A Shared Vision

The importance of inspiring a shared vision

Background: Leadership programmes have been used to support nurse leaders in developing their skills and equiping them as transformative change agents in healthcare organisations around the world. For this purpose, the Royal College of Nursing’s Clinical Leadership Programme has been adapted, implemented, and evaluated in Switzerland. Although a shared vision is a key element in leading organis...

Shared pathways for rod and cone vision.

We have used heterochromatic gratings falling on 10 deg temporal retina to measure the spatial contrast sensitivities of the isolated rod and cone systems in the mesopic range. As the level of illumination was raised within this range, the contrast sensitivity of the rod system increased, reaching a peak of about 50 (and providing an acuity of 6 c/deg) at 20 scot. td, whereupon the rod system b...

Shared vision promotes family firm performance

A clear picture of the influential drivers of private family firm performance has proven to be an elusive target. The unique characteristics of private family owned firms necessitate a broader, non-financial approach to reveal firm performance drivers. This research study sought to specify and evaluate the themes that distinguish successful family firms from less successful family firms. In add...

Addressing Critical Needs— A Shared Vision with Heart Teams

The SAPIEN 3 CE Mark Trial is a non-randomized, prospective, multicentred study designed to assess the safety and device success of the Edwards SAPIEN 3 valve and the Edwards Commander and Edwards Certitude delivery systems in patients with symptomatic, severe aortic stenosis who are indicated for surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). Initial enrollment consisted of 50 high-risk patients. T...

A shared vision for public health: then and now.