Leadership Questions for Health Care Professionals

Leadership Questions for Health Care Professionals: Applying Theories and Principles to Practice by Dr. Matthew R. Kutz presents some of the most common leadership questions with the intent to facilitate intrigue and dialogue about the general concept of leadership and an awareness of potential leadership issues facing health care professionals. Leadership Questions for Health Care Professionals presents responses that will initiate discussion, as well as offer solutions based on the best available evidence across a wide spectrum of relevant research. Discussion questions at the end of each response will allow the reader to engage in critical thinking and re-evaluate their experiences and offer new insights into their leadership journey. Sections include questions on key issues for health care professionals: - The essence of leadership - Leadership development - Teamwork and communication - Change - Organizational culture and complexity - Leadership ethics and power - Diversity and multicultural leadership Leadership Questions for Health Care Professionals takes an interprofessional and interdisciplinary approach and is relevant for athletic trainers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, nurses, physicians, and more. Leadership Questions for Health Care Professionals: Applying Theories and Principles to Practice offers students a broader conceptual understanding of leadership, as well as the depth required by seasoned health care clinicians, managers, and executives who are looking for practical and evidence-based insights to their toughest leadership issues.

Matthew R. Kutz, PhD, AT, CSCS is an Associate Professor of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine in the College of Education and Human Development at Bowling Green State University, a 2013 Fulbright Scholar in the Medical Sciences (University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Science [formerly Kigali Health Institute]), and a 2016 Visiting Research Fellow and Visiting Scholar at Gold Coast University Hospital and Griffith University, College of Medicine, Health Service Management (Queensland, Australia). Matt is a Senior Associate Editor of the Athletic Training Education Journal, a member of the National Athletics Trainers' Association International Committee, and a member of the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education Ethics and Professional Standards Committee. In addition to his international and professional service, Matt is the award-winning author of Contextual Intelligence: How Thinking in 3D Can Help Resolve Complexity, Uncertainty, and Ambiguity (Palgrave MacMillan) and Leadership and Management in Athletic Training: An Integrated Approach (Jones and Bartlett).

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Author Preface Introduction Section I Questions About the Essence of LeadershipQuestion 1 Why Does Everyone Make Such a Big Deal Out of Leadership? Question 2 So, if Leadership Is so Important, What Is It Exactly? Question 3 I Learned A Lot of Management in College-Is That the Same as Leadership? Question 4 So, I Want To Be a Better Leader-How Do I Develop a Philosophy ofLeadership That Informs My Leadership Journey?Question 5 Do All Leaders Demonstrate Leadership Behaviors, and Is EveryoneWho Demonstrates Leadership Behaviors a Leader? Section II Questions About Leadership Development Question 6 Can Leadership Be Learned, and if so, How?Question 7 So, What Happens When Someone PerformsLeadership Behaviors Well? Question 8 I Heard Leading Is Difficult-Does Practicing Leadership Generate, orReduce, Stress? Question 9 Leadership Is an Old Construct, With Many DifferentIdeas Attached to It-How Has Leadership Evolved Over Time? Section III Questions About Teamwork and Communication Question 10 Teamwork Is Important-So, What Do I Need to Doto Be a Valuable Contributor to My Team?Question 11 I Get Along Great With Most of My Colleagues, butHow Do I Navigate Difficult Coworker Relationships? Question 12 I Know Change Starts With Me-How Do I Begin toDevelop Good Relationships With Coworkers? Question 13 Okay, I Was Asked to Lead a Team-How Do I Develop aGood Team That Performs Well?Question 14 Why Is It so Hard to Communicate Clearly onTeams Made Up of a Variety of Different Professionals? Question 15 Is There Something I Can Do Better to CommunicateWell With All the Members of My Team? Question 16 Shouldn't They Just Do What I Say? Why Do I Need toCommunicate Clearly? Everyone Knows We Have a Job to DoQuestion 17 What Is Followership, and How Is It Possibly Related to Leadership? Section IV Questions About Change Question 18 Everyone Talks About Change Like It Is the Plague-Why Is Change so Difficult?Question 19 People Seem to Dislike Change, but Embrace Innovation-What Is the Difference Between Change and Innovation? Question 20 I Need to Get a New Change Initiated-Is There a Best orBetter Way to Do That?Question 21 Is Work-Life Balance a Real Thing? How Can I Balance Them, andWill That Balance Reduce Burnout? Section V Questions About Organizational Culture and ComplexityQuestion 22 My Professional Involvement Is Clinical-What More Do I Need to Know About Leadership? Question 23 How Can I Figure Out What the Unwritten Rules Are, andHow Can I Diagnose the Organizational Culture Around Here?Question 24 What Is a VUCA Organization, and Why Does It Matter to Me? Question 25 Health Care Is so Multifaceted-How Can I Explain theNuance of Complexity to Others? Question 26 Does Leadership Work the Same Everywhere, andCan I Transfer My Leadership Skills Somewhere Else? Section VI Questions About Leadership Ethics and PowerQuestion 27 I Know Ethics Is Important, but Do I Need to Worry AboutEthical Leadership? Shouldn't That Be Natural?Question 28 How Can I Get More Power at Work Without Manipulating People?Is That Even Possible? Section VII Questions About Diversity and Multicultural LeadershipQuestion 29 Really? Medical Tourism? Is That a Real Thing ThatCame From Globalized Health Care?Question 30 I Know It's Important, but Why Does Diversity andCultural Competence Seem so Divisive? Question 31 Seriously, I Have Enough to Learn and Manage, andNow I Need to Be Concerned About Different Cultures' Worldviews?Okay, What Are They? Index