cover image - Practical Professional and Leadership Skills - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780443260636
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 09-08-2025
Page Count: 256
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $47.99

Practical Professional and Leadership Skills - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Norman Sartorius and Sir Graham Thornicroft

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Practical Professional and Leadership Skills - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780443260636
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 09-08-2025
Page Count: 256
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $47.99

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Written by two prominent and influential psychiatrists of international renown, Professors Norman Sartorius and Graham Thornicroft, Practical Leadership Skills is a highly pragmatic guide designed to boost the abilities of healthcare students and professionals to lead and achieve their goals.

The content in this book has been honed and tested over many years in the internationally acclaimed courses on leadership run by Professor Sartorius. Readers will gain essential, practical skills to become effective leaders, to work well with smaller and larger groups, and to work well when alone. Each skill is covered in a short chapter, along with case studies, examples, and key action points.

The professional skills covered in the book will help readers work better with colleagues, supervisors and students, and will increase competence, confidence and satisfaction at work. Practical Leadership Skills is ideal for early career researchers, doctors, psychologists, nurses, social workers and others working in allied health or human services. It will be invaluable for teachers and lecturers engaged in leadership training.
    • Written by highly distinguished authors with many years of experience in delivering leadership training in a variety of global contexts, with extensive international leadership experience
    • Honed by feedback from more than 2,000 course participants from across the world
    • Highly practical text – a focus on ‘how to’ develop leadership skills and build your career
    • A highly versatile teaching aid, with bite-sized, focused chapters covering essential topics
    • Informal and accessible style
    • Feature boxes setting out key practical points for each chapter, with brief real-world examples to bring the key points to life
    • Clear and detailed worksheets for specific individual and group exercises so readers can practise each skill
    • Training aids for all who wish to add leadership and professional skills to their teaching
  • 1. Introduction

    SECTION A Skills Needed to Work Well With Larger Groups of People
    2. How to Make a Presentation or Give a Talk
    3. How to Ask and Answer a Question at a Meeting
    4. How to be Elected
    5. How to Prepare and Present a Poster for a Meeting
    6. How to Behave in an Interview With the Media
    7. How to Overcome Language Problems
    8. How to Work With People From Other Cultures

    SECTION B Skills Needed to Work Well in Smaller Groups of People
    9. How to Introduce People at a Small Meeting
    10. How to Present Oneself to a Group of People
    11. How to Chair a Meeting
    12. How to Prepare for a Meeting
    13. How to Chair a Conference Session
    14. How to Take Part in a Meeting
    15. How to Write a Report of a Meeting
    16. How to Lead a Small Working Group or Collaboration
    17. How to Interview Candidates for a Job or Position
    18. How to Behave in an Interview for a Post
    19. How to Take Part in a Video Meeting
    20. How to Present a Proposal for Funding
    21. How to Make an Elevator Pitch
    22. How to Negotiate
    23. How to Say No
    24. How to Manage a Poorly Performing Colleague
    25. How to Work in a Small Group
    26. How to Reduce Tension in a Small Group or in a Meeting
    27. How to Be a Mentor Or a Mentee
    28. How to Collaborate, and Use Networks and Feedback
    29. How to Convince Others About the Usefulness of a Project
    30. How to Learn From the Failure of a Project
    31. How to Work Well in Video and Online Collaborations

    SECTION C Skills Needed to Work Well Alone
    32. How to Write a Curriculum Vitae/Resume
    33. How to Write a Letter of Motivation
    34. How to Read a Research Paper
    35. How to Write a Research Paper
    36. How to Select a Title For a Research Paper
    37. How to Apply For a Post
    38. How to Select a Topic For Research
    39. How to Search For Information
    40. How to Manage Your Time
    41. How to Decide on Priorities in Work and in Life
    42. How to Admit an Error or Apologise
    43. How to Learn Soft Skills
  • Norman Sartorius, President, Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programs, Visiting and Associate Professorships at the Universities of London (UK) New York and St Louis (USA), Zagreb (Croatia) Beijing (China), Member of the Council of the World Psychiatric Association, Chairperson of the Section on Comorbidity of the World Psychiatric Association and Sir Graham Thornicroft, Sir Graham Thornicroft, Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, working in a community mental health team to support homeless mentally ill people in South London, and Professor Emeritus of Community Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK.

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