Leadership Skills

There is much research, as well as many models, defining core leadership skills and how they might translate to cardiovascular professionals. The concepts of transformation, implementation and communication are the common threads across most of the studies and models.

Transformation includes strategic thinking, leading and accelerating change, innovating and motivating others.

Implementation focuses on organizing people, projects and tasks towards a focused objective in order to achieve a clearly set goal.

Communication focuses on emotional intelligence, active listening, participative decision making, team development and conflict management.

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Leadership Competencies

The ACC's Leadership Competencies serve as the leadership framework for selecting the College's member leaders. These competencies represent leadership skills the College and its Governance Committee consider fundamental to leading at the ACC. Learn more.

Leadership Development Resources

1. Articles
1. Boiling the Ocean
2. The Heart of Leadership
3. Graduate From Good to Great: Adaptability and Agility
4. A Day at the Beach: Leading With Authenticity is Easier Than You Think
1. Supporting Tool A
2. Supporting Tool B
5. The Fireworks of Change: How to Manage Change So It Does Not Manage You
6. Change-Readiness Assessment
7. Change Information Graphic, Book on a Page
8. Pack Up the Beach House: It's Time For a Leadership Refresher
9. The Grateful Leader
2. Podcasts
1. Conflict Management in the CV Workplace: How Do I Get Out of Trouble?
2. Clinician Well-Being in Times of Crisis
3. Tools
1. Back to School: A Primer on Emotional Intelligence and Perception
1. Supporting Tool A
2. Supporting Tool B
2. The Ghosts of Conflicts Past
1. Supporting Tool A: Drivers of Conflict
2. Supporting Tool B: Modes of Conflict
3. Supporting Tool C: Situational Use of Conflict Styles
4. Supporting Tool D: Conflict Intelligence Assessment