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The LEADS in a Caring Environment Framework: Develop Coalitions

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In the world of nature, threatened birds flock together. Bait fish form schools to appear bigger than they really are to ward off predators. Cattle gather into herds as menacing thunder clouds appears on the horizon. Even microbes “glob” together as the electrolytes change in their environment.

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    The Accord providing for some $41.3 Billion in federal (strategic) re-investments in health through the province, The Accord providing for some $41.3 Billion in federal (strategic) re-investments in health through the province, helping to reverse and restore the federal financial stake in Medicare helping to reverse and restore the federal financial stake in Medicare.

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    The Executive Training for healthcare improvement (EXTRA) program is a 14-month team-based fellowship that offers focused training in better management and use of evidence for quality and performance improvement. See more at: http://www.cfhi-fcass.ca/WhatWeDo/EducationandTraining/EXTRA.aspx#sthash.XTqyxhl4.dpuf.

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    An after action review is a structured review or debrief process for analyzing what happened, why it happened, and how it can be done better, by the participants and those responsible for the project or event.

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  1. Royal Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Graham Dickson PhD

  2. Canadian Health Leadership Network, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Bill Tholl MA, ICDD

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Dickson, G., Tholl, B. (2014). The LEADS in a Caring Environment Framework: Develop Coalitions. In: Bringing Leadership to Life in Health: LEADS in a Caring Environment. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4875-3_8

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