Tag: organisational culture

Organizational Behavior, 18th ed.

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Robbins S and Judge T
Pages: 784p.
Format: EPUB
Publisher: Pearson, (17 Jun. 2021)
eISBN-13: 978-1292403069

Long considered the standard for all organizational behavior textbooks, Organizational Behavior provides the research you want, in the language your students understand. This text continues its tradition of making current, relevant research come alive for readers. The Updated 18th Edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the most recent research and business events within the field of organizational behavior worldwide while maintaining its hallmark features ― a clear writing style, cutting-edge content, and intuitive pedagogy. There’s a reason why Robbins textbooks have educated millions of students and have been translated into twenty languages ― and it’s because of a commitment that provides the kind of engaging, cutting-edge material that helps students understand and connect with organizational behavior.

In the dynamic, fast-paced and diverse 21st century workplace, managers and their employees are facing more challenges than ever before. In turn, educators must help to prepare their students for the reality of work and this text will support them to achieve this goal.

Professional Coaching for Agilists

Posted onAuthorJames Ryan

Author: Poole D. Pages: 240
Format: PDF
Publisher:- Pearson Addison Wesley 08/03/2021
eISBN-13: 9780136741886

As Agilists work to increase an organization’s Agility, they will run into major obstacles with mindset shifts, moving to self-organization, and organizational adoption. Over the past decade, more Agilists have been using Professional Coaching to help individuals, teams, and the organization as a whole uncover these obstacles and move forward faster. In Professional Coaching for Agilists, Damon Poole and Gillian Lee draw on their experience with thousands of Agile coaches and practitioners to show you how to use Professional Coaching to accelerate your Agile adoption. The authors’ approach of “learning by doing” teaches by using well-honed exercises, real-life stories, and example coaching conversations.

The Hidden Edge: Why Mental Fitness Is the Only Advantage That Matters in Business

Posted onAuthorJames Ryan

Author: Rogers J.
Pages: 272
Format: PDF
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell 12/05/2021
eISBN-13: 9781119807742

Join eminent leadership and team development expert, Jodie Rogers on an inspiring and insightful journey into managing the most important asset of all – the human mind. Packed full of engaging stories and fascinating real-world case studies, ?The Hidden Edge: Why Mental Fitness is the Only Advantage That Matters in Business, applies key psychological concepts to the modern business world. If we want businesses that are agile and adaptable to change, we first need people who are. Jodie will teach you how to leverage perspective, mindset, values and emotions to master your mental fitness and thus improve business performance. A business case is even laid out within the book showing exactly how enhanced mental fitness can positively impact the bottom line of your business.? This book not only has the power to improve your own life, but shares resources you can use with your teams to develop an engaged, resilient and more productive workforce.

The leader’s guide to emotional agility (emotional intelligence): how to use soft skills to get hard results

Posted onAuthorJames Ryan

Author: Fleming K.
Pages: 208
Format: ePub
Publisher: FT Press
eISBN-13: 9781292083070

The Leader’s Guide to Emotional Agility takes a new approach to emotional intelligence in action and translates it into critical skills that every leader needs to get the most out of themselves and their people. It outlines 8 steps for achieving emotional agility and resilience

Inclusive leadership: the definitive guide to developing and executing an impactful diversity and inclusion strategy: 1st Edition

Posted onAuthorJames Ryan

Author: Sweeney C. Pages: 336
Format: PDF
Publisher: Pearson Education 01/11/2016
eISBN-13:9781292112756

The most successful organisations are those with the most diverse and engaged workforces. Studies show an 80% improvement in business performance among those with high diversity levels. When people feel included and able to reach their full potential, they are more engaged, more productive and often more creative. Inclusive Leadership will help you drive culture change using organisational development principles. It takes you through the key components of leading change throughout the employee lifecycle, your supply chain, and through product development. Crucially, it will help you make a genuine impact on your business, through your people, both now and in the future.

Microsoft Teams For Dummies

Posted onAuthorJames Ryan

Author: Withee R.
Pages: 304
Format: PDF
Publisher: For Dummies 19/03/2020
eISBN-13: 9781119660569

Millions of people access Microsoft Teams every day to assist with the collaboration it takes to get work done. That number continues to grow thanks to the countless communication tools for working with associates inside and outside your organization you can find in Microsoft Teams. If you’re new to Microsoft Teams, start here. This book will give you must-have insight on chatting, file sharing, organizing teams, using video communication, and more. You’ll also see just how you should be doing things, with best-practice recommendations and ideas for integrating Microsoft Teams into your existing workflows. Learn your way around Microsoft Teams and set up the interface. Communicate via chat and video chat, inside and outside your org. Integrate Teams with other Office apps for seamless collaboration. Use Teams to optimize your meetings, build a knowledge wiki, and more! Microsoft’s shared workspace can help you get collaborative and stay connected to the people and files you need, whether you’re at your desk or on the go.

Long-Distance Teammate: Stay Engaged and Connected While Working Anywhere

Posted onAuthorJames Ryan

Author: Eikenberry K and Turmel W. Pages: 224 Format: PDF Publisher: Berrerr-Koehler
19/01/21
eISBN-13: 978-1523090310

Driving Results Through Social Networks: How top organizations leverage Networks for performance and growth

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Driving Results Through Social Networks shows executives and managers how to obtain substantial performance and innovation impact by better leveraging these traditionally invisible assets. For the past decade, Rob Cross and Robert J. Thomas have worked closely with executives from over a hundred top-level companies and government agencies. In this groundbreaking book, they describe in-depth how these leaders are using network thinking to increase revenues, lower costs, and accelerate innovation.

The fearless organization: Creating psychological safety in the workplace for learning, innovation, and growth

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Amy C. Edmondson. Pages: 258 Size: 1.32 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley
Published: 13 November, 2018
eISBN-13: 9781119477228

Conquer the most essential adaptation to the knowledge economy

The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent—but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of “fitting in” and “going along” spells doom in the knowledge economy. Success requires a continuous influx of new ideas, new challenges, and critical thought, and the interpersonal climate must not suppress, silence, ridicule or intimidate. Not every idea is good, and yes there are stupid questions, and yes dissent can slow things down, but talking through these things is an essential part of the creative process. People must be allowed to voice half-finished thoughts, ask questions from left field, and brainstorm out loud; it creates a culture in which a minor flub or momentary lapse is no big deal, and where actual mistakes are owned and corrected, and where the next left-field idea could be the next big thing.

This book explores this culture of psychological safety, and provides a blueprint for bringing it to life. The road is sometimes bumpy, but succinct and informative scenario-based explanations provide a clear path forward to constant learning and healthy innovation.

  • Explore the link between psychological safety and high performance
  • Create a culture where it’s “safe” to express ideas, ask questions, and admit mistakes
  • Nurture the level of engagement and candor required in today’s knowledge economy
  • Follow a step-by-step framework for establishing psychological safety in your team or organization

Shed the “yes-men” approach and step into real performance. Fertilize creativity, clarify goals, achieve accountability, redefine leadership, and much more. The Fearless Organization helps you bring about this most critical transfor

Elephant in the Room: How Relationships Make or Break the Success of Leaders and Organizations

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

A systematic look at how relationships determine the success of leaders and their enterprises, along with tools to help strengthen and change them

Since time immemorial, relationships have determined the fate of leaders. But today they are more critical to success than ever. No longer can leaders count on long time horizons or sloppy competition to make up for the inefficiencies that poor relationships create. Leaders must make decisions and take actions quickly and well with others, even those with whom they share very little?perhaps not even a time zone. This new world puts relationships at the center of what leaders must understand and master to succeed.

Uses in-depth observational studies and clinical research to explore how relationships at the top of organizations work, develop, and change

Shows how to understand, strengthen, and transform these relationships, so they can withstand the most intense pressures and conflicts

Building an Innovative Learning Organization: a framework to build a smarter workforce, adapt to change, and drive growth

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Institute a culture of learning to boost organizational performance and agility

What makes organizations successful? Today, most successful companies are learning organizations. Building an Innovative Learning Organization shows you how to join their ranks and bring your organization up to the head of the class. This book is a practical, actionable guide on how to boost performance, successfully manage change, and innovate more quickly. Learning organizations are composed of engaged, motivated employees who continually seek improvement, which leads to organizational agility and the ability to innovate ahead of the curve. When you encourage learning at every level, from the intern to the C suite, you gain a more highly skilled workforce with a greater ability to act in any situation.

Building an Innovative Learning Organization shows you how to create this culture in your organization, with detailed explanations, practical examples, and step-by-step instructions so you can get started right away. Written by a recognized thought leader in the training industry, this informative and insightful guide is your roadmap to a more effective organization.

You will discover how to:

  • Attract, retain, and motivate the best employees
  • Become a more innovative and agile organization
  • Create a culture of continuous self-improvement
  • Encourage learning at all levels and translate it into action

Learning and education doesn’t end at graduation—it’s a lifelong process that keeps you relevant, informed, and better able to achieve your goals. These same benefits apply at the organizational level, making the culture self-sustaining: learning organizations attract top workers, who drive the organization forward, which attracts more top workers. If you want the best people, you have to be their best option. Building an Innovative Learning Organization gives you a blueprint for building a culture of learning, for a stronger, more robust organization.

Building a Global Learning Organization: using TWI to succeed with strategic workforce expansion in the LEGO Group

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Pages: 234 Size: 4.62 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Productivity Press – M.U.A.
Published: 06 June, 2014
eISBN-13: 9781498700641

Building a Global Learning Organization: Using TWI to Succeed with Strategic Workforce Expansion in the LEGO Group describes how a multinational company developed a global structure for learning based on the TWI (Training Within Industry) program to create and sustain standardized work across multiple language and cultural platforms. In this book, Shingo Prize-winning author Patrick Graupp collaborates with two practitioners who performed the planning and implementation of the LEGO Group worldwide Learning Organization.The book outlines the organizational and planning models used by the LEGO Group to create the internal ability to give and receive tacit skills and knowledge. Describing how and why TWI is used as the foundation for success in knowledge transfer across diverse languages and cultures, it provides step-by-step guidance on how to establish a solid organizational foundation for your own Learning Organization.Providing expert insight into the work of culture change, the book explains how to work with people to create motivation for moving to a new system of learning. It details the critical elements that made the implementation at the LEGO Group a success, identifies the stumbling blocks they encountered along the way, and explains how they were overcome. Case studies describe in detail what these efforts looked and felt like in actual application.The TWI program has long been recognized for its ability to generate results. After reading this book, you will gain valuable insight into how your organization whether large or small, national or international can integrate this timeless tool into your operating structure and your daily culture.

Agile Working and the Digital Workspace: Best Practices for Designing and Implementing Productivity

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Eary, John Pages: 163 Size: 2.35 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Business Expert Press
Published: 03 October, 2018
eISBN-13: 9781947441545

Organizations are increasingly adopting new ways of working to take advantage of new digital technologies to enhance the services they can offer and become more productive. This book defines and explains the different terms that are used to describe new ways of working and identifies the benefits and limitations of different approaches.

Readers will learn about the key components of successful agile working and how a holistic approach is needed for the successful implementation of agile working. The author provides advice on the introduction of new ways of working, including preparing a robust business case, setting up an agile working program, and providing a road map. The contributions of the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to the digital workspace and agile working are assessed.

Building a Better Business Using the Lego Serious Play Method

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Per Kristiansen, Robert Rasmussen. Pages: 243 Size: 2.3 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley
Published: 26 June, 2014
eISBN-13: 9781118931363

Building a Better Business Using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method delivers a creative approach to enhancing innovation and improving business performance, with the focus on unleashing play. Written by the two original Master Trainers for LEGO SERIOUS PLAY (LSP), the book outlines how LSP can develop teams, people, relationships and business . Based on the merging of play with organizational development, systems thinking and strategy development, LSP can foster improved meetings, faster innovation processes, team growth, and better communication.

The belief that everyone intends to do good and has the potential to do it is at the heart of LSP. The method nurtures the idea that everyone in an organization can contribute to discussions and outcomes. Building with LEGO bricks is a type of creative play that triggers a different kind of thought process, unleashing imagination and potential that is frequently untapped by the logical mind. The book explains this hands-on, minds-on approach, and discusses the theory as well as the practical implementation of LSP. Topics include:

  • Observation of internal and external interaction dynamics
  • Fostering a free and honest exchange of opinions
  • Suspending hierarchy for better, more effective communication
  • Facilitating change by encouraging exploration

The LEGO SERIOUS PLAY method is employed by start-ups and multinational corporations alike to maximize synergy among teams and throughout organizations. For leaders looking to boost effectiveness and see better results, Building a Better Business Using the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Method is a comprehensive introduction to this creative management technique.

The Organizational Network Fieldbook: Best Practices, Techniques and Exercises to Drive Organizational Innovation and Performance

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Editors, Rob Cross … [et Al.]. Pages: 385 Size: 5.25 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 03 June, 2010
eISBN-13: 9780470627457

In this practical companion to the best-selling Driving Results Through Social Networks, the authors draw on their network-building activities in organizations such as ConocoPhillips, 3M, and the United States Department of Defense in order to provide a compilation of highly practical approaches to help leaders shift their focus from formal organizational structures to a better understanding of flexible networks.

Preparing for continuous quality improvement for healthcare: sustainability through functional tree structures

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Reza Ziaee, James Bologna. Pages: 172 Size: 4.43 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Productivity Press – M.U.A.
Published: 18 November, 2014
eISBN-13: 9781466567726

This book provides a set of detailed instructions to help you construct your departmental, divisional, or organizational functional tree structure (FTS) and work towards world-class service. Preparing for Continuous Quality Improvement for Healthcare: Sustainability through Functional Tree Structures outlines a method that will enable your organization to set a stable base for future improvements that are sustainable and create breakthrough improvements in service, quality, and costs. More importantly, the FTS method outlined in the book will provide you with the tools to build processes tailored to your customers’ specifications and standards. It will enable you to improve your department, division, and entire organization and edge ahead of your competition. The book explains why organizations steeped in process improvement need to re-evaluate and re-establish their procedures-especially if initial outcomes have not met expectations. Illustrating key concepts with examples, case studies, and flow charts, it provides you with a clear understanding of organizational functional structure and how to document current organizational and departmental functional tree structures. Describing how to identify a department’s functional deficits, shortcomings, and waste, it explains how to select the best course of action for your organization. After reading this book, you will be able to create a pictorial representation of your organization’s current functional structure and select the best course of action for achieving sustainable advancements in service, quality, and costs. The book will help to convert your managers from a people-management mentality to one of process management-transforming leaders to educators and not guards.

Insightful Quality: Beyond Continuous Improvement

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Victor Sower, Frank Fair Pages: 124 Size: 1.18 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Business Expert Press
Published: 15 June, 2012
eISBN-13: 9781606492918

In order to survive and attain and maintain market leadership, organizations must engage in longer-term strategic quality activities to address radical – possibly paradigm-shifting – improvements that might affect the organization and its competitive position. Doing so requires a different way of thinking and acting by leaders and managers. This is known as insightful thinking, and this book can show you how to achieve this kind of success.

This book is about how to think differently about quality and by doing so increase the creativity, innovation, and agility of an organization and its employees as well as the awareness of new developments in the marketplace and their possible impact on the organization and its markets. Quality must be addressed in strategic as well as operational terms in order for organizations to compete effectively over the long term. Strategic quality management requires insightful leadership.

Each chapter contains short case illustrations about real organizations that illustrate the main points of that chapter. It challenges leaders and managers to adopt a new way of thinking and presents thought-provoking ideas about how organizations can begin the process of charting their own paths to insight – and lasting success.

Improving patient safety: tools and strategies for quality improvement

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Raghav Govindarajan. Pages: 299 Size: 2.98 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Productivity Press
Published: 15 January, 2019
eISBN-13: 9781498785037

Based on the IOM’s estimate of 44,000 deaths annually, medical errors rank as the eighth leading cause of death in the U.S. Clearly medical errors are an epidemic that needs to be contained. Despite these numbers, patient safety and medical errors remain an issue for physicians and other clinicians. This book bridges the issues related to patient safety by providing clinically relevant, vignette-based description of the areas where most problems occur. Each vignette highlights a particular issue such as communication, human facturs, E.H.R., etc. and provides tools and strategies for improving quality in these areas and creating a safer environment for patients.

New Job, New Challenges: Everything You Need To Thrive In Your New Role

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: 50minutes.Com Size: 1.56 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: 50 Minutes
Published: 11 August, 2017
eISBN-13: 9782806299253

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about successfully taking on a new role with this practical guide. Whether you are entering the workforce for the first time, returning to work after time off, or simply moving into a new role, your first few weeks in a new job are crucial. Being well prepared and taking the time to understand the norms and expectations of your new working environment are essential if you want to shine in your trial period and ensure a bright future at your company. In 50 minutes you will be able to:

  • Prepare effectively for your new role, no matter what stage of your career you are at
  • Understand the culture of your new team and how to work effectively with your colleagues
  • Boost your self-confidence and establish credibility with your coworkers

Overcoming Secondary Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Robert J. Wicks. Pages: 214 Size: 805 KB Format: PDF Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 25 August, 2005
eISBN-13: 978019803845

Physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals working in today’s health care settings must be prepared to offer support in dangerous times despite staffing shortages, financial pressures, and complex legal requirements. Overcoming Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice: A Guide to Professional Resilience and Personal Well-Being is a concise guide for all medical professionals who face these demands. This book:

  • Provides critical information about the dangers of compassion fatigue/burnout and vicarious post-traumatic stress disorder in health care settings
  • Introduces a newly-developed “Medical-Nursing Professional Secondary Stress Self-Awareness Questionnaire” that can be profitably self-administered at each phase of one’s career and reflected upon in private, with one’s mentor, or in a small group setting
  • Includes a unique section on strengthening one’s inner life through the use of three core spiritual wisdom approaches drawn from a world religion perspective
  • Provides a description of four types of “voices” one needs to have in one’s circle of friends to ensure that balance, perspective, growth, and challenge are fostered in one’s personal and professional life
  • Describes how physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals can formulate a personally-designed self-care protocol for themselves

Lastly, this book offers an extensive and up-to date bibliography of recent research, clinical papers, and books on medical-nursing practice and secondary stress. Overcoming Stress in Medical and Nursing Practice is an indispensable resource for medical and nursing professionals, students, and the counselors and therapists who work with them.

Preventing Burnout: The key to staying healthy and engaged at work

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: 50minutes.Com Pages: 0 Size: 1.37 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: 50 Minutes
Published: 10 April, 2017
eISBN-13: 9782806269782

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about preventing burnout with this practical guide.Many professionals in today’s business world find themselves working increasingly long hours and even taking work home with them as they try to manage their workloads and advance in their careers. However, this commitment to their jobs can lead to stress, fatigue and ultimately burnout, which has severe and long-lasting consequences. It is therefore imperative to take control of your work-life balance before reaching this stage.In 50 minutes you will be able to:

  • Identify the warning signs of burnout in yourself and others
  • Understand the personal, work-based and emotional risk factors for professional exhaustion
  • Take steps to prevent the development of burnout before it takes hold

McKinsey 7S Framework: Boost business performance, prepare for change and implement effective strategies

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: 50minutes.Com Pages: 20 Size: 752 KB Format: EPUB Publisher: 50 Minutes
Published: 02 September, 2015
eISBN-13: 9782806265920

Understand the connections within your business!. This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the McKinsey 7S framework, providing you with the essential information and saving time.. In 50 minutes you will be able to:

  • Understand the 7 aspects of this dynamic model.
  • Realize how these aspects are interconnected and the impact this has on your business.
  • Use the 7S framework to implement new projects and changes into your business

Six Sigma: Constantly improve your business processes

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: 50minutes.Com Pages: 21 Size: 1.06 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: 50 Minutes
Published: 02 September, 2015
eISBN-13: 9782806265913

Constantly improve your business processes!. This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing Six Sigma, providing you with the essential information and saving time.. In 50 minutes you will be able to:

  • Follow the DMAIC methodology to successfully implement Six Sigma in your company
  • Focus on the three most important factors: customers, employees and processes
  • Form a strategy that focuses on product quality improvement according to the expectations of your customers

Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Patrick Lencioni. Pages: 176 Size: 1.44 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 06 May, 2005
eISBN-13: 9780787979324

In Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team, Lencioni offers more specific, practical guidance for overcoming the Five Dysfunctions using tools, exercises, assessments, and real-world examples. He examines questions that all teams must ask themselves:

  • Are we really a team?
  • How are we currently performing?
  • Are we prepared to invest the time and energy required to be a great team?

Written concisely and to the point, this guide gives leaders, line managers, and consultants alike the tools they need to get their teams up and running quickly and effectively.

Scrum For Dummies

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Mark C. Layton. Pages: 411 Size: 5.82 MB Format: PDF Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 16 April, 2015
eISBN-13: 9781118905838

Practice an agile form of management to stop wasting time and money Scrum For Dummies is an easy to use guide to managing the tricky transition from a traditional project management methodology to the new and most popular agile framework. As the most efficient, successful methodology for team project management, Scrum relies on transparency, flexibility, and fluidity to deliver a final product that fulfills the needs of all stakeholders. Written in easy-to-read Dummies style, this book walks you through the core principles of Scrum and provides a roadmap for tangible implementation. The vast majority of projects go over budget, and billions of dollars are wasted every year on overruns. Put a stop to this wasteful leakage by switching to a management style that keeps all participants informed, up-to-date, and accountable. Authored by a Certified Scrum Trainer, Mark Layton, Scrum For Dummies covers the key ideas and processes behind Scrum methodologies, and presents the inner workings of the plan in an engaging and accessible format. Topics include:

  • The Scrum values, roles, artifacts, and activities that make up the principle of this methodology
  • When and how best to use Scrum
  • The differences between Scrum and other agile methodologies
  • Using Scrum for IT, finance, construction, health care, and more

The book also delves into the everyday use of Scrum, and how it can help you achieve your own personal goals outside of work. There`s a reason why scrum is quickly becoming the standard approach to project management it works! If you want to stop wasting time and start producing more effectively, Scrum For Dummies is the guide that will get you there.

Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality into Any Organization

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Laura Putnam. Pages: 351 Size: 2.05 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley
Published: 08 June, 2015
eISBN-13: 9781119055730

A smarter framework for designing more effective workplace wellness programs

Workplace Wellness That Works provides a fresh perspective on how to promote employee well-being in the workplace. In addressing the interconnectivity between wellness and organizational culture, this book shows you how to integrate wellness into your existing employee development strategy in more creative, humane, and effective ways. Based on the latest research and backed by real-world examples and case studies, this guide provides employers with the tools they need to start making a difference in their employees’ health and happiness, and promoting an overall culture of well-being throughout the organization. You’ll find concrete, actionable advice for tackling the massive obstacle of behavioral change, and learn how to design and implement an approach that can most benefit your organization.

Promoting wellness is a good idea. Giving employees the inspiration and tools they need to make changes in their lifestyles is a great idea. But the billion-dollar question is: what do they want, what do they need, and how do we implement programs to help them without causing more harm than good? Workplace Wellness That Works shows you how to assess your organization’s needs and craft a plan that actually benefits employees.

  • Build an effective platform for well-being
  • Empower employees to make better choices
  • Design and deliver the strategy that your organization needs
  • Drive quantifiable change through more creative implementation

Today’s worksite wellness industry represents a miasma of competing trends, making it nearly impossible to come away with tangible solutions for real-world implementation. Harnessing a broader learning and development framework, Workplace Wellness That Works skips the fads and shows you how to design a smarter strategy that truly makes a difference in employees’ lives and your company’s bottom line.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Patrick Lencioni. Pages: 242 Size: 2.52 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 18 April, 2007
eISBN-13: 9780787962807

In The Five Dysfunctions of a Team Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, The Five Temptations of a CEO and The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech’s CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencioni’s utterly gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight. Throughout the story, Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. He outlines a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team. Just as with his other books, Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders.

Humble Leadership: The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust

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Author: Edgar H. Schein, Peter Schein. Pages: 142 Size: 1.47 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 14 August, 2018
eISBN-13: 9781523095407

The more traditional forms of leadership that are based on static hierarchies and professional distance between leaders and followers are growing increasingly outdated and ineffective. As organizations face more complex interdependent tasks, leadership must become more personal in order to insure open trusting communication that will make more collaborative problem solving and innovation possible. Without open and trusting communications throughout organizations, they will continue to face the productivity and quality problems that result from reward systems that emphasize individual competition and “climbing the corporate ladder”. Authors Edgar Schein and Peter Schein recognize this reality and call for a reimagined form of leadership that coincides with emerging trends of relationship building, complex group work, diverse workforces, and cultures in which everyone feels psychologically safe. Humble Leadership calls for “here and now” humility based on a deeper understanding of the constantly evolving complexities of interpersonal, group and intergroup relationships that require shifting our focus towards the process of group dynamics and collaboration. Humble Leadership at all levels and in all working groups will be the key to achieving the creativity, adaptiveness, and agility that organizations will need to survive and grow.

Build It: The Rebel Playbook for World Class Employee Engagement

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Glenn Elliott, Debra Corey. Pages: 272 Size: 3.55 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley
Published: 29 January, 2018
eISBN-13: 9781119390084

The old way of treating people at work has failed. Only 30% of employees are engaged in their jobs, and in this fast-paced world that’s just not enough. The world’s best companies understand this, and have been quietly treating people differently for nearly two decades.

Now you can learn their secrets and discover The Engagement Bridge™ model, proven to build bottom line value for companies through sustainable employee engagement.

Companies with the best cultures generate stock market returns of twice the general market and enjoy half the employee turnover of their peers. Their staff innovate more, deliver better customer service and, hands-down, beat the competition. These companies outperform and disrupt their markets. They break the rules of traditional HR, they rebel against the status quo.

Build it has found these rebels and the rulebreakers. From small startups to global powerhouses, this book shows that courage, commitment and a people-centric mindset, rather than money and resources, are what you need to turn an average business into a category leader.

The book follows the clear and proven Engagement Bridge™ model, developed from working with thousands of leading companies worldwide on their own employee engagement journeys. The practical model highlights the areas that leaders need to examine in order to build a highly engaged company culture and provides a framework for success.

Build it is packed with exclusive tips, tools brand case studies from HR rebels including Brewdog, Virgin, LinkedIn, Atlassian, Zappos, Buffer, American Express, VayerMedia and many more. Readers will learn:

  • How employee engagement helps companies perform.
  • The key factors that drive engagement, and how they work together.
  • What the world’s most rebellious companies have done to break the rules of traditional HR and improve engagement.
  • How to implement The Engagement BridgeTM model to boost productivity, innovation and better decision making.

Unique in this category, Build it is written from two sharply different perspectives.

Glenn Elliott is a multi-award winning Entrepreneur of the Year, CEO and growth investor. He talks candidly about the mistakes and missteps he has made whilst building Reward Gateway into a $500m category leader in employee engagement technology.

Debra Corey brings 30 years experience in senior level HR roles at global companies such as Gap, Quintiles, Honeywell and Merlin Entertainments. She shares the practical tools and case studies that can kickstart your employee engagement plan, bringing her own pragmatic and engaging style to each situation.

Professional Burnout

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Edited By Wilmar B. Schaufeli, Christina Maslach, Tadeusz Marek. Pages: 313 Size: 309.33 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Routledge Ltd
Published: 26 June, 2017
eISBN-13: 9781315227979

A rapidly growing number of people experience psychological strain at their workplace. In almost all industrialized countries, absenteeism and turnover rates increase, and an increasing amount of workers receive disablement benefits because of psychological problems. This book, first published in 1993, concentrates on a specific kind of occupational stress: burnout, the depletion of energy resources as a result of continuous emotional demands of the job.

This volume presents theoretical perspectives that had been developed in the United States and Europe, discusses methodological issues, and examines organisational contexts. Written by an international group of leading scholars, this book will be of interest to students of both psychology and human resource management.

Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Nursing

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Author: Vidette Todaro-Franceschi. Pages: 255 Size: 1.83 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 20 September, 2012
eISBN-13: 9780826109781

Compassion fatigue afflicts nurses working in all caring environments and has become a serious issue in health care institutions nationwide. This is the only book to specifically address this challenge and the related syndrome of burnout in nursing. It presents a unique healing model designed to identify, treat and, where possible, avert compassion fatigue with holistic strategies and action plans that help cultivate a healthier, more satisfying work environment.

The volume addresses risk factors for and manifestations of compassion fatigue, burnout, and other related experiences such as PTS, death overload, collective trauma, and moral distress, and presents strategies to mediate and resolve these issues. The author emphasizes ways in which dissatisfaction influences the quality of patient care and calls for nurses to reinvent their work environments to favor compassion contentment. Case vignettes and exercises will help readers identify and alter patterns of negativity to reaffirm purpose in their professional lives.

Key Features:

  • Describes the positive and negative contributors to professional quality of life
  • Explores the multifaceted nature of compassion fatigue and burnout, in nursing
  • Addresses the unique risk factors for nurses who work in critical care/ER, oncology, medical/surgical, and palliative care areas
  • Offers holistic self and group strategies and action plans to help leadership and staff nurses overcome compassion fatigue and promote work satisfaction
  • Addresses gaps in education which contribute to the development of compassion fatigue and burnout
  • Designed for nurses in stressful health care environments, and nurse educators and students

Management and Organisational Behaviour, 11th ed.

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Author: Laurie J. Mullins With Gill Christy. Pages: 681 Size: 16.74 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Pearson Education M.U.A.
Published: 17 February, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781292088518

Laurie Mullins’s Management & Organisational Behaviour is the essential guide to OB for students today. Over half a million students have used this engaging and practically focused book as their introduction to the world of management and organisational behaviour, and it continues to evolve and improve to serve the needs of modern students. Using both theory and practical, real-world examples, the textbook considers how organisational performance can be improved through effective management of people. This unique approach to the subject enables students to relate Organisational Behaviour to Management in the broader social and cultural contexts. This fully updated new edition incorporates new content and a streamlined structure to deliver the best possible learning experience. Key features include:

  • Expanded Personal Skills and Employability sections as well as 5 new end of chapter exercises and an end of book review to help you to develop your social and work-based skills in preparation for life after study.
  • New and revised management and OB in action case studies help to place the theory of management and organisational behaviour in the context of everyday organisational practice.
  • New and revised end of chapter case studies provide a deeper insight into a wide variety of organisations in the UK and around the world.
  • New Academic Viewpoint features in each part links to relevant research for a deeper understanding of the topics discussed.

Management and Organisational Behaviour will appeal to students at undergraduate level or on related professional courses, as well as to graduates and professionals aspiring to management positions. This bible of Organisational Behaviour is the perfect resource for students from all backgrounds – Management starts with Mullins!

Lean Six Sigma For Dummies

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: By John Morgan And Martin Brenig-Jones. Pages: 371 Size: 6.26 MB Format: PDF Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 08 October, 2015
eISBN-13: 9781119073802

Maximise the quality and efficiency of your organisation with Lean Six Sigma Are you looking to make your organisation more effective and productive? If you answered “yes,” you need to change the way it thinks. Combining the leading improvement methods of Six Sigma and Lean, this winning technique drives performance to the next level and this friendly and accessible guide shows you how. The third edition of Lean Six Sigma For Dummies outlines the key concepts of this strategy and explains how you can use it to get the very best out of your team and your business. The jargon-crowded language and theory of Lean Six Sigma can be intimidating for both beginners and experienced users. Written in plain English and packed with lots of helpful examples, this easy-to-follow guide arms you with tools and techniques for implementing Lean Six Sigma and offers guidance on everything from policy deployment to managing change in your organisation and everything in between.

  • Gives you plain-English explanations of complicated jargon
  • Serves as a useful tool for businesspeople looking to make their organisation more effective
  • Helps you achieve goals with ease and confidence
  • Provides useful hands-on checklists

Whether you want to manage a project more tightly or fine-tune existing systems and processes, the third edition of Lean Six Sigma For Dummies makes it easier to achieve your business goals.

Lean Six Sigma Business Transformation For Dummies

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Author: By Roger Burghall, Vince Grant, John Morgan. Pages: 332 Size: 20.27 MB Format: PDF Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 31 July, 2014
eISBN-13: 9781118844885

Use Lean Six Sigma to transform your business. Lean Six Sigma is a powerful method for improving both the efficiency and quality of projects and operations. In this new book, the team that bought you Lean Six Sigma For Dummies shows you how to take Lean Six Sigma to the next level and manage continual change in your organization. You`ll learn to design a roadmap for transformation that`s tailored to your business objectives; develop and implement processes that eliminate waste and variation across the company; synchronize your supply chain; and successfully deploy Lean Six Sigma over time. Lean Six Sigma Business Transformation For Dummies shows you how to:

  • Define your transformation objectives and create a bespoke `Transformation Charter` for your organization.
  • Assess your company`s readiness for transformation.
  • Establish a `Transformation Governance System` to help you manage the transformation programme effectively.
  • Bring your people with you! Plan and achieve the cultural change needed to make the transformation process successful.
  • Join up the dots between planning and effective execution with Strategy Deployment.
  • Deploy a `Continuous Improvement` toolkit to achieve everyday operational excellence.
  • Sustain the transformation programme and widen the scope across the organization (including deploying to the supply chain).
  • Adopt a `Capability Maturity Approach` to drive business improvement – recognizing that change is a continuous transformational journey, just as pioneers like Toyota have done.
  • Use a range of Lean Six Sigma Tools – using the right tools, at the right time (and in the right order!) enables continuous improvement by eliminating waste and process variation.

Lean For Dummies

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: By Natalie Sayer And Bruce Williams. Pages: 411 Size: 17.24 MB Format: PDF Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 01 March, 2012
eISBN-13: 9781118224465

Take charge and engage your enterprise in a Lean transformation Have you thought about using Lean in your business or organization, but are not really sure how to implement it? Or perhaps you`re already using Lean, but you need to get up to speed. Lean For Dummies shows you how to do more with less and create an enterprise that embraces change. In plain-English, this friendly guide explores the general overview of Lean, how flow and the value stream works, and the best ways to apply Lean to your enterprise. This revised edition includes the latest tools, advice, and information that can be used by everyone — from major corporations to small business, from non-profits and hospitals to manufacturers and service corporations. In addition, it takes a look at the successes and failures of earlier Lean pioneers — including Toyota, the inventors of Lean — and offer case studies and hands-on advice.

  • The latest on the Six Sigma and Lean movements
  • The role of technology and the expanding
  • Lean toolbox Case studies enhance the material

Lean For Dummies gives today`s business owners and upper level management in companies of all sizes and in all industries, the tools and information they need to streamline process and operate more efficiently.

The Improvement Guide: A Practical Approach to Enhancing Organizational Performance

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Author: Gerald J. Langley … [et Al.]. Pages: 515 Size: 2.53 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Jossey Bass Ltd
Published: 13 May, 2009
eISBN-13: 9780470430880

This new edition of this bestselling guide offers an integrated approach to process improvement that delivers quick and substantial results in quality and productivity in diverse settings. The authors explore their Model for Improvement that worked with international improvement efforts at multinational companies as well as in different industries such as healthcare and public agencies. This edition includes new information that shows how to accelerate improvement by spreading changes across multiple sites. The book presents a practical tool kit of ideas, examples, and applications.

Resonate: Present Visual Stories that Transform Audiences

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Author: Nancy Duarte. Pages: 276 Size: 46.31 MB Format: PDF Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Published: 27 September, 2010
eISBN-13: 978111801487

Reveals the underlying story form of all great presentations that will not only create impact, but will move people to action Presentations are meant to inform, inspire, and persuade audiences. So why then do so many audiences leave feeling like they`ve wasted their time? All too often, presentations don`t resonate with the audience and move them to transformative action. Just as the author`s first book helped presenters become visual communicators, Resonate helps you make a strong connection with your audience and lead them to purposeful action. The author`s approach is simple: building a presentation today is a bit like writing a documentary. Using this approach, you`ll convey your content with passion, persuasion, and impact. Author has a proven track record, including having created the slides in Al Gore`s Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth Focuses on content development methodologies that are not only fundamental but will move people to action Upends the usual paradigm by making the audience the hero and the presenter the mentor Shows how to use story techniques of conflict and resolution Presentations don`t have to be boring ordeals. You can make them fun, exciting, and full of meaning. Leave your audiences energized and ready to take action with Resonate .

Ideas Are Free

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Robinson, Alan G, Dean M. Schroeder Schroeder, Dean M. Pages: 255 Size: 1.07 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 09 January, 2006
eISBN-13: 9781605090177

The fact is, because they’re the ones doing the day-to-day work, front-line employees see a great many problems and opportunities that their managers don’t. But most organisations do very poorly at tapping into this extraordinary potential source of revenue-enhancing and savings-generating ideas.

Drawing on extensive research and experience in more than 300 organisations around the world, Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder show precisely how to take advantage of the virtually free, perpetually renewable resource of employee ideas.

True excellence and sustainable competitive advantage—in every area, from productivity, to responsiveness, keeping costs low, quality and service delivery—is only possible with the attention to detail that comes from getting and implementing large numbers of ideas from employees.

Business Storytelling For Dummies

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: By Karen Dietz, Phd And Lori L. Silverman. Pages: 387 Size: 12.24 MB Format: PDF Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 12 April, 2013
eISBN-13: 978111873028

Use storytelling to influence people and move them to action Need to get your point across? Get staff on board with change? Foster collaboration? Increase sales? Strengthen employee engagement? Build customer loyalty? Drive innovation and creativity? Capture best practices? Align people around a goal? Grow your business? Business Storytelling For Dummies can help you do this and more.

  • Expert advice with real-world examples
  • Proven case studies, tips, and templates
  • How to get results by capturing, crafting, telling stories, and more

The Idea-Driven Organization

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Alan G. Robinson, Dean M. Schroeder. Pages: 138 Size: 2.46 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 31 March, 2014
eISBN-13: 9781626561250

Most companies, if they solicit employee ideas at all, essentially just set up a suggestion box, which employees know from experience is where ideas go to die. So nothing happens. But innovation is not an option – it’s the key to survival. And innovation needs new ideas. So where are those ideas going to come from? Using numerous examples, Robinson and Schroeder argue that the employees who interact directly with your customers, make your products, and provide your services are in the best position to see where problems exist and what improvements and new offerings would have the most impact. Robinson and Schroeder explain how leaders can build the kind of idea-driven company capable of implementing 50 to 100 or more ideas per employee per year. Drawing on their work with companies world-wide, they show what’s needed to put together a management team open to grassroots innovation and describe the strategies, policies, and practices that encourage – and those that discourage – employee ideas. They detail exactly how high-performing idea processes work and how to design one customized for your organization – including advice for teaching people how to come up with new ideas. The best ideas may come from the bottom, but they have to be systematically solicited from the top.

Summary The Idea-Driven Organization – Review and Analysis of Robinson and Schroeder’s Book

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Author: Businessnews Publishing Pages: 25 Size: 1.35 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Must Read Summaries
Published: 01 July, 2015
eISBN-13: 9782511036068

The must-read summary of Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder`s book: “”The Idea-Driven Organization””.This complete summary of the ideas from Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder`s book “”The Idea-Driven Organization”” details how the best ideas to improve a business often come from the front-line. According to Robinson and Schroeder, you should listen to these ideas and apply them. This is exactly what an idea-driven organisation does. For this concept to work, organisations must have systems in place to push and pull these ideas.There are five steps to building an idea-driven organisation:1. Understand the power of front-line ideas2. Realise this needs different leadership3. Align your strategy and management4. Implement your front-line idea system5. Use these ideas to innovateAdded-value of this summary:

  • Save time
  • Understand the power of front-line ideas
  • Build an idea-driven organisation and benefit from innovative ideas

To learn more, read ”The Idea-Driven Organization’ and start listening to those that know your business the best!

Problem Solving for Healthcare Workers

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Author: John Michael Collins. Pages: 267 Size: 2.12 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Productivity Press
Published: 02 January, 2018
eISBN-13: 9780203728727

While most healthcare facilities have an extremely high success rate at the most challenging lifesaving work and we all know of friends and relatives who have had supreme care, mistakes are still made and patients’ lives have been put at risk and lost.

How often have we heard politicians say after some disastrous report, “Lessons must be learned”, but what does this really mean. Will responsible parties carry out a careful cause and effect analysis and methodically get to the root causes of the problem? Will sufficient steps be taken to permanently eradicate those causes and provide a permanent solution so that the problem will not reoccur? This is what is done in the aviation industry with the result that air travel is very safe. The low accident rate is achieved by studying the causes and using the methods of continuous improvement explained in this book. These methods are now becoming better known in the medical profession have been recommended in recent reports but are perhaps misunderstood at operational levels.

This book is a basic level manual for those who have never been involved in any form of quality improvement project and is also suitable as a refresher for anyone wishing to familiarize themselves with the various techniques discussed. The aim of this book is to explain what continuous improvement is and why it’s needed; explain how individual departments can explain how and why continuous improvement is important, and helps readers recognize quality control methods in their own workplace and understand how to contribute to existing continuous improvement activities. While many of the case studies and examples are from the NHS, the author includes similar examples from around the world.

The Art of Followership: How Great Followers Create Great Leaders and Organizations

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Editors, Ronald E. Riggio, Ira Chaleff, Jean Lipman-Blumen ; Foreword By James Macgregor Burns. Pages: 418 Size: 1.52 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Jossey Bass Ltd
Published: 07 January, 2008
eISBN-13: 9780470186411

The Art of Followership puts dynamic leader-follower interaction at the forefront of discussion. It examines the multiple roles followers play and their often complex relationship to leaders. With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners from the burgeoning field of leadership/followership studies, this groundbreaking book outlines how followers contribute to effective leadership and to organizations overall. Drawing from various disciplines from philosophy, to psychology and management, to education the book defines followership and its myriad meanings. The Art of Followership explores the practice and research that promote positive followership and reveals the part that followers play in setting the standards and formulating the culture and policies of the group. The contributors include new models of followership and explore fresh perspectives on the contributions that followers make to groups, organizations, societies, and leaders. The book also explores the most current research on followership and includes insights and perspectives on the future of leader-follower relationships.

Leadership is Half the Story: A Fresh Look at Followership, Leadership, and Collaboration

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Author: Marc Hurwitz Pages: 290 Size: 3.78 MB Format: PDF Publisher: University Of Toronto Press – M.U.A
Published: 03 February, 2015
eISBN-13: 9781442622395

Can you imagine a choreographer only training one dancer to lead while his or her partner sits in the lobby staring at the wall? Yet we do this all the time in organizations. Half the partnership is missing.. Leadership is Half the Story introduces the first model to seamlessly integrate leadership, followership, and partnerships. This research-backed, field-tested book contributes many new ideas and practical advice for everyone in an organization ndash; from CEO to HR director to front-line manager to consultant.. All of us lead, not just those with the formal title. All of us follow, not just front-line staff. In great collaborations, one moment we are leading and then we flip to following; in other words, the relationship between leadership and followership is dynamic, context-specific, and ever-evolving. This empowering perspective opens up leadership to everyone, normalizes followership, and enables more productive and innovative collaborations. Candid discussions about both roles allow for better coaching, mentoring, skill development, and interpersonal agility, and result in stronger teams.

Followership: What It Takes to Lead

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Author: James Shindler, James Schindler Pages: 83 Size: 1.14 MB Format: EPUB Publisher: Business Expert Press
Published: 18 November, 2014
eISBN-13: 9781606497333

Every leader is also a follower. Both good leaders and good followers exhibit many of the same characteristics. Both think for themselves, both are active in the leadership process, and both exhibit positive energy. Traditionally, leadership classes and leadership development programs devote little time and attention to developing effective follower skills because most organizational leaders erroneously assume that employees know how to follow. This book takes a look at both current leadership and followership theories and describes how to apply them in an organizational setting. The book also provides an overview of what it means to be a good follower and provides a roadmap of how to develop followership skills that can easily be translated to leadership skills as the need arises. Generally, there is a negative connotation of the term followership due to a lack of understanding of the topic of followership. This lack of understanding has frequently caused leaders to overlook followership as a necessary part of a successful organization. Increasing awareness of followership processes within the organizational context will lead to improved leadership and improved organizational performance. This book will aid in the development of those great followers who are great employees who in-turn will possess the skills necessary to become great leaders. This book is intended for a broad audience including both students and practitioners of Leadership.

Managing Millennials For Dummies

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Author: Hannah Ubl, Lisa Walden, Debra Arbit. Pages: 435 Size: 7.04 MB Format: PDF Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 06 April, 2017
eISBN-13: 9781119310235

Managing Millennials For Dummies is the field guide to people-management in the modern workplace. Packed with insight, advice, personal anecdotes, and practical guidance, this book shows you how to manage your Millennial workers and teach them how to manage themselves. You’ll learn just what makes them tick—they’re definitely not the workers of yesteryear—and how to uncover the deeply inspirational talent they have hiding not far below the surface. Best practices and proven strategies from Google, Netflix, LinkedIn, and other top employers provide real-world models for effective management, and new research on first-wave versus second-wave Millennials helps you parse the difference between your new hires and more experienced workers. You’ll learn why flex time, social media, dress code, and organizational structure are shifting, and answer the all-important question: why won’t they use the phone?

Millennials are the product of a different time, with different values, different motivations, and different wants—and in the U.S., they now make up the majority of the workforce. This book shows you how to bring out their best and discover just how much they’re really capable of.

  • Learn how Millennials are changing the way work gets done
  • Understand new motivations, attitudes, values, and drive
  • Recruit, motivate, engage, and retain incredible emerging talent
  • Discover the keys to optimal Millennial management

The pop culture narrative would have us believe that Millennials are entitled, lazy, spoiled brats—but the that couldn’t be further from the truth. They are the generation of change: highly adaptive, bright, and quick to take on a challenge. Like any generation of workers, performance lies in management—if you’re not getting what you need from your Millennials, it’s time to learn how to lead them the way they need to be led. Managing Millennials For Dummies is your handbook for allowing them to exceed your expectations.

Positive Psychology and Change

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Sarah Lewis. Pages: 272 Size: 2.47 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 04 March, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781118793848

Positive Psychology and Change explores how areas of positive psychology such as strengths, flow, and psychological capital can be applied to the everyday challenges of leading a dynamic and adaptive work community, and how collaborative group approaches to transformational change can be combined with a positive mindset to maintain optimism and motivation in an unpredictable working environment.

  • Articulates a unique vision for organizational leadership in the 21st century that combines positive psychology, Appreciative Inquiry (AI), and collaborative group technologies
  • Focuses on four specific co-creative approaches (Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space, World Cafe and SimuReal) and the ways in which they surpass traditional methods for organizational change
  • Explains the latest theory, research, and practice, and translates it into concrete, actionable ideas for meeting the day-to-day challenges of effective and adaptive leadership and management
  • Includes learning features such as boxed text, short case studies, stories, and cartoons

Talent Management in Healthcare

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Paul Turner. Pages: 363 Size: 2.11 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 01 January, 2018
eISBN-13: 9783319578880

Providing a global perspective on the increasingly important concept of talent management in the health sector, this significant new text brings together evidence and research findings to suggest how healthcare organisations can attract and retain talent. The demand for healthcare in many countries often exceeds the supply of those who can provide it, and with case studies from Asia, the UK and the US, this book provides geographical insights into the extent of this global challenge. Topics discussed include employee engagement, employer branding, retention and succession planning. Talent Management in Healthcare offers readers a substantial guide and provides a sustainable talent strategy for organisations within the healthcare industry. An invaluable contribution to research on human resource development, this book will be of interest to academics and practitioners involved in organisational development, human resource management and healthcare management.

Organizational Behavior

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Author: Robbins, Stephen P.,, Tim Judge Judge, Tim Pages: 747 Size: 23.41 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Pearson Education M.U.A.
Published: 04 April, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781292146317

For undergraduate and graduate courses in Organizational Behavior. Help Students Better Understand Their Behavioral and Interpersonal Skills Long considered the standard for all organizational behavior textbooks, Organizational Behavior provides the research you want, in the language your students understand. This text continues its tradition of making current, relevant research come alive for readers. The Seventeenth Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent research and business events within the field of organizational behavior worldwide, while maintaining its hallmark features-clear writing style, cutting-edge content, and intuitive pedagogy.

The outstanding middle manager: how to be a healthy, happy, high-performing mid-level manager

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Author: Gordon Tinline And Cary Cooper. Pages: 208 Size: 1.25 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
Published: 03 September, 2016
eISBN-13: 9780749474676

Recent research shows that the number of people in senior specialist and middle management positions is growing. As organizations continue to flatten, the middle becomes the place where many will spend the majority of their careers. The Outstanding Middle Manager is the new guide to dealing with those pressures specific to the role and maximizing the opportunities to forge a fulfilling and balanced career in the middle. Drawing on the latest research into workplace trends, strategic management and work-life balance, Tinline and Cooper focus on middle management as an opportunity level. Readers can discover: strategies for managing upwards as well as downwards, how to deal effectively with generational differences and an evolving workplace, influencing, empowerment and team-building skills, and stress- and life-management strategies that bring clarity and purpose. With a focus on lateral development and progression as a career choice, The Outstanding Middle Manager empowers readers to take control of their mid-level career to become more fulfilled, more resilient and more satisfied.

Managing in Health and Social Care

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Author: Vivien Martin, Julie Charlesworth And Euan Henderson. Pages: 380 Size: 2.46 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Routledge Ltd – M.U.A.
Published: 25 February, 2010
eISBN-13: 9780203856932

Managing in Health and Social Care is about developing skills to manage and improve health and social care services. The focus throughout is on the role that a manager can play in ensuring effective delivery of high-quality services. Examples from social care and health settings are used to illustrate techniques for managing people, resources, information, projects and change. This new edition has been extensively revised and updated, and includes many new case studies and examples, as well as a new chapter on motivation. It covers topics such as:

  • interorganisational and interprofessional working
  • leadership
  • responding to the needs of service users
  • the service environment
  • accountability and risk
  • working with a budget
  • standards and quality
  • managing change.

The authors explore how managers can make a real and positive difference to the work of organisations providing health and social care. They consider what effectiveness means in managing care services, the values that underpin the services, the roles of leaders and managers in developing high-quality service provision, and the necessary skills and systems to enable service users to contribute to planning and evaluation. Managing in Health and Social Care is a practical textbook for students of management in health and social care, whether at undergraduate or postgraduate level. It includes case studies with textual commentary to reinforce learning, activities, key references and clear explanations of essential management tools and concepts.

Managing change: From health policy to practice

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Author: Burnes, Bernard Pages: 673 Size: 4.81 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Pearson Education M.U.A.
Published: 16 August, 2017
eISBN-13: 9781292156071

The aim of this leading textbook is to provide a thorough understanding of the theories, approaches and practice of organisational change.  It critically examines the approaches to change that are on offer, indicates their usefulness and drawbacks and sets them within the broad context of organisational life through the use of real-life examples.

Management and Organisational Behaviour

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Author: Laurie J. Mullins With Gill Christy. Pages: 851 Size: 16.76 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Pearson Education M.U.A.
Published: 08 April, 2013
eISBN-13: 9780273792734

The essential introduction to management and organisational behaviour – over half a million students worldwide have used Management and Organisational Behaviour to help them learn. Written in an engaging style and packed with contemporary references to management research and practice, this book continues to be the Organisational Behaviour text of choice for today`s students. A range of real life examples and case studies illustrate the theories of human behaviour at work, and the influence of individuals, leaders and groups on organisational performance. Using frequent questions and exercises, a clear layout, and additional online resources, this book will enable students to

  • think critically about topical issues and debates.
  • develop personal and professional skills for work and study.
  • reinforce and assess knowledge and understanding.
  • navigate through the text efficiently and effectively.
  • succeed in project work, research and exams.

Making Sense of Change Management

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Author: Esther Cameron And Mike Green. Pages: 464 Size: 3.79 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
Published: 03 March, 2015
eISBN-13: 9780749472597

The definitive, bestselling text in the field of change management, Making Sense of Change Management provides a thorough overview of the subject for both students and professionals. Along with explaining the theory of change management, it comprehensively covers the models, tools, and techniques of successful change management so organizations can adapt to tough market conditions and succeed by changing their strategies, structures, boundaries, mindsets, leadership behaviours and of course their expectations of the people who work within them. This completely revised and updated 4th edition of Making Sense of Change Management includes more international examples and case studies, emerging new thinking and practice in the area of cultural change and a new chapter on the interrelationship with project management (PM) and change management. It also covers complexity models, agile approaches, and stakeholder management along with cultural sensitivity and what to do when cultures collide. Making Sense of Change Management remains essential reading for anyone who is currently part of, or leading, a change initiative. Online supporting resources include lecture slides, making this an ideal textbook for MBA or graduate students focusing on leading or managing change.

Leadership for Sustainability and Change

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Author: Scott, Cynthia;Esteves, Tammy Pages: 87 Size: 1.1 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Routledge Ltd
Published: 08 September, 2017
eISBN-13: 9781351275200

Leadership for Sustainability and Change is a concise, practical and energizing distillation of what is working for today’s most successful sustainability leaders. It provides a clear set of actions you can take to generate transformation, with results yielding market advantage, eco-efficiency, product or service innovation, personal resilience and engaged communities.

Learn from the experience of successful sustainability leaders how to: build personal resilience and agility to lead change for the long-run; sustain innovation that is released in bursts of focused “energy for good”; draw attention to what is working by focusing on the power of small differences; decrease resistance and increase motivation with a change acceleration model; identify stages of individual and organizational readiness for change; use rapid prototyping to increase group engagement; tell compelling stories to encourage teams to initiate action.

Leadership for Sustainability and Change offers guidance for leaders who are shaping the future of sustainability within their organizations. The book includes a simple framework for assessing your progress, so that you can revisit the tools and processes you need most.

Human Resources Management for Health Care Organizations

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Author: Joan E. Pynes, Donald N. Lombardi. Pages: 450 Size: 4 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Jossey Bass Ltd
Published: 27 December, 2011
eISBN-13: 9781118152737

This book is a comprehensive guide to the essential areas of health care human resources management, and is an immediately useful practical handbook for practitioners as well as a textbook for use health care management programs. Written by the authors of Handbook for the New Health Care Manager and Human Resources Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations , the book covers the context of human resources management in the unique health care business arena from a strategic perspective includes SHRM and human resources planning, organizational culture and assessment, and the legal environment of human resources management. Managing volunteers and job analysis performance appraisal instruments, training and development programs, and recruitment, targeted selection and hiring techniques are covered. Compensation policies and practices, employer-provided benefits management, implementation of training and organizational development programs, as well as labor-management relations for health care organizations and healthcare human resource information technology are covered, with practical examples and proven strategies amply provided in each chapter.

Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management

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Author: Edited By Mark Easterby-Smith And Marjorie A. Lyles. Pages: 721 Size: 4.24 MB Format: PDF Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Published: 17 August, 2011
eISBN-13: 9781119977902

The fully revised and updated version of this successful Handbook is welcomed by management scholars world-wide. By bringing together the latest approaches from the leading experts in organizational learning & knowledge management the volume provides a unique and valuable overview of current thinking about how organizations accumulate `knowledge` and learn from experience. Key areas of update in the new edition are: Resource based view of the firm Capability management Global management Organizational culture Mergers & acquisitions Strategic management Leadership.

Managing For Dummies

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: By Bob Nelson And Peter Economy. Pages: 388 Size: 4.8 MB Format: PDF Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 03 June, 2010
eISBN-13: 9780470881156

The fast and easy way to learn how to manage people, projects, and teams. Being a manager can be an intimidating and challenging task. Managing involves teaching new skills to employees, helping land a new customer, accomplishing an important assignment, increasing performance, and much more. The process of management can be very challenging at times, but it can also bring you a sense of fulfillment that you never imagined possible. Gives practical advice on the most important aspects of managing, such as delegating as opposed to ordering, improving employees’ performances, getting your message across, understanding ethics and office policies, team building and collaboration, and much more.

  • Tips and advice for new and experienced managers
  • All-new chapters on employee encouragement and corporate social responsibility
  • Guidance on managing employees by leveraging the power of the Internet

Understanding and Managing Change in Healthcare

Posted onAuthorKieran Lamb

Author: Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor. Pages: 259 Size: 1.06 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Palgrave Higher Ed M.U.A.
Published: 30 October, 2013
eISBN-13: 9781137022776

Healthcare practice is always changing. Whether it is because of new evidence, new structures, or new policy, it is essential that professionals understand, evaluate and adapt to change effectively. This book offers a unique exploration of change specifically in healthcare, under the microscope of day-to-day practice. Illustrated with scenarios, case studies, and work examples, you`ll find it to be an exemplary guide to:

  • understanding reasons for change
  • adapting to change
  • planning, managing, and implementing change
  • exploring readiness, resistance, and barriers to change
  • dealing with setbacks or alterations
  • maintaining new ways of working
  • the multidisciplinary aspects of change
  • evaluating change
  • learning from change
  • disseminating new evidence derived from changed practice.

Whether you are a newly qualified practitioner, experienced professional, long-term manager, or policy-maker, this book has something for you.

Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center’s Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience

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Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center’s Pursuit of the Perfect Patient Experience Author: Charles Kenney ; Foreword By Donald M. Berwick. Pages: 240 Size: 3.07 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Productivity Press – M.U.A.
Published: 19 April, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781439863091

A chronicle of one of the most unusual series of events in the history of medicine, this book tells the story a group of men and women — clinicians, administrators, frontline workers, trustees, and leaders — blessed with vision, courage, and a relentless determination to improve. It is the story of a medical center transformed. Ultimately, it is the story of a new and possibly better way to take on the challenge we face in the United States today to provide superb medical care to our people while at the same time controlling costs.

Rethinking Lean in Healthcare

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Author: Thomas G. Zidel. Pages: 199 Size: 1.78 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Productivity Press
Published: 05 August, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781315381169

This book deals with a hospital’s struggle to secure and maintain financial stability. In the story, the leadership team of a fictional hospital adopts the tools and principles associated with the Toyota Production System or Lean. The story takes the reader through leadership’s arduous journey from rejecting the methodology to embracing it, to successful implementation. This book is important because many of our nation’s hospitals are besieged with financial difficulties with declining reimbursement and the public is losing confidence in our hospital’s ability to provide quality care without error. Lean can provide relief from these issues but only if it is properly implemented.

Lean Organization: from the Tools of the Toyota Production System to Lean Office

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Author: Andrea Chiarini Pages: 175 Size: 8.16 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 01 January, 2013
eISBN-13: 9788847025103

This book covers implementation of Lean Thinking in manufacturing and service industries, covering `Hoshin Kanri,` the Value Stream Mapping Tool, Toyota Production System tools, lean metrics and Value Stream Accounting. Includes photos, diagrams and tables.

Lean Enterprise: How High Performance Organizations Innovate At Scale

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Author: Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky, And Barry O`Reilly. Pages: 341 Size: 6.48 MB Format: PDF Publisher: O`Reilly
Published: 04 December, 2014
eISBN-13: 9781491946558

How well does your organization respond to changing market conditions, customer needs, and emerging technologies when building software-based products? This practical guide presents Lean and Agile principles and patterns to help you move fast at scale – and demonstrates why and how to apply these methodologies throughout your organization, rather than with just one department or team. Through case studies, you`ll learn how successful enterprises have rethought everything from governance and financial management to systems architecture and organizational culture in the pursuit of radically improved performance. Adopting Lean will take time and commitment, but it`s vital for harnessing the cultural and technical forces that are accelerating the rate of innovation. Discover how Lean focuses on people and teamwork at every level, in contrast to traditional management practices Approach problem-solving experimentally, by exploring solutions, testing assumptions, and getting feedback from real users Lead and manage large-scale programs in a way that empowers employees, increases the speed and quality of delivery, and lowers costs Learn how to implement ideas from the DevOps and Lean Startup movements even in complex, regulated environments

A Leadership Journey in Health Care: Virginia Mason’s Story

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Author: Kenney, Charles Pages: 184 Size: 2.71 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Productivity Press – M.U.A.
Published: 22 June, 2015
eISBN-13: 9781482299694

Since adapting the principles of the Toyota Production System to health care in 2002, Virginia Mason Health System has made enormous leaps forward in quality, safety, patient experience of care, and affordability. It has achieved world-class levels of patient satisfaction and has been honored as one of the safest hospitals in the country. A Leadership Journey in Health Care: Virginia Mason`s Story supplies an inside look at process improvement from the world leader in applying Lean methods to health care. It presents key lessons learned as well as the best practices developed at Virginia Mason during its 12-year process improvement journey. Just as important, Virginia Mason`s culture of leadership at all levels sets it apart from others in the health care universe. Describing why it`s critical for leadership to be actively involved in any process improvement initiative, the book illustrates exactly what leadership looks like at all levels within Virginia Mason. In the book, bestselling author Charles Kenney introduces breakthrough new work at Virginia Mason that most health care audiences have yet to read about. He details the reasons why governance has played such a big role in Virginia Mason`s success and discusses a game-changing initiative concerning respect for people. After reading this book, you will better understand the active leadership style that has propelled Virginia Mason`s success. By following the best practices and lessons learned, you will be prepared to teach, coach, and encourage your team to achieve streamlined and standardized work, sustained improvements, and increased patient satisfaction. Foreword by Carolyn Corvi, Virginia Mason Health System/Virginia Mason Medical Center Boards of Directors; Retired Vice President and General Manager, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

The Corporate Culture Survival Guide

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Author: Edgar H. Schein. Pages: 259 Size: 1.95 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Jossey Bass Ltd
Published: 07 August, 2009
eISBN-13: 9780470494813

The father of the corporate culture field and pioneer in organizational psychology on today`s changing corporate culture This is the definitive guide to corporate culture for practitioners. Recognized expert Edgar H. Schein explains what culture is and why it`s important, how to evaluate your organization`s culture, and how to improve it, using straightforward, practical tools based on decades of research and real-world case studies. This new edition reflects the massive changes in the business world over the past ten years, exploring the influence of globalization, new technology, and mergers on culture and organization change. New case examples help illustrate the principals at work and bring focus to emerging issues in international, nonprofit, and government organizations as well as business. Organized around the questions that change agents most often ask, this new edition of the classic book will help anyone from line managers to CEOs assess their culture and make it more effective.

  • Offers a new edition of a classic work with a focus on practitioners
  • Includes new case examples and information on globalization, the effects of technology, and managerial competencies
  • Covers the basics on changing culture and includes a wealth of practical advice

Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor

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Author: Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O`Toole ; With Patricia Ward Biederman. Pages: 146 Size: 862 KB Format: PDF Publisher: Jossey Bass Ltd
Published: 30 April, 2008
eISBN-13: 978047036827

In Transparency , the authors a powerhouse trio in the field of leadership look at what conspires against “a culture of candor” in organizations to create disastrous results, and suggest ways that leaders can achieve healthy and honest openness. They explore the lightning-rod concept of “transparency” which has fast become the buzzword not only in business and corporate settings but in government and the social sector as well. Together Bennis, Goleman, and O`Toole explore why the containment of truth is the dearest held value of far too many organizations and suggest practical ways that organizations, their leaders, their members, and their boards can achieve openness. After years of dedicating themselves to research and theory, at first separately, and now jointly, these three leadership giants reveal the multifaceted importance of candor and show what promotes transparency and what hinders it. They describe how leaders often stymie the flow of information and the structural impediments that keep information from getting where it needs to go. This vital resource is written for any organization business, government, and nonprofit that must achieve a culture of candor, truth, and transparency.

Leading the Unleadable: How to Manage Mavericks, Cynics, Divas, and Other Difficult People

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Author: Willett, Alan Pages: 240 Size: 1.16 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Amacom
Published: 29 November, 2016
eISBN-13: 9780814437612

The control-freak, the narcissist, the slacker, the cynic… Difficult people are the worst part of a manager`s job. Whether it comes from direct reports or people above, outbursts, irrational demands, griping, and other disruptions need to be dealt with–and it`s your responsibility to do it.

Leading the Unleadable turns this dreaded chore into a straight forward process that gently, yet effectively, improves behaviors. Written by an insider in the tech industry, where personality issues routinely wreck projects, the book reveals a core truth: most people actually want to contribute results, not cause headaches.

Once you realize the potential for change, the book`s simple steps, examples, and scripts explain how to right even the most hopeless situations. You`ll learn how to:

  • Master the necessary mindset
  • Explain the problem calmly in a short feedback session
  • Get a commitment to change, and follow up
  • Coach others to replicate the process
  • Develop the situational awareness required to spot trouble even earlier in the future

Every manager has “problem people.” What sets great managers apart is how they turn them into productive team players. Prepare to transform the troublesome into the tremendous.

Leadership and Teambuilding in Primary Care

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Author: Clare Mullins And Graham Constable ; Foreword By Simon Gregory.
Pages: 164 Size: 7.35 MB Format: PDF Publisher: CRC Press Inc – M.U.A.
Published: 06 July, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781138031418

This concise, jargon-free guide examines and explains the skills and attitudes needed to develop leadership abilities in individuals. It offers practical advice that is ideal for everyday implementation in the workplace. Developed alongside the NHS Leadership Qualities Framework, this book offers a unique ‘healthcare organisation as a business’ focus – concentrating efforts in the right areas. The case studies bring situations to life, and make it easier to identify with leadership and teambuilding issues. This book is an invaluable resource for practice managers, general practitioners, nurses and other healthcare professionals, including dentists, opticians and pharmacists. Allied health professionals, medical students and administrative staff will also find much of interest. ‘Excellent. Tangible. Clear. This is not some simple self-help guide; it is a practical, thorough and useful text.

Effective Leadership

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Author: Denise Chaffer ; Foreword By Baroness Emerton.
Pages: 193 Size: 1.09 MB Format: PDF Publisher: CRC Press Inc – M.U.A.
Published: 23 March, 2016
eISBN-13: 9781498769648

While the investigations and reports which have followed recent health care scandals in the UK have highlighted the very important issue of addressing organizational culture and the need for more effective leadership at every level, patients and their families have struggled to comprehend how such things can occur in a health service that is supposed to be the envy of the world. This book has been written to address both the ‘why’ and the ‘how’, in the pursuit of excellence and accountability in health care leadership at all levels and in order to prescribe the most effective treatment for the problems that exist in the leadership of hospitals in the UK and beyond. Based on the principles that underpin ‘good medicine’ in the broadest sense, the text includes detailed assessment, diagnosis, review of the evidence and the application of the experiences shared by a group of senior successful health care leaders. Written for all leaders in health care, whether a shift leader in a clinical area, a department/ directorate leader, a senior executive, a commissioner, or in higher education and research, this book provides invaluable guidance on how to lead teams effectively, and impact and improve patient care.