Check out this month’s selections for our “What’s On Your Bookshelf?” series from Health Administration Press, the publishing division of the Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives. As one of the largest publishers in the field of healthcare management, there are titles for healthcare professionals at every stage of their career.
Reigniting Employee Engagement: A Guide to Rediscovering Purpose and Meaning in Healthcare
Many organizations know employee engagement is essential to success, but few approach it in the right way. Bonuses, thank-you notes, employee-of-the-month awards and similar initiatives may produce temporary boosts in morale but do not build a long-term culture of true engagement.
Reigniting Employee Engagement: A Guide to Rediscovering Purpose and Meaning in Healthcare presents a simple model for creating sustainable employee engagement. Rising caregiver burnout is an especially critical issue, and this book provides a method for refocusing on basic human needs to reenergize the healthcare workforce.
Author Tom Atchison explores the psychology of why and how people commit to their work, while debunking many myths, such as money being the best motivator. Each chapter features an interview with a successful healthcare executive who offers perspective and advice on how best to approach employee engagement. These “performance profiles” allow readers to see how the book’s model applies to real-world scenarios in healthcare.
Want to hear more from Tom Atchison? Listen to his recent episode on the Healthcare Executive podcast.
Lead the Way in Five Minutes a Day: Sparking High Performance in Yourself and Your Team
You can’t prepare for every situation, but you can be prepared to lead. When the next challenge arises, the right approach will help you rise to the occasion and guide your team to success. How do you achieve that? This book will spark your leadership potential and show you the way to high performance.
Lead the Way in Five Minutes a Day skips the complex theories and jargon and gets right to practical solutions. You will learn how to develop skills that can be applied immediately to meet any challenge.
The book covers topics like communication, diversity and workplace culture. Each chapter begins with a self-assessment guide so you can identify relevant strengths to develop and address opportunities for growth.
Throughout the book, Jo Anne Preston shares coaching tips to get the most from your team and reflection questions to help you explore fresh approaches to current situations.
Your Healthcare Job Hunt: How Your Digital Presence Can Make or Break Your Career
Did you know that more than half of employers won’t hire a candidate who doesn’t have an online presence, and most companies are using social media to screen job applicants? Healthcare job seekers—from new graduates to seasoned executives—need to know how to successfully achieve their career aspirations in a highly digitized job market.
Your Healthcare Job Hunt: How Your Digital Presence Can Make or Break Your Career focuses on getting the most out of the internet during a healthcare job search. With colorful, evocative examples specific to the field, this book covers information, tools and online resources that can help you stand out in the marketplace and maximize your career advancement opportunities.
Topics covered in the book include creating a digital presence that accurately reflects your career goals, professionalism and skills; mastering online interviews and resumes; and networking and mentoring in the digital environment.