Winning the Talent War: Ensuring Effective Leadership in Healthcare

Carson F. Dye, FACHE

ISBN: 9781567931792
Softbound, 226pp, 2002
Order Code: 1149i
ACHE Management
  • Member Price: $11.90
  • Non Member Price: $17.00

Book Description

Although not as visible as the nursing shortage, the shortage of healthcare leadership talent is equally important. The decisions leaders make can have a wide and lasting impact on an organization. This book presents strategies for identifying, recruiting, and retaining superior healthcare executives. Respected author and speaker Carson Dye explains why the aggressive development of leaders is the job of every senior executive and provides guidelines for finding and empowering these leaders.

Topics covered include:

  • Creating a compelling place for leaders to work
  • Determining search and hiring strategies
  • Locating executive candidates
  • Improving the interview process
  • Using psychological assessment tools
  • Making the hiring decision
  • Orienting new leaders into the organization
  • Identifying and developing leadership skills

End-of-chapter summaries can be used to evaluate your current practices and develop action plans for new approaches.

What Readers Are Saying

The development of leaders in an organization is not just an executive function-it may be the key executive function. Carson Dye has written a comprehensive, readable book that outlines all the aspects of selecting and developing leadership talent.

--Terence F. Moore, President, MidMichigan Health

Carson challenges us to look mediocrity in the face--a successful organization is one that is vigilant about recruiting talented leaders, not leaders who are content to just get by. The sample position specifications Carson provides are excellent as a stepping stone for leadership development, and will help current leaders make sure that a new leader is 'the right fit' to obtain the right results for the organization.

--Susan Hunsaker CEO, Broadlawns Medical Center