Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: A new vessel for leadership: new rules for a new age -- Thriving in complexity: ten principles for leaders in the coming age -- Evidentiary leadership: an expanded lens to determine healthcare value -- Creating context: innovation as a way of life -- Innovation leadership -- The leader as a peacemaker: managing the conflicts of a multifocal workplace -- Crisis management: leading constant change -- Living leadership: vulnerability, risk taking and stretching -- Healing brokenness: error as opportunity -- Emotional competence: a vital leadership skill -- Toxic organizations and people: the leader as transformer -- Transformational coaching: leading the membership community -- The leader's courage to be willing: building a context for hope -- Renewing the new spirit of leadership: becoming a living leader --