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
