The Healthcare Leader's Guide to Actions, Awareness, and Perception, Third Edition

As a leader in healthcare, you are highly visible and constantly watched-often very closely. Perception is often more important than reality, and career success may ultimately hinge on your awareness of how you are perceived and your ability to act consistently in a manner befitting your position.Now in its third edition, The Healthcare Leader's Guide to Actions, Awareness, and Perception highlights the "sense of the appropriate"-an essential leadership trait that applies to behavior, character, courtesy, ethics, professionalism, and respect. Leaders need a special skill set for building and maintaining positive relationships with a variety of individuals and groups, and they must be constantly aware of the risk of missteps and derailment. Leaders at every level-from newcomers to experienced executives-will find guidance in this book. It examines key leadership principles, illustrates core concepts with stories and examples, and sets forth a framework of protocols tailored to specific interactions and situations.Topics covered in this book include: *Professional image and reputation*Ethical decision making*Relationships with the executive team, the governing board, and physicians*Communications, technology, and social media*Self-awareness and derailmentEffective leaders benefit from heightened self-awareness. They are conscious of their quirks and weak-nesses, they seek constant and diverse feedback, and they grow through self-reflection. Contribute to your own professional success by letting this book be a "mirror" to your leadership style and refine your executive etiquette.

About the Author

Carson F. Dye, FACHE, is CEO of Exceptional Leadership LLC, Toledo, Ohio. A seasoned consultant with over 42 years of healthcare experience, he helps organizations with leadership searches and assessment, physician leadership development, succession and transition planning and overall effectiveness. Mr. Dye is an executive recruiter and consultant with three firms, and has been a senior leader in four health systems for 20 years. He is also a faculty member of The Governance Institute, and the University of Alabama Birmingham Executive Graduate Program in Health Administration. He has authored 12 books, including three James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award winners.

Mr. Dye serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminars:

The Art and Principles of Physician Leadership and EngagementPractical Leadership Strategies in the Age of ChangeThe Board of Governors Exam Review Course

Mr. Dye has also authored the following Health Administration Press publications:

Developing Physician Leaders for Successful Clinical Integration Exceptional Leadership: 16 Critical Competencies for Healthcare Executives, Second Edition Leadership in Healthcare: Essential Values and Skills, Third Edition The Healthcare Leader's Guide to Actions, Awareness, and Perception, Third Edition