Taking the Lead: A Guide for Emerging Leaders in Academic Medical Centers

by Kyle P. Meyer, Rob Kramer

This practical, insightful title is a must read for anyone interested in or recently appointed to a leadership role in an academic medical center. Taking the A Guide for Emerging Leaders in Academic Medical Centers represents the highly accomplished authors’ more than 60 years of collective insights about leadership and leading effectively in an academic medical center environment. The authors present creative and highly applicable themes synthesized from their knowledge, career experiences, unique reflections, practice, mistakes, and observations of successful (and not so successful) leaders. The result is a book of leadership wisdom – a wealth of ideas, concepts, and insights to inform the reader’s career journey and to become the best leader they can be. Organized in five parts, this work examines the successful leadership transition in the unique (and sometimes perplexing) academic medical center environment. Informal, conversational in tone, and often engagingly humorous, Taking the A Guide for Emerging Leaders in Academic Medical Centers represents a concise and invaluable introductory read for the next generation of leaders, as well as a helpful resource for experienced healthcare leaders.

218 pages, Hardcover

Published December 10, 2022

Reviews

[Gary Beck Dallaghan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I appreciate the focus of this book. The authors did not languish on specific topics, but instead referenced important literature that could be read when the time is right. It was really nice to see them be so candid in how to address situations that arise. That was refreshing as all too often authors beat around the bush, but not here.

The best part of this book is the ending of each chapter. The recommendations for coaching questions was brilliant. They summarized the key take home points for each chapter as well. This is a nice feature and these could be used for the purposes of coaching or faculty development in leadership.

My only beef with the book is the number of typographical errors. If you don't get hung up on that like I do, then the book is a great read.