Women and Leadership in Health Care: The Journey to Authenticity and Power
Author: Catherine Robinson Walker
"Catherine Robinson-Walker uncovers important insights that help both men and women develop key strategies that will strengthen the leadership in their organizations. Her research reflects the value of the 'co-creation model' for the future of health care."-Kathryn Johnson, President/CEO, The Health Forum Written for health care executives and managers, of both sexes, Women and Leadership in Health Care explores the vital issues that surround the gAnder disparity in health care leadership. This book answers the vital questions concerning how gAnder affects health care leadership. It reveals how to create a diverse, creative, and resourceful leadership pool. And gives women the tools they need to break the glass ceiling.
Filled with useful suggestions and practical advice, the book
• Offers guidance for overcoming gAnder barriers in health care leadership
• Reveals how senior level executives and managers can learn the skills they need to become successful mentors to future health care leaders
• Shatters common myths such as "Time alone will solve the problem of too few women in the health care executive ranks"
• Spells out how executives and managers can renew and hone their leadership abilities
• Focuses on the lessons men learn from women and the lessons women learn from men
• Outlines effective strategies from recognized experts in the fields of negotiation, communication, and executive recruitment
Table of Contents:
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| The Author | ||
| Pt. I | Coming to Terms with Gender | |
| 1 | The Paradox of Gender | 3 |
| 2 | Gender, Values, and Leadership | 19 |
| 3 | Experiencing Gender on the Job | 41 |
| 4 | Coming to Terms with Gender's Impact | 55 |
| Pt. II | Antidotes for Effectiveness | |
| 5 | Antidote 1: Defusing Gender's Role in Conflict, Negotiations, and Power | 79 |
| 6 | Antidote 2: Using Communication as a Bridge | 99 |
| 7 | Antidote 3: Career Renewal Strategies | 119 |
| 8 | Antidote 4: Nurturing Ourselves, Mentoring Others | 137 |
| Pt. III | Embracing Authenticity and Power | |
| 9 | Gender's Role in Transformation and Authenticity | 163 |
| 10 | From Paradox to Power | 181 |
| App. A: Contributors | 195 | |
| App. B: Demographics | 209 | |
| App. C: Data | 211 | |
| References | 215 | |
| Index | 221 |
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Linkage Inc.'s Best Practices in Leadership Development Handbook: Case Studies, Instruments, Training
Author: Louis Carter
How are the world's most successful organizations developing their leaders? "This book will help anyone who is charged with a leadership development initiative or is learning about leadership development. Full of practical examples and tools from companies that are known for having a reputation for developing leaders."
Michael Piergrossi; vice president, leadership and organization development, W. R. Grace & Co.
Using the case studies in this book will give you the opportunity you to:
* Benchmark against SmithKline Beecham's 21 Leadership Competencies
* Implement cutting-edge tools including Allied Signal's Career Profile, continuous improvement and performance objectives tools
* Customize a training curriculum that works for your organization based on: Imasco's Operating Company Visits and Work Projects, Colgate-Palmolive's Key Accountability program, or Abbott Lab's Managing Across Boundaries
* And much more!
In 1998, Linkage, Inc., and Warren Bennis collaborated in completing a study of more than 350 companies involved with leadership development and found that:
* Nearly all respondents recognized the need to develop stronger leaders, yet less than 44 percent had a formal process for nominating or developing high-potential employees
* Companies that do successfully build their high-potential employees use structured leadership development systems
* The programs that make a difference include some or all of three critical components: formal training, 360-degree feedback, and most importantly, exposure to senior executives including mentoring programs
The result of this study is Linkage Inc.'s Best Practices inLeadership Development Handbook. With its case study approach, this book gives you access to the practical, easy-to-apply tools, instruments, training, and competency models that fifteen world-class organizations use as benchmarks to successfully implement their leadership development programs.
To read the foreword from this book, click here.
To read the first chapter from this book, click here.
Booknews
Reports on how 15 organizations have successfully established and maintained programs for developing leadership, most of them companies such as Barclay's, Colgate-Palmolive, and Motorola but also a college and a hospital. Describes how to analyze the need for leadership development, build a business case, determine competencies, identify the audience, implement the design, and evaluate the effectiveness of the initiative. There is no bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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