TY - JOUR
T1 - Bearing the standard – Prosocial expert leadership is essential for mental healthcare service reform and renewal
T2 - Bearing the standard – Prosocial expert leadership is essential for mental healthcare service reform and renewal
AU - Looi, Jeffrey C.L.
AU - Allison, Stephen
AU - Bastiampillai, Tarun
AU - Robson, Stephen J.
PY - 2024/12
Y1 - 2024/12
N2 - There are many identified challenges for mental healthcare services in Australia and New Zealand including design, infrastructure and workforce shortfalls. In the 2024 RANZCP Workforce Report over 75% of trainees and psychiatrists endorsed symptoms of burnout, and over 80% reported that workforce shortages contributed. There is a need for effective leadership to reform and renew healthcare services. Clinical expertise is necessary, but not sufficient for leadership of mental healthcare services through substantial cultural and organisational renewal. Expertise and prosocial skills are needed for effective cultural leadership, based upon expressed generosity and kindness that leads to a corresponding reputation that empowers cooperation. Leaders will need such skills to effect change and improve mental healthcare delivery and patient experiences.
AB - There are many identified challenges for mental healthcare services in Australia and New Zealand including design, infrastructure and workforce shortfalls. In the 2024 RANZCP Workforce Report over 75% of trainees and psychiatrists endorsed symptoms of burnout, and over 80% reported that workforce shortages contributed. There is a need for effective leadership to reform and renew healthcare services. Clinical expertise is necessary, but not sufficient for leadership of mental healthcare services through substantial cultural and organisational renewal. Expertise and prosocial skills are needed for effective cultural leadership, based upon expressed generosity and kindness that leads to a corresponding reputation that empowers cooperation. Leaders will need such skills to effect change and improve mental healthcare delivery and patient experiences.
KW - dark triad
KW - dominance hierarchies
KW - emotional intelligence
KW - healthcare leadership
KW - prosocial leadership
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85205290450&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10398562241285163
DO - 10.1177/10398562241285163
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 39305473
AN - SCOPUS:85205290450
SN - 1039-8562
VL - 32
SP - 570
EP - 572
JO - Australasian Psychiatry
JF - Australasian Psychiatry
IS - 6
ER -