HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership for Healthcare (with bonus article by Thomas H. Lee, MD, and Toby Cosgrove, MD)

Harvard Business Review · Thomas H. Lee · Daniel Goleman · Peter F. Drucker · John P. Kotter

May 2018 · Harvard Business Press

About this ebook

Help your team excel.

Go from being a good practitioner to being an extraordinary leader of healthcare professionals.

If you read nothing else on leadership, read these articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones for healthcare leaders to help you and your team excel, maximize performance, and live into your mission.

Leading experts, such as Thomas H. Lee, Daniel Goleman, Peter F. Drucker, John P. Kotter, and Amy C. Edmondson, provide the insights and advice you need to:

• Understand the difference between managers and leaders
• Motivate others to excel
• Create successful cross-functional teams on the fly
• Maintain your identity and values as a clinician as you move into an organizational leadership role
• Have an impact not only on your organization but on the surrounding system
• Work in complex environments where authority is diffuse
• Lead effectively in times of rapid change

This collection of articles includes "What Makes a Leader?," by Daniel Goleman; "What Makes an Effective Executive," by Peter F. Drucker; "What Leaders Really Do," by John P. Kotter; "Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve," by Jim Collins; "The Work of Leadership," by Ronald A. Heifetz and Donald L. Laurie; "Teamwork on the Fly," by Amy C. Edmondson; "Who Has the D? How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance," by Paul Rogers and Marcia Blenko; "In Praise of the Incomplete Leader," by Deborah Ancona, Thomas W. Malone, Wanda J. Orlikowski, and Peter M. Senge; "Using the Balanced Scorecard as a Strategic Management System," by Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton; "Health Care's Service Fanatics," by James I. Merlino and Ananth Raman; and "Engaging Doctors in the Health Care Revolution," by Thomas H. Lee and Toby Cosgrove.

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