Healthy Decisions: Critical Thinking Skills for Healthcare Executives [Paperback]

Section One: Strategy?Chapter One: Set the Compass for Decision-Making?Chapter Two: Define Targets for Effective Outcomes?Chapter Three: Cultivate an Environment for Critical Choices?Section Two: Execution?Chapter Four: Leverage Technology?Chapter Five: Adapt to Evolving Healthcare Needs?Chapter Six: Prioritize Patient-Centered Decisions?Section Three: Talent??Chapter Seven: Keep Top Talent?Chapter Eight: Ensure Continuity in Leadership?Chapter Nine: Foster Collaboration?Section Four: Build Exceptional Organizations?Chapter Ten: Lead Chapter Eleven: Dont Leave Money on the Table?Chapter Twelve: Expand Capability through Strategic Decisions?Appendix: Henman-Perkins Healthcare Survey

The book specifically guides healthcare executives who want to sidestep the traps of indecision and move beyond mere good intentions. The stories and research will focus on real people who actively seek professional improvement or personal development.

Linda D. Henman, Ph.D., the Decision Catalyst?, is one of those rare experts who can say shes an advisor, consultant, speaker, and author. For more than 40 years, she has worked with senior leaders in mid-sized companies with revenues of about $30 million and with executives of huge companies that gross more than $30 billion, like Tyson Foods. Linda was one of eight succession planning experts who worked directly with John Tyson after his company acquired International Beef Products, one of the most successful acquisitions of the 21st century.

Some of her major healthcare clients include Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Johns Mercy Health Care, SSM Healthcare, The Clinical Laboratory Management Association, Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital, Banner Health, and Christian Horizons. In all cases, Linda helps those in the C-suite make decisions they have to get right because they just cant afford to get them wrong. Executives like John Tysolƒ~