Developing leadership skills in young ophthalmologists

Developing Leadership Skills For

Leaders are required to set direction and achieve results. Leaders should not be confused with managers. Leaders and managers, both have a distinct but complimentary roles. Each role has its own set of characteristics, duties and responsibilities. Both leadership and management abilities are required within an enterprise in order for it to succeed in today's highly complex and competitive globa...

Developing leadership skills in clinical practice and management.

Throughout the UK, increasing responsibility is being placed on clinical nurses to play a leadership role within healthcare settings. Recognising the challenges, Nursing Standard is once again collaborating with the Royal College of Nursing and its corporate partner, Smith and Nephew, in launching the fifth Clinical Practice and Management Awards. Editor in Chief Linda Thomas explains the award...

Leadership Skills

Management Week 2000 among business leaders from Asia, the United States, the Middle East, the UK, France and Germany showed that leadership (rated against nine other qualities) as the most important skill for business leaders of the future. Finding and retaining quality people was overwhelmingly chosen as the most important factor for success of businesses worldwide. The ability to achieve thi...

Mentorship for Young Scientists: Developing Scientific Survival Skills

Improving health consciousness and life skills in young people through peer-leadership in Thailand.

BACKGROUND Peer leadership is widely recognized as an effective approach to health promotion and empowerment among people of similar ages, especially the youth. Such programs build peer leaders who in turn help empower the youths in their groups to improve their health and life skills related to health. Most previous studies have focused on the effectiveness of such activities in target groups ...