The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide

by Laurie K. Baedke, Natalie Lamberton (Contributor)

In the ever-changing healthcare environment, the profession of healthcare management needs strong leaders who will rise to the challenges of today and carry organizations into the future.

The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide is an essential resource for those in the early stages of becoming a healthcare leader. Packed with tactics, tips, and illuminating straightforward examples, this book provides an indispensable guide to building your career in healthcare leadership.

Honestly and authentically, authors Laurie Baedke and Natalie Lamberton offer practical suggestions and share anecdotes, personal stories, and important lessons learned from their own professional experiences. The book covers:


Developing self-awareness
Practicing self-management
Cultivating your personal brand
Launching your career
Understanding and refining your leadership style
Learning and rebounding from failures
Maximizing your internship opportunities
Mastering the interview process
This second edition includes new chapters

Genres: Health Care, Business

278 pages, Paperback

First published March 13, 2015

Reviews

[Zora]

This is a great resource (to return to when the situation/context calls for) for the emerging healthcare leaders (i.e. early careerists in public health and healthcare). The authors have updated this version to include information on etiquette for social media and other changed things in the field. One great resource is theh "note to my 25-year-old-self" as well as bullet points summarizing each chapter to ensure that the most important information is not missed. The authors delve into the strategies required for personal and professional assessment before a decision can be made about the options available to an emerging leader. You must know yourself and how you operate before you engage with others to make sure your connections are memorable and long lasting.

I was fortunate enough to attend a professional develoment networking event where the authors (Natalie and Laurie) made a presentation covering the material from the book. Therefore, I was fortunate enough to receive their insight (from the book) to within the early stages of my own career.

I would highly encourage any emerging leader in the field of health to read this field guide and refer back to it when necessary. It's a very useful tool with an outline of activities depending on the context of the emerging leader to allowing their leadership style to flourish.

[Katie]

Great book for someone in grad school! I wish I had read it then.