Physicians As Leaders

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This book provides a concise, clear description of the attitudes, skills, insights, and experiences physicians in all clinical specialties and practice settings need in order to lead and support enhancements in health care delivery. Filled with words of wisdom and lessons learned from dozens of the nation’s leading physicians, the book presents a wide range of practical insights into topics such as communication, influence, conflict resolution, change management, decision making, goal setting, mentoring, and time management. It is also packed with self-assessment quizzes, practical tips, reflection questions, and exercises to help you incorporate its insights into your daily work. Whether you are embarking on your medical practice or already an experienced physician leader, you’ll find this a valuable resource – one you’ll refer back to time and again. “In Physicians as Leaders, McKenna and Pugno [offer] provocative, conceptually clear but terse reminders of important leadership concepts… This makes for an ‘enjoyable read’, but never a superficial treatment… I came to think of this book as ‘dinner conversations’ that were memorable, provocative, and informative. Physicians concerned with transformational leadership requirements for creating a new future for healthcare will likewise savor the dialog.” Andre L Delbecq, DBA, MBA, FACPE, Emeritus Dean of the Santa Clara University School of Business, in the Foreword