economic impact of Covid19 on low-income women and their children. Issue brief no. 04.09.20. Houston, TX: Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.25613/eyn0-gf68

LaGravenese, R. (Director). (2007). Freedom writers [Film]. MTV, Paramount Pictures Studios, MTV Entertainment Studios, Jersey Films, and Double Feature Films.

Unit 3 Contingency Approaches

Unit 4 Creating Vision and Strategic Direction

Buell, J. M. (2015). Ethical leadership in uncertain times.

Jasper, M., & Crossan, F. (2012). What is strategic management?

MacLeod, L. (2016). Aligning mission, vision and values: The nurse leader’s role.

University of Illinois. (2016). Mission, vision & values. [video]

Heathfield, S. (2018). Create a personal vision statement that can guide your life. [tool]

Kotalik, J., Covino, C., Doucette, N., Henderson, S., Langlois, M., McDaid, K., & Pedri, L. M. (2014). Framework for ethical decision-making based on mission, vision and values of the institution.

MacLeod, L. (2014). Working with purpose. [TEDx video]

Walker, R. C., & Aritz, J. (2015). Women doing leadership: Leadership styles and organizational culture.

Unit 5 Shaping Culture and Values

Darroch, F., Giles, A., Sanderson, P., Brooks-Cleator, L., Schwartz, A., Joseph, D., & Nosker, R. (2017). The United States does CAIR about cultural safety: Examining cultural safety within indigenous health contexts in Canada and the United States.

Mansfield, G. (2012). Management culture. Adaptive and unadaptive cultures.

Reimer-Kirkham, S., Pesut, B., Sawatzky, R., Cochrane, M., & Redmond, A. (2012). Discourses of spirituality and leadership in nursing: A mixed methods analysis.

Arieli, D. D., Friedman, V. J., & Hirschfeld, M. J. (2012). Challenges on the path to cultural safety in nursing education.

Chenot, D., Benton, A.D., & Hansung, K. (2009). The influence of supervisor support, peer support, and organizational culture among early career social workers in child welfare services.

Fraser, T. N., & Kenny, C. B. (2012). Living Indigenous leadership: Native narratives on building strong communities. [e-book]

International Institute for Spiritual Leadership (2015). What is spiritual leadership? [website].

Unit 6 Leading Change

Jackie Kelm. (2011). What is Appreciative Inquiry. [video] 

Marchildon, G. P., & Fletcher, A. J. (2016). Systems thinking and the leadership conundrum in health care.

Mitchell, G. (2013). Selecting the best theory to implement planned change.

Kotter, J. (2018). 8 steps to accelerate change in your organization.


Baloh, J., Zhu, X., & Ward, M. M. (2018). Implementing team huddles in small rural hospitals: How does the Kotter model of change apply? Journal of Nursing Management, 5, 571. https://0-doi-org.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/10.1111/jonm.12584

Dudley, D. (2010). TEDxToronto - Drew Dudley "Leading with Lollipops." [video]

Jones, S. L., & Van de Ven, A. H. (2016). The changing nature of change resistance.

Urquhart, R., Kendell, C., Folkes, A., Reiman, T., Grunfeld, E., & Porter, G. A. (2018). Making it happen: Middle managers’ roles in innovation implementation in health care. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 15(6), 414–423.

Unit 7 Motivation and Empowerment

Unit 8 Leadership Communication and Leading Teams

Armstead, C., Bierman, D., Bradshaw, P., Martin, T., & Wright, K. (2016). Groups vs. teams: Which one are you leading?.

Dellaert, M., & Davydov, A. (2018). Influencing: Learn how to use the skill of persuasion.

Djordjevic, B (2010). Leadership communication.

Moreland, J., & Apker, J. (2016) Conflict and stress in hospital nursing: Improving communicative responses to enduring professional challenges.

Paquin, H., Bank, I., Young, M., Nguyen, L. P., Fisher, R., & Nugus, P. (2018). Leadership in crisis situations: merging the interdisciplinary silos.

Risling, T. (2016). Social media and nursing leadership: Unifying professional voice and presence.

Chavez, E. C., & Yoder, L. H. (2015). Staff nurse clinical leadership: A concept analysis.

Trevick, S., Kim, M., & Naidech, A. (2016). Communication, leadership, and decision-making in the neuro-ICU

Unit 9 Diversity, Power & Influence

Dartey-Baah, K. (2015). Resilient leadership: a transformational-transactional leadership mix.

Etowa, J., & Debs-Ivall, S. (2017). Leadership and organizational commitment to ethno-cultural diversity in healthcare.

Gruenfeld, D. (2013). Power and influence. Stanford Graduate School of Business. [video].

Peterson, R. S. (2016). Four steps in leading diverse teams effectively.

Sy, T., Horton, C., & Riggio, R. (2018). Charismatic leadership: Eliciting and channeling follower emotions.

Zwi, K. J., Woodland, L., Kalowski, J., & Parmeter, J. (2017). The impact of health perceptions and beliefs on access to care for migrants and refugees.

Hanshaw, G. (2015). Charismatic leadership. [video].

University of Minnesota. (n.d.). Organizational politics.

Unit 11 The Leader as an Individual/Leadership Mind & Heart

Boone, L. W., & Makhani, S. (2013). Five necessary attitudes of a servant leader.

Clack, L.A. (2017). Examination of leadership and personality traits on the effectiveness of professional communication in healthcare.

Fernandez, C., Peterson, H., Holmstrőm, S., & Connolly, A. (2012). Developing emotional intelligence for healthcare leaders.

Harvey, P., Madison, K., Martinko, M., Crook, T. R., & Crook, T. A. (2014). Attribution theory in the organizational sciences: The road traveled and the path ahead.

Marchildon, G. P., & Fletcher, A. J. (2016). Systems thinking and the leadership conundrum in health care.

Senge, P. (2015). How do you define a learning organization? (video)

Bluepoint Leadership Development (2013). The leader within: Leadership emotional intelligence [video]

Cha, S. E., & Edmondson, A. C. (2006). When values backfire: Leadership, attribution, and disenchantment in a values-driven organization

Unit 12 Courage & Moral Leadership, Followership

Coetzer, M. F., Bussin, M., & Geldenhuys, M. (2017). The functions of a servant leader.

Huhtala, M., Tolvanen, A., Mauno, S., & Feldt, T. (2015). The associations between ethical organizational culture, burnout, and engagement: A multilevel study.

Sendjaya, S., Pekerti, A., Hartel, C., Hirst, G., & Butarbutar, I. (2016). Are authentic leaders always moral? The Role of Machiavellianism in the relationship between authentic leadership and morality.

Uhl-Bien, M., Riggio, R. E., Lowe, K. B., & Carsten, M. K. (2014). Followership theory: A review and research agenda

Gillet, N., Fouquereau, E., Coillot, H., Bonnetain, F., Dupont, S., Moret, L., & ... Colombat, P. (2018). Ethical leadership, professional caregivers' well-being, and patients' perceptions of quality of care in oncology.

Green Leaf Center for servant leadership. [website]

Green Templeton College Health Experiences Institute/Management in Medicine. Oxford University (2012). Moral leadership in healthcare organisations [podcast].

Suda, L. (2013). In praise of followers.

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