Growing Leaders in Healthcare:
Lessons from the Corporate World
Brett D. Lee, PhD, FACHE
James W. Herring, PhD
ISBN 13: 978-1-56793-312-3
Softbound, 88 pp, 2009
Imprint: Executive Essentials Book
Order code: WWW1-2125
Price: $43.00 |
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The most successful corporations recognize that leadership is their only sustainable competitive advantage.
How are you fostering the future leaders of your organization?
Growing Leaders in Healthcare shares strategies from corporations recognized for their history of successful leadership development. Healthcare executives can use these same best practices to cultivate high-potential employees, develop succession plans, reduce turnover, and foster a strong culture of leadership in their organizations.
This book provides tools and advice senior executives can use to formalize leadership evaluation and development activities. Exercises throughout the book will help leaders assess their organizations’ current practices and effectively implement new strategies. These lessons can be applied to all healthcare organizations, regardless of size and complexity.
Brett D. Lee, PhD, FACHE, is a vice president at Children’s Medical Center—Dallas, where he oversees clinical, operations, and family support departments. In addition to his operational responsibilities, he pursues his passion of implementing effective leadership development systems in healthcare organizations. Dr. Lee is a faculty member of the internal leadership academies for directors and managers at Children’s, and a preceptor and coordinator of students completing their administrative residencies at the Center. |
James W. Herring, PhD, is senior vice president, administration, at Children’s Medical Center—Dallas, where he is responsible for law, human resources, governance, compliance, and internal audit, and incorporates superior practices from general industry into the Center’s leadership development program. Prior to Children’s, he designed and implemented leadership development and succession planning systems. His career spans almost 40 years, including over 20 years as a senior human resources professional at Exxon Mobil Corporation and 15 years as a consultant to large private-sector and government organizations. |
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“The evidence is clear that high-performing leaders make a tremendous difference in the success of their organizations. Lee and Herring’s book provides concise and powerful guidance on building the strong pipeline of leaders that is vital for any healthcare organization that is serious about its future. This book is a must-read for all healthcare executives and their boards!”
—Edward Betof, EdD, Senior Fellow/Academic Director, Executive Program in Workplace Learning Leadership, University of Pennsylvania
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“Leadership in healthcare organizations is the essential element of our success. This book clearly summarizes how to identify, assess, develop, and place leaders and provides tools to measure their success and effectiveness. Through the implementation of these concepts, our industry can continue to attract and retain the capable professionals who will demonstrate that leadership is the critical ingredient in responding to challenges and opportunities.”
–Christopher J. Durovich, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Medical Center, Dallas
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"When improving processes and quality, leadership is the most critical factor. Growing Leaders in Healthcare makes a compelling case for leadership development and, more importantly, spells out a process for developing internal leaders who embody and continue your hospital's values instead of just hiring a new leader from the outside." –Mark Graban, author of Lean Hospitals: Improving Quality, Patient Safety, and Employee Satisfaction
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