[Excerpt from] The Road to Leadership

Other Titles

Chapter 6: Choose Your Battles Carefully

Abstract

This item record pertains to an excerpt from Choose Your Battles Carefully, which is provided free of charge by the publisher.

About this book: The Road to Leadership presents nine valuable leadership lessons from award-winning author and international nurse leader Carol Huston. This full-color handbook packs big wisdom from a leader who learned her lessons the hard way—and now guides others to their own paths as confident, successful leaders. From finding a mentor to learning the art of communication, this engaging book will help you break free of professional limits and define your own effective leadership skills.

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Description

This item record contains the following file attachments: Chapter 6 and a Poster: 9 Leadership Lessons

Authors

Carol J. Huston

Author Details

Carol J. Huston, DPA, MSN, RN, FAAN, is an Emerita Professor at the School of Nursing at California State University, Chico (CSUC), where she teaches classes on leadership, management, health finance, and health systems. A world-renowned author, presenter, grant writer, and grant investigator, Huston has served on multiple boards of directors and currently serves as Chair of the Enloe Medical Center Board of Trustees.

Sigma Membership

Kappa Omicron at-Large

Type

Book Chapter

ISBN

9781945157622

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Expert Opinion (nationally/internationally recognized)

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Leadership, Nursing, Attitude, Nurses' Instructions, Nurse Leaders, Accountability, Mentor, Mentoring

Recommended Citation

Huston, Carol J., "[Excerpt from] The Road to Leadership" (2018). Sigma Publications: Book Excerpts. 76.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/book_excerpts/76

Publisher

Sigma Theta Tau International

Version

Publisher's Version

Rights Holder

Copyright © 2025 by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing - All rights reserved. This book is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. Any trademarks, service marks, design rights, or similar rights that are mentioned, used, or cited in this book are the property of their respective owners. Their use here does not imply that you may use them for a similar or any other purpose.

Review Type

None: Professionally Edited Material

Acquisition

Publisher-submission

Date of Issue

2018

Full Text of Presentation

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