Conflict of Interest: GD is a creator of the LEADS in a Caring Environment framework. SR, SL, JS, and TMC have received honoraria for teaching in leadership Ethics: This is an integrative conceptual review paper and we received an exemption from our institutional review board confirming that we did not engage in human subjects research requiring ethical approval. Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the following individuals who acted as knowledge user consultants for our paper: Peter Angood, Felix Ankel, Lily I. Bale-Feldman, Sheila Betker, Stevie Colvin, Ming-Ka Chan, Kelly Grimes, Antoine Groulx, Gillian Hawker, Constance LeBlanc, Susan Lieff, Anne Matlow, Susan Dianne Moffatt-Bruce, Mike Nader, Howard Ovens, Julien Poitras, Karen Schmaltz, Ivan Silver, Jennifer Spencer, Bill Tholl, Brent Thoma, John Van Aerde, and Sarita Verma. We would also like to thank participants in the McMaster Bridging Leaders Program for being the inspiration for this paper. We would also like to thank all the participants in our knowledge user consultations.
Funding: There was no funding for this paper.
Author Contributions (based on ICMJE criteria): SR, SL, JS, and TC contributed to the concept of the paper, based upon previous work by GD. All members of the team contributed to the authoring of this paper. TC gathered the consultation data and conducted the 1:1 interviews with our knowledge users. All authors contributed to writing and editing the paper for submission.