Abstract
Within the UK health and care services,
several high profile inquiries have
recommended a new style of leadership
aligned with the National Health Service
values. The style of leadership required is a
values-based, authentic approach. This
paper reviews Dr Stephen R. Covey’s
(1989) principle-centred leadership model
and aims to explore whether the 7 Habits
of Highly Effective People® can be applied
to medical practice. Furthermore the
relationship between Covey’s 7 Habits®,
the leadership and management standards
for medical professionals and key driving
leadership policies are examined, with an
emphasis on how to restore the character
ethic through a values-based approach to
medical leadership. We explore how an
applied version of Covey’s model has been
embedded within a medical education
context. We conclude the applied model
offers a structured, reflective and practical
approach to demonstrating leadership
authenticity and trust thereby facilitating a
values-based/principle-centred leadership
approach.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 624-629 |
| Journal | British Journal of Hospital Medicine |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Early online date | 9 Nov 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 9 Nov 2016 |
Keywords
- leadership
- principle-centred
- valuesbased
- medical leadership
- authentic leadership