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Exercising Effective Leadership

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In order to exercise effective leadership in community psychiatry, one must be and do a variety of things: enjoy interfacing with people, be motivated and passionate about working in systems of care; be creative and innovative; be ready and willing to be an advocate for one’s self, one’s staff, and one’s patients in terms of providing quality care; practice a specific skills set; be willing to undergo training in a wide variety of topics; and be open to receiving, and changing from feedback. This chapter reviews the extant literature which describes the desired attributes of an effective leader, suggests venues of training necessary to support skills acquisition, and identifies system of care requirements to facilitate growth in leaders who understand and embrace community-based recovery-oriented systems of care.

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  1. Division of Public Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA

    Jacqueline Maus Feldman MD

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  1. Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The St. Luke's & Roosevelt Hospitals Columbia University College of Physician, New York, USA

    Hunter L. McQuistion

  2. Center for Public Service Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Wesley E. Sowers

  3. New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA

    Jules M. Ranz

  4. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA

    Jacqueline Maus Feldman

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Feldman, J.M. (2012). Exercising Effective Leadership. In: McQuistion, H., Sowers, W., Ranz, J., Feldman, J. (eds) Handbook of Community Psychiatry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3149-7_42

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