Exceptional Leadership: 16 Critical Competencies for Healthcare Executives
Carson F. Dye, FACHE Andrew N. Garman, PsyD
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Book Description
There are good leaders, then there are exceptional leaders. The answer to, “What makes a leader exceptional?” is simple: competencies. Competencies are a set of professional and personal skills, knowledge, values, and traits that guide a leader’s performance. This book focuses on the 16 key competencies that distinguish good leadership from great leadership.
Each of the 16 competencies is explored in a chapter that:
Exceptional leaders take responsibility for their own development. This book includes tools to help you build your skills and advise your direct reports. It provides self-reflection questions to help you prioritize skill-development needs; advice on approaching a mentor; tips for screening executive coaches; and techniques for eliciting useful feedback from direct reports, colleagues, and superiors.
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What Readers Are Saying
“Dye and Garman’s book should be on the bookshelf of every healthcare executive! Each of the 16 competencies is covered in a straightforward, succinctly written chapter supported by an excellent reference list and helpful advice on what to do to pursue personal development in that particular competency. This book is a ‘one-stop shopping’ guide for bringing out the best in all of us!”
—Edgar J. Curtis, FACHE, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Memorial Health System
“This superb book outlines the areas that leaders need to improve on if they aspire to be exceptional leaders. At a time when leadership is often mistaken for power, it is great to have a book that focuses on developing character, which is and must be the fundamental element of leadership.”
—Thomas E. Beeman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lancaster General (from the Foreword)
“While each competency is a critical element of the whole, I was drawn to the chapters on energizing staff and stimulating creativity. These are two of the ‘higher arts’ you see in leaders who have risen up through the ranks and truly fulfill their calling to care for others.”
—Gene Miyamoto, Chief Operating Officer, Battle Creek Health System– Trinity Health
