Promotional Information

This thought-provoking book provides a solid introduction to the nature of medical leadership, addressing common situations that physicians and allied health professionals encounter and providing tactics for handling common leadership conundrums and increasing leadership abilities

Table of Contents

1. Leadership and its Challenges2. Profiles in Leadership: What Does it Mean to Be a Great Leader3. Deciding to Lead: When and Why to Begin to Take on Leadership Roles4. Your First 100 Days: Facing the Challenge of Becoming a New Leader5. The Unexpected Leader: Challenges of Having Leadership Thrust Upon You6. Leading From Below7. Qualities of Great Leadership8. Delegation: Getting It Right to Lead Successfull9. Making the Grade: Levels of Leadership10. Educating Leaders: A Foundation Curriculum for HealthCare Professionals11. Learning to Lead: Best Practices for Getting Started12. Leadership - Organizational Styles and Types13. Strategic Leadership: Setting Priorities14. Time to Lead15. Leading Change in an Organization16. Leadership in Conflict17. Leading in a Crisis18. Tough Choices: How Leaders Make the Hard Decisions19. Leadership and Mistakes20. Thinking About Failures in Leadership21. Becoming a Level 5 Leader22. Choosing Greatness in Leadership23. Winning in a Crisis24. Leading in Serious Conflicts25. Leadership and Trust26. Principled Leadershi27. Motivation and Leadership28. Succession Leadership29. Leadership: The Last 100 Days30. Conclusions and Next Steps

About the Author

Frank J. Lexa, M.D., Chair, ACR Commission on Practice Leadership and Chairman of the Board of the Radiology Leadership InstituteProject Faculty, Spain and East Asia Regional Manager, the Global Consulting Practicum & Adjunct Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA, USA