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Instructor Resources: PowerPoint slides, additional discussion questions, and web links.

Today’s healthcare leaders face constant challenge and change. Even as they cope with a rapidly evolving environment, they also must overcome existing obstacles inherent to running multifaceted operations. A solid value system will anchor leaders as they navigate these daily hurdles.

This highly regarded book examines leadership through the lens of such values. It provides a comprehensive overview of leadership principles specific to the healthcare environment and explores both personal and team values that drive appropriate and effective behavior. Case studies, exercises, and self-assessment tools facilitate teaching, dialogue, and self-reflection. A valuable resource for seasoned practitioners and their leadership teams, the book is also used extensively in academic courses in leadership.

Updates to this edition include:

Expanded coverage of academic theories and popular approaches to leadership A new chapter articulating the need to identify and develop new types of leaders in healthcare A new chapter on the extensive work of researchers who have examined the impact of leadership on organizational outcomes Updated and expanded discussion of servant leadership, change makers, employee engagement, emotional intelligence, and groupthink Fresh examples and cases featuring clinical leaders, including both nurses and physicians

About the Author

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Carson F. Dye, FACHE, is CEO of Exceptional Leadership LLC, Toledo, Ohio. A seasoned consultant with over 42 years of healthcare experience, he helps organizations with leadership searches and assessment, physician leadership development, succession and transition planning and overall effectiveness. Mr. Dye is an executive recruiter and consultant with three firms, and has been a senior leader in four health systems for 20 years. He is also a faculty member of The Governance Institute, and the University of Alabama Birmingham Executive Graduate Program in Health Administration. He has authored 12 books, including three James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award winners. Mr. Dye serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminars:The Art and Principles of Physician Leadership and EngagementPractical Leadership Strategies in the Age of ChangeThe Board of Governors Exam Review Course Mr. Dye has also authored the following Health Administration Press publications: Developing Physician Leaders for Successful Clinical Integration Exceptional Leadership: 16 Critical Competencies for Healthcare Executives, Second EditionLeadership in Healthcare: Essential Values and Skills, Third EditionThe Healthcare Leader’s Guide to Actions, Awareness, and Perception, Third Edition