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Stephanie Tempest, PhD, is an Occupational Therapist and Learning and Workforce Development Consultant with nearly three decades of experience across neurorehabilitation, academia, and national healthcare leadership. She is the director of Stephanie Tempest Consultancy Ltd and co-director of The Creative Health Alliance.

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Reimagines career development to empower healthcare professionals to grow across sectors and settings With retention rates continuing to challenge the sector-not only among newly qualified professionals-Growth-based Career Planning for Healthcare Professionals offers a timely re-evaluation of career development rooted in contemporary workforce issues. This innovative book shifts the focus from outdated promotion-based models toward a perspective that values diverse roles, experiences, and aspirations, introducing a new narrative that emphasises opportunity, agency, and actionable insights for practitioners, managers, and leaders alike. Inviting readers to think more holistically about their career journeys within the health and care ecosystem, Growth-based Career Planning for Healthcare Professionals:

• Provides practical strategies for implementing inclusive career development across the four pillars of practice: clinical practice, leadership, education, and research
• Highlights the connection between career planning, well-being, and workforce sustainability
• Explores real-world applications of the Kawa model to support personal and professional growth
• Features reflective, solution-focused questions to guide individual and organisational action planning
• Offers narrative-driven insights into the career journeys of diverse health and care professionals

• Addresses wider structural and cultural dynamics, offering strategies to foster equity and diversity as part of a humanistic approach to workforce development Supporting person-centred workforce development through adaptable models applicable across sectors and settings, Growth-based Career Planning for Healthcare Professionals: A Narrative for Change serves as a vital resource for all healthcare practitioners, line managers, operational leaders, and strategic workforce planners across sectors. It is ideal for pre-registration learners (students and apprentices) in healthcare, particularly in modules related to workforce development, professional practice, career development, and leadership.

  Inhalt

  Glossary

  Prologue

  Author's note on the content and book design

  About the author - in three forms

  How to read this book (and if reading it in a paper version, hopefully write in it too)

  About the co-authors and storytellers

  Acknowledgements

  Introduction to part one: Why do we need to talk about growth-based career planning?

  Chapter 1: The limitations of the career ladder

  Chapter 2: Work and life outside of work

  Chapter 3: Values-based career decisions

  Chapter 4: Autonomy

  Chapter 5: Growing ambition and patience

  Chapter 6: Joy in work

  Chapter 7: Transferable knowledge and skills

  Chapter 8: An inclusive and representative workforce

  Introduction to part two: What is growth-based career planning?

  Chapter 9: Vertical growth

  Chapter 10: Lateral growth

  Chapter 11: Growth for consolidation

  Chapter 12: Growth through portfolio career planning

  Chapter 13: Growth within the clinical and professional practice strand

  Chapter 14: Growth within the leadership and management strand

  Chapter 15: Growth within the education, learning and development strand

  Chapter 16: Growth within the research and innovation strand

  Introduction to part three: How do we support growth-based career planning?

  Chapter 17: Career rivers - introducing the Kawa model

  Chapter 18: Using the Kawa model approach for growth-based career conversations

  Chapter 19: The role of the People Profession

  Chapter 20: The role of the regulators, professional bodies, and other strategic organisations

  Chapter 21: Growing ourselves and our networks

  Epilogue - dreams for the future

  Endorsements