Prescription for Lasting Success: Leadership Strategies to Diagnose Problems and Transform Your Organization - Hardcover

Reynolds, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118241428 ISBN 13: 9781118241424

Publisher: Wiley, 2012

Synopsis

Transform your team during crises and establish an enthusiastic and strategic culture

In an approach similar to the way a doctor reads a chart and runs tests to diagnosis an illness, Prescription for Lasting Success offers a practical system for solving problems in an organization. Leaders can get back on track and increase their effectiveness in spite of significant change. Readers learn to diagnose the 4 Ps: purpose, passion, planning, and people. Using the 4 Ps model, the book gives practical suggestions to help teams, businesses, and associations increase their effectiveness and help organizations transform into dynamic, profitable entities.

• Particular focus is given to finding ways to incorporate purpose and ignite passion into the workplace, and remove obstacles to peak performance
• Addresses how the model can be used to achieve peak performance in the workplace and maintain it over an extended period of time
• Dr. Susan Reynolds is President and CEO of The Institute for Medical Leadership. A former emergency physician, emergency medical center CEO, and White House health care advisor, Dr. Reynolds is the creator and Program Director for the highly acclaimed Chief of Staff Boot Camps

Get the right prescription for your organization's issues and help them thrive, even in times of great challenge.

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From the Back Cover:

Praise for Prescription for Lasting Success

"On a bookshelf full of management and leadership books, Prescription for Lasting Success stands out. It stands out because it is based on real-world experience and histories, not on theory or assumption. It stands out because these techniques have worked time and again, and it stands out because it is logical and makes sense. These are the factors that will allow it to stand the test of time."
―Richard F. Corlin, MD, Past President, American Medical Association

"It has always surprised me that so few companies/organizations can explain why customers and clients should do business with them. Dr. Reynolds's 4 Ps get to the root of the matter―especially in describing the need to articulate a company's purpose and passion. Organizational leaders would be well served to understand and implement these principles, as sustainable success is sure to follow."
―James L. Weidner, CEO, Cooperative of American Physicians

"Susan has captured the essence of my own experience with her leadership development and executive coaching here at Northeast Georgia Health System. Prescription for Lasting Success offers a foundation for personal and organizational development that one can continue to build on for years to come."
―Carol Burrell, President and CEO, Northeast Georgia Health System

"Leadership takes on real life in Dr. Reynolds's must-read book. It is filled with practical approaches and results-oriented suggestions. Challenges facing physicians and hospitals will be dealt with more effectively by everyone who reads this worthwhile contribution to the literature."
―C. Duane Dauner, President and CEO, California Hospital Association

"Prescription for Lasting Success is literally a masterpiece. It hits all the notes perfectly, talking about people and organizations and why they are successful and why they fail and even how they can be resurrected and healed. The book is not for the faint of heart nor is it written in academic jargon that masks the passion and joy of unbridled success. It is written by an exceptionally gifted author who herself has faced incredible challenges and accepted both defeat and success as treasures. I promise you that once you turn to the first page you are in for a great learning experience."
―Charles S. Lauer, author and former publisher, Modern Healthcare magazine

From the Inside Flap:

This book is about not just any success; it is about lasting success. Being able to sustain success requires more than a quick fix. Lasting success requires setting goals that allow an organization to grow while also providing much needed products and services to its marketplace. It requires effective leadership and perseverance at every level of your organization.

In a method similar to the way a doctor reads a chart and runs tests to diagnosis an illness, Prescription for Lasting Success offers a practical system for solving problems in any organization. Author Susan Reynolds, MD, PhD, presents a unique approach to leadership development and organizational transformation based on four levels of assessment and focused change. The 4 Ps model of strategic transformation, focusing on Purpose, Passion, Planning, and People, enables leaders to improve their effectiveness and allows organizations to succeed during periods of significant transformation.

This book offers proven guidance on how to maintain peak performance over an extended period of time. You'll learn how to:

• Realign your organization's strategies with your overarching purpose
• Find ways to inspire purpose and ignite passion in the workplace
• Create and communicate a compelling organizational vision
• Develop a strategic plan for sustainable transformation
• Incorporate the 5th P--perseverance--into your corporate culture, making it a part of your ongoing renewal process

Meaningful change must come from within. Prescription for Lasting Success offers a formula for strengthening the weakest areas of your business. Get the right prescription for your organization's issues and help it thrive, even in times of great challenge.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1118241428
• ISBN 13: 9781118241424
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224