As a leader do you sometimes associate leadership with a struggle? You are not alone as Steven Snyder in Leadership and the Art of Struggle
1 Comment - White, Thank you so much for sharing so much useful information on leadership. I also agree that adversity unlocks our greatest potential
As a leader is there someone(s) that you are putting off talking to about difficult but important issues? Crucial Confrontations by Kerry Patterson, et al is a must read. I am only going to touch on a few aspects to stimulate you to read the entire book. Often times our fear of...
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Is your team functioning as well as you would like? Les McKeown in The Synergist. How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success has advice for us. Keep in mind that organizations do not achieve success-people do through working individually and in groups or teams. Generally people fall into...
To give you a flavor of this new statement let me quote from the Council on Pharmacy Management report. “ ASHP Statement on Leadership as a Professional Obligation
3 Comments - I would like to express my personal gratitude to the 2011 ASHP House of Delegates for adopting this important statement, and to the members of the Council on Pharmacy Management for their work on this since the initial direction in 2009. I fully agree and support that we as professionals have an obligation to provide leadership both formally and informally, and that the members of our profession (educators, mentors, peers and the like) have responsibility to foster this in one another, as well as in those who are students of the profession
Successful leaders know that their energy and enthusiasm is contagious so they throw themselves into leadership. If these are low for you identify why which maybe feeling burned out, lacking purpose, being overwhelmed or being physically unfit and take corrective actions
He indicates that what sleep is to the mind and body, pausing is to leadership especially in our fast-paced, achieve-more-now culture. Ask yourself what our addiction to action, our busy-ness, our preoccupation with incessant distractions and pursuit of the ubiquitous "more" in our 24/7, constantly connected globally caffeinated culture is doing to your leadership effectiveness?
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Extreme pressure comes when the stakes are high and the outcome is vital Have the fortitude to continue when obstacles and challenges constantly are in your way Being great under pressure is hard work so very few people achieve it The key is to operate in high-stress situations as if they are everyday conditions by keeping focused on the next step Have the discipline to master your emotions and your self-talk so you don’t get distracted Those who succeed under pressure readjust or adapt by focusing on the goal that needs to be accomplished, not on a specific method which your training has taught you Being present is a key which means being ready for whatever comes your way and focusing on nothing other than what you are doing Use fear and desire to prompt you to act and take responsibility which means doing what is right and leaving the rest to be sorted out later Avoid the peril of overthinking, which means just do what your job is and not think about what you could, would or should do in the situation Be careful not to become overconfident as each circumstance is different and success with one does not guarantee success again Not from the book but from my experience being a pharmacist and a leader we must realize that leadership is an art and not a science so using your intuition is how to perform under pressure as there is probably not one right answer as there is in the drug therapy world
Do you constantly check your email? When you have an unexpected hour of free time do you race to fill it? Do you find it difficult to turn your mind off at bedtime? Do you drive fast even when you are not in rush? Marc Schoen in Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You. Retrain Your Brain to...
Do you have leadership through out your department or workgroup? Turn the Ship Around! How to Create Leadership at Every Level by L
2 Comments - Sara thanks for your continued leadership, and for challenging us to think differently as leaders
What can we learn from Steve Jobs leadership? As with any of my blog posts I do not attempt to do a complete summary of the book but rather pick out keys that I think pharmacy leaders can use