The Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture 2013: Transformational Leadership in Occupational Therapy — Delivering Change through Conversations

Abstract

Elaine P Hunter reflect on my role and practice, as I re-read the literature and synthesised some of the current thinking on leadership so that I could share it with you today.My lecture will focus and build on these three key messages:1. We can all be leaders. 2. By engaging others in our work, we can accomplish amazing changes. 3. We should share what we do and in so doing, as leaders and as a profession, become more visible.

Thursday 5 June 2014

“…Increased use of social media by occupational therapists will assist individual professional development and lifelong learning, facilitate greater collaboration and networking, foster professional relationships, enable strategic leadership, break down traditional boundaries, improve access to occupational therapy and increase public understanding of the profession (Hunter 2013). For this to be successful, it is vital that the ethical considerations and risks are fully understood.…”

Exploration of Self-Perceived Leadership Practices of Entry-Level Doctoral Students during the Doctoral Capstone Experience

“…Jim Hinojosa spoke to an undercurrent of leadership behaviors needed to engage and innovate in the "era of hyperchange" within the healthcare landscape in his 2007 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture (Hinojosa, 2007). In the 2013 Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture in Scotland, Elaine Hunter articulated how occupational therapists must use their leadership qualities to work interprofessionally to solve problems and be forward thinking (Hunter, 2013). Vision 2025 articulates the importance of leadership as a core value needed to propel the profession successfully into the future (American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA], 2017).…”

Leadership comes in many guises: Sylvia Docker Memorial Award Lecturer 2011, Professor Sylvia Rodger

“…Many in leadership positions may not have sought these opportunities directly, but as Hunter () suggested, these can arise out of just doing one's job to the best of one's abilities. Leadership can occur not just in the organisational sense but also in the context of community and leisure pursuits.…”