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, Health Administration Press offers titles for healthcare professionals at every stage of their career.
Career Opportunities in Consultancy Bundle
This bundle offers a road map for early careerists and executives contemplating a career in consulting. The books walk readers through key considerations, exploring the essential role of healthcare consultants and what truly makes a consultant exceptional. Author Scott Mason shares practical guidance for making informed career decisions about becoming a professional consultant and firsthand accounts from those who have navigated the road to consultancy.
The bundle includes two volumes, The Healthcare Consultant's Handbook: Career Opportunities and Best Practices and Executive Turned Consultant: Transitioning from Experienced Executive to Trusted Advisor in Healthcare.
The Healthcare Consultant’s Handbook: Career Opportunities and Best Practices explores the role of the independent consultant, offers practical guidance on what to expect when working for a consulting firm and reveals what it takes to be an exceptional consultant. The book identifies various forms of consulting and consulting firms—profiling several prominent companies—and provides strategies for determining what type of firm is the best fit.
Executive Turned Consultant: Transitioning from Experienced Executive to Trusted Advisor in Healthcare provides a road map for executives contemplating a move into management consulting. Topics covered in the book include why and how to conduct a mid-career assessment, how consulting compares with executive management, common mistakes executives make when launching a consulting career, and the pros and cons of joining an existing firm versus going into solo practice.
Reigniting Employee Engagement: A Guide to Rediscovering Purpose and Meaning in Healthcare
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.