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book · 2025

Human-Centered Leadership in Healthcare — The Revolution Continues

With a foreword by Jean Watson. This edition introduces the critical first dimension: Self.

book · 2021

Human-Centered Leadership in Healthcare — Evolution of a Revolution

Real-world cases, research, and leader tools from Kay, Lucy, and Susan.

book · 2021

Shifts: The Journal for Nurses by Nurses

A guided SBAR journal that supports self-care, self-awareness, and self-compassion.

publication · 2024

Leadership Style Matters

A viewpoint on why leadership style is the work.

publication · 2024

Integrating Human-Centered Approaches to Align Doctor of Nursing Practice Curriculum With Real-World Practice

Sipe and Kennedy on aligning DNP curriculum with practice through Human-Centered approaches.

publication · 2024

Bold Inquiry into Relational Leadership

A bold inquiry into relational leadership in healthcare.

publication · 2023

Getting Schooled in Relational Leadership

Relational leadership in nursing education (Journal of Nursing Education).

publication · 2021

Human Centered Leadership in Healthcare: A Contemporary Nursing Leadership Theory

The constructivist grounded-theory paper behind the model (Leclerc, Kennedy, Campis).

publication · 2023

Blueprints for well-being: Modeling the way through Human-Centered Leadership and Pathway to Excellence

Modeling well-being through Human-Centered Leadership and Pathway to Excellence (Nursing Management).

publication · 2023

Cultural Intelligence (CQ): Flex Your CQ Muscle Through a Human-Centered Leadership Workout!

Flex cultural intelligence through a Human-Centered Leadership workout (Nurse Leader).

publication · 2022

Relational Leadership: A Contemporary and Evidence-based Approach to Improve Nursing Work Environments

A contemporary, evidence-based approach to improve nursing work environments.

publication · 2022

The Great Realization: Nurses Are in the Driver’s Seat!

Nurses are in the driver’s seat — a great realization for healthcare leadership.

publication · 2020

Human Centered Leadership: Creating change from the inside out

Creating change from the inside out — an early Nurse Leader paper on the model.

blog · 2025-11-04

We’ve Joined Forces with HPSG—and Together We’re Reshaping the Future of Healthcare

uLeadership and Healthcare Plus Solutions Group.

blog · 2023-07-15

Embracing Growth: Criticism vs. Feedback

Two memorable moments from a new nurse manager’s first year.

blog · 2023-07-08

We All Need a Little More TED in Our Lives!!!

What Ted Lasso still teaches healthcare leaders about culture.

podcast · 2025-12-09

Human-Centered Leadership Joins HPSG: Meet the uLeadership Founders

Dan Collard and Quint Studer welcome Kay, Lucy, and Susan on the Healthcare Plus Podcast.

podcast · 2021-10-11

Creating a Strategy for Success in Healthcare Leadership – Part II

The second conversation on leadership strategy.

podcast · 2021-09-22

Becoming an “Ends of the Earth Leader”

“It starts with you, but it’s not about you.”

podcast · 2021-09-01

Creating a Strategy for Success in Healthcare Leadership – Part I

John Nelson with Kay on Human-Centered Leadership strategy.

podcast · 2020-12-01

The Importance of Self-Care

Emory Nurses’ Alumni Association with Kay.

podcast · 2022-01-27

Human-Centered Leadership in Healthcare, Part 2

The second Nursing Management conversation.

podcast · 2022-01-27

Human-Centered Leadership in Healthcare, Part 1

Nursing Management Podcast with Kay, Lucy, and Susan.

podcast · 2023-07-10

What is Human-Centered Leadership in Healthcare?

Awakener, Connector, Upholder—and why the model starts with Self.

presentation · 2021-11-19

Webinar: Human Centered Leadership in Health Care Oct 2021

An archived session introducing the evidence-based model.