Becoming an Effective Leader in Healthcare Management / Edition 2

by Len Sperry

Overview

Nothing is more predictive of the viability and success of a healthcare organization than its leadership. Learn the skills this market demands and get the tools to master them with Becoming an Effective Leader in Healthcare Management. Built on sound business and health services management theories, and viewed through the lens of emotional intelligence and the author’s years of direct experience, this book actively teaches both students and practitioners the relational, operational, and analytical skills that are necessary—and surprisingly rare—in today’s health care management arena. This second edition is adapted to a changing healthcare culture, with greater emphasis on staff engagement and empowerment. Dramatically increase productivity and employee commitment and place yourself ahead of the pack by honing these financial and organizational management skills: motivation communication delegation counseling strategic planning personnel management staff coaching time and stress management teamwork conflict management interviewing budgeting resource management Each chapter is like a mini-workshop in each skill set, featuring learner-friendly objectives, self-assessment tools, case studies, real-world individual and small-group exercises, and review questions. As a health care supervisor, you can improve your own leadership skills or mold exceptional leaders and managers among your staff using this highly practical guide in workshops and continuing education seminars. Undergraduate and graduate students in health and nursing administration can learn essential skills that have been glaringly absent from curricula. Get Becoming an Effective Health Care Manager and help yourself or your students along the journey of becoming and then being an effective leader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938870743
Publisher:	Health Professions Press
Publication date:	02/01/2018
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	760,120
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Len Sperry, M.D. Ph.D. is a physician who has practiced medicine and health care leadership for more than 30 years. He is currently a tenured professor at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida where he teaches graduate courses on health counseling and leadership. Prior to that he was a core faculty member in the graduate health care leadership program at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and professor and Director of the graduate program in Health Services Administration at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. He is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine, and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and. In addition, he has been elected to membership in such prestigious professional organizations as the American College of Psychiatrists, and the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. He has been recognized with several professional awards that include being listed in Who's Who in America, America's Top Physicians, and in Best Doctors in America continually since 1996. He has also been recognized with three lifetime achievement awards for his contributions to organizational development and leadership. His 1000+ professional publications include refereed journal articles and book chapters, and 80 professional books (domestic and international) on various health care and leadership topics including Effective Leadership: Strategies for Maximizing Executive Productivity and Health; Health Counseling; Health Promotion and Health Counseling; Behavioral Health; and Becoming an Effective Health Care Manager: The Essential Skills of Leadership.

Table of Contents

About the Author vii

Foreword Samuel Lin ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

Step I Becoming an Effective Leader in Healthcare Management 1

Step II Mastering the 12 Essential Skills 17

Skill 1 Galvanizing Engagement, Commitment, and Motivation and Fostering Emotional Intelligence 19

Skill 2 Maximizing Team Performance 41

Skill 3 Delegating to Maximize Performance 59

Skill 4 Communicating Effectively and Strategically 75

Skill 5 Negotiating and Managing Conflict and Difficult Employees 99

Skill 6 Coaching for Maximum Performance and Development 121

Skill 7 Counseling and Interviewing for Maximum Performance and Development 139

Skill 8 Thinking and Deciding Strategically 167

Skill 9 Mastering the Budgeting Process Alan Whiteman, M.B.A., Ph.D. 183

Skill 10 Mastering and Monitoring Financial and Human Resources Alan Whiteman, M.B.A., Ph.D. 199

Skill 11 Evaluating Organizatonal and Personal Resources and Fit 229

Skill 12 Encouraging Mindfulness and Time and Stress Management 247

Step III Being an Effective Leader in Healthcare Management 267

References 281

Index 289

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Cynthia Cummings, EdD, RN, CHSE, CNE (University of North Florida Brooks College of Health)
Description: With its assessment tools and exercises to teach leadership development, this book outlines how to actually become an effective healthcare leader. Acknowledging that this does not occur just through studying theory, the book includes steps and skills important to acquire. The book also includes pre- and post-test and helpful assessment tools.
Purpose: The purpose is to detail the skills needed to become an effective healthcare leader.
Audience: The audience is those who want to develop leadership skills, and the book is written for anyone interested in healthcare leadership.
Features: The book presents basic information about what skills are required of an effective leader. It begins with a pre-test of skills and then highlights 12 skill sets and exercises to use to develop them. At the end there is a post-test for evaluation of skill effectiveness. The assessment tools and exercises are very detailed and valuable resources.
Assessment: The book is engaging and easy to read. The assessment tools are great and the basic information on skill development is easy to understand. I found the exercises and assessments at the end of each skill set very helpful. In all, this is a great read and a wonderful book to help new leaders, in particular, understand and develop the skills needed to be effective healthcare leaders.

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