This book brings together the insights of some of Australia’s most respected healthcare professionals and provides a resource for readers new to the concept of leadership and those currently in leadership or managerial positions.
Administrative (as opposed to clinical) leadership and the skills required to be good at it, are not well covered in the medical, nursing or allied health curricula. Despite this, healthcare workers are often required to take up leadership/managerial roles, often with little notice and minimal training. In contrast to the scientific nature of clinical medicine, leadership is a management concept and open to different interpretations. Clinicians who have the potential to be great leaders may shy away from administrative leadership positions because of limited understanding and training in what leadership entails. Unfortunately, not all great clinicians turn out to be great leaders/managers.
Leadership Pearls in Healthcare delves deep into the minds of eminent leaders across all disciplines within the Australian healthcare system and discover the most valuable lessons they have learnt during their leadership journey. To demonstrate how they can be applied in practice, each leadership pearl will be presented in a scenario/situation-based format, followed by a discussion with relevant references. Following this, authors will include closely related practical tips as ‘Other Gems’.
Designed in an engaging and user-friendly format, this book is accessible to a wide audience, including current and emerging leaders in healthcare, students in medical, nursing, allied health, recently graduated doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals, as well as current and emerging leaders outside of healthcare.
Chapter
1. Introduction.
Chapter
2. Encouraging Diverse Perspectives
from the Entire Team Leads to the Best Decisions.
Chapter
3. Feedback: a
Team Effort.
Chapter
4. The Abyss of Assumption.
Chapter
5. Developing an
Authentic Allyship through Yarning with First Nations Health Professionals.-
Chapter
6. Managing Difficult Conversations.
Chapter
7. Healthcare is a Team
Sport.
Chapter
8. Support Women: Kindness, Flexibility and Sponsorship.-
Chapter
9. Clinical Leaders can Become Powerful Therapeutic Agents by Being
Authentic and Vulnerable.
Chapter
10. Holistic Support for an
Underperforming Employee.
Chapter
11. Avoid Micromanagement.
Chapter
12.
Hold the Mop.
Chapter
13. Its Always Been a Matter of Trust.
Chapter
14.
Its Not All About You.
Chapter
15. Recruiting Excellent Staff.
Chapter
16.
Create Discussion by not Saying No.
Chapter
17. Embracing Servant
Leadership.
Chapter
18. Get to Know the People You Work with.
Chapter
19.
Expertise: Rehearse, Refine, Repeat.
Chapter
20. Networking Without the Warm
White Wine and Canapés.
Chapter
21. Suspend Judgement to Improve
Collaboration.
Chapter
22. Team Harmony Brings Success.
Chapter
23. Know
Your Limits and Extend Them.
Chapter
24. Knowing the Desired Outcome.-
Chapter
25. How to Write a Business Case - Data Rules.
Chapter
26. Strike
While the Iron is Hot.
Chapter
27. Taking a Step Back.
Chapter
28. Think
Like a Visionary.
Chapter
29. Revolutionising Healthcare: Partnering with
Users for Better Solutions.
Chapter
30. Be Inquisitive.
Chapter
31. Be
Curious.
Chapter
32. The Art of Finance.
Chapter
33. Communicating in a
Crisis.
Chapter
34. What Kind of Leader are You? Be Every Kind.
Chapter
35.
Change is as Good as a Holiday.
Chapter
36. Be Yourself.
Chapter
37.
Prioritise Self-Care to Give Yourself the Best Chance to Succeed.
Chapter
38. You are More than your Work.
Chapter
39. Non-Binary Approaches to Enable
a Flexible Work-Life Rhythm.
Chapter
40. Empathic Leadership: Supporting
Staff in High-Stress Environments.
Chapter
41. Leading at Work. Leading
outside Work. Leading ALL THE TIME. Is Leadership Fatigue a Thing?.
Chapter
42. Love your life.
Chapter
43. Resilience and Self Compassion.
Chapter
44.
Presence is Powerful.
Chapter
45. My Suitcase is Pink.
Chapter
46.
Mastering the Art of Never Getting Angry.
Chapter
47. Next time it could be
me.
Chapter
48. Making the Choice to Lead.
Dr Ralph Junckerstorff is a General (Internal) Medicine and Infectious Diseases physician at Monash Health in Melbourne, Victoria. He graduated from undergraduate medicine from the University of Western Australia in 2000 and became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2010. He also holds a Diploma of Tropical Medicine from the University of Liverpool (UK). He is a co-editor of the book Beyond Evidence-Based Medicine: Clinical Pearls from Experienced Physicians.
Dr Junckerstorff has worked in a public teaching hospital his entire career. He has shared an office with former and current Directors of General Medicine and is married to a healthcare leader. He fully appreciates how difficult, time-consuming and at times, thankless a task being a leader is. He understands the complexities and challenges of the hospital environment and the significant impact effective leadership in healthcare can have.
Prof. Sara Baqar is an experienced endocrinologist and healthcare leader, currently serving as the first female Director of Endocrinology at Austin Health. Prior to this, she served as the Director of Medicine at Monash Health and the Clinical Director of Internal Medicine at Northeast Health Wangaratta. After graduating from Monash University in 2003, she specialized in endocrinology. With the support of the National Heart Foundation Health Professional Scholarship and the University of Melbourne Faculty Research Scholarship, she completed her PhD on the effects of salt on diabetes and cardiovascular health. Alongside her clinical leadership, she remains actively involved in research as a principal investigator and supervises PhD candidates. To further develop her understanding of effective leadership and management, she completed an MBA at Melbourne Business School. Beyond her clinical and research contributions, Sara is passionate about cultivating strong and authentic leadership in public healthcare. Recognizing that many healthcare professionals are often thrust into leadership roles with little preparation, sometimes without even considering themselves as potential leaders, she is committed to bridging this gap by equipping clinicians with the skills and confidence needed to navigate leadership effectively.
