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  • The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO)
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    The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses in Ontario.

    We are the strong, credible voice leading the nursing profession to influence and promote healthy public policy.
  • RNAO Upcoming Professional Development Events
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    Upcoming Professional Development Events offered through RNAO

  • Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
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    CNA is the national professional voice of registered nurses in Canada. A federation of 11 provincial and territorial nursing associations and colleges representing 151,404 registered nurses, CNA advances the practice and profession of nursing to improve health outcomes and strengthen Canada’s publicly funded, not-for-profit health system.

  • Dorothy Wylie Nursing / Health Leaders Institute
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    The Dorothy Wylie Nursing / Health Leaders Institute is a two-part, 7-day, inter-professional, residential leadership Institute with a variety of highly respected speakers and facilitators.

    Winner of the OHA/Longwoods/Microsoft Ted Freedman Award for Innovation in Education in 2003, the Dorothy Wylie Nursing / Health Leaders Institute brings together health care leaders from across Canada at the Bank of Montreal’s Institute for Learning for a concentrated program of study of leadership principles, models, behaviours, skills, and tools.

  • The Academy of Canadian Executive Nurses (ACEN)
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    The Academy's objectives are:
    • Influence and participate in setting the directions for health care policy and dialogue in Canada
    • Contribute to the alignment and advancement of the national nursing practice, education, research, and leadership agendas
    • Develop strong strategic coalitions and partnerships with other health care leadership groups
    • Support the development of current and emerging executive nurse leaders in Canada
    • Provide a forum to discuss and share strategies related to nursing, education, research and leadership
    • Support the editor and the editorial board in providing the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership
  • Caring, Connecting, Empowering: A Resource Guide for Implementing Nursing Mentorship in Public
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    A Resource Guide for Implementing Nursing Mentorship in Public Health Units in Ontario. 
     
  • Global Centre for Nurse Executives
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    An international network of nursing leaders: We keep you up to speed on nursing trends and best practices to help you adapt to them. Through our network, members have access to the best minds in the industry.
     
    The Advisory Board Company is a global research, consulting, and technology firm helping hospital and health system leaders improve the quality and efficiency of patient care. We provide strategic guidance, actionable insights, and comprehensive implementation and management services. Through our membership model, we collaborate with executives and their teams to find and implement the best solutions to their toughest challenges. 
  • Workplace Leadership. A Review of Prior Research - 2014
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    Society is also changing rapidly. The working population is ageing, and the values and expectations of consumers, employees, and 
    communities are shifting. The general public places greater emphasis on holding business to account for the consequences that their production and market choices have for the community and the environment. This, in turn, requires business to demonstrate transparency in their dealings—though accredited standards, benchmarking, and the sustainability and ethics of their business practices.
     
    There are of course many ways for productivity and innovation to be improved. One important means is through the management and
    leadership of our workplaces. Good leadership and skilled management have been shown to have significant positive effects on 
    productivity, profitability, and the ability of organisations to adapt and change to meet emerging challenges.
     
    These challenges require a different set of management skills and capabilities: they will require management to be flexible, adaptive, and transparent. They will require industry leaders to see innovation as a core priority at the board level. Innovation is also increasingly dependent on the creativity of individuals—managers, employees, stakeholder representatives—and their ability to work collaboratively. 
     
    This implies that workplace leadership will not reside in senior management alone, but will come from interactions among managers, work teams, and employees, as well as employee representatives, all of whom bring new ideas and new ways of doing things to the task of improving workplace outcomes. This will involve new management approaches based on investments in skills, opportunities for employee voice and engagement in the workplace, and quality jobs that provide incentives for employees to contribute. 
     
    Understanding these challenges and identifying ways of responding to them is the primary aspiration of the Centre for Workplace
    Leadership. Established in June 2013, the Centre brings together efforts of industry, government, and academia in locating new ways of improving the competitiveness, innovation, and productivity of Australian workplaces. 
     
    This review of research on the role of leadership in contributing to better workplace outcomes has been the first research task of the 
    Centre. It is intended to inform future activities by identifying what is already known and the gaps in research. It also identifies opportunities for new and innovative leadership development programs that can assist Australian workplaces to develop management and leadership capabilities required to meet current and future challenges. 
  • Building Nurse Leader Relationships - 2014
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    The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,  recommends that nurses should be full partners with physicians and other healthcare professionals to lead improvement and redesign healthcare in the United States.
     
    The report acknowledges that nursing leadership is critical at every level during the transformation of healthcare and being a full partner requires leadership skills and competencies. To ensure that nurses are able to assume leadership roles and leadership-related competencies should be imbedded and promoted for nurses, at all education levels and across the spectrum of healthcare settings.
  • Authentic Leadership: Develop the Leader Within - 2014
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    Great leadership usually starts with a willing heart, a positive attitude, and a desire to make a difference. Strong leadership is important, in today’s health care climate, to ensure optimal patient outcomes and the fostering of future generations of knowledgeable, motivated and enthusiastic perioperative nurses.
     
    This article will explore key elements necessary for the development of authentic leadership. While highlighting the role that personal development plays in leadership skills, this article will also discuss ways to cultivate authenticity in leadership. The following questions will be addressed: What is authentic leadership? How does one become an authentic leader?