Leaders in healthcare today face many challenges ranging from managing
interprofessional teams and teamwork, to payment reform, to tackling
issues such as homelessness and the opioid crisis. Leaders have access
to depth of information and resources to help them solve these complex
and real-world problems. However, it is our belief that given the
complexities of healthcare, there is value in sharing and learning from
those who have first-hand experience with interprofessional leadership
in healthcare.
Challenges and Opportunities in Healthcare Leadership: Voices from the
Crowd in Today's Complex and Interprofessional Healthcare Environment,
is a volume in a book series titled, Contemporary Perspectives in
Business Leadership. In this book, authors share their true, authentic
reflections and professional stories describing the lived experience(s)
of the author/leaders and how the experience changed the author/leaders'
approach as an interprofessional leader. Each chapter includes a (1)
story about the topic and the lived experience, (2) perspectives, and
(3) lessons of the
author(s). Additionally, scholarly commentary and discussion questions
included within each chapter create opportunity for application to
leadership theories and strategies as well as allow for reflection and
further dialogue on the topic.
The intended audience is broad, including faculty and students in
institutions of higher education, interprofessional healthcare team
leaders and members, and other healthcare stakeholders who have
experience in interprofessional healthcare leadership. The book is
applicable for leadership growth and development at a personal, group,
or organizational level.
