The Creative Clinical Leader: A Handbook for Leading People in Home Care - Softcover

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In this pioneering book, Dr. Heather L. Hodges dives into the art and science of leading people in home care. It is a leadership development course in a book for home health, palliative, private duty, and hospice clinical managers. The skills and competencies explored in this book are the human skills of leadership. If you want to be a transformative leader you must lead with self-awareness, strength, compassion, intelligence, and creativity.

Home care presents unique challenges which demand a creative mindset. Home care operates in diverse and unpredictable environments and it takes more than just clinical expertise to lead people. You must navigate logistical hurdles, ensure consistent quality of care across different settings, and build strong, cohesive teams that can operate independently, yet collaboratively. These kinds of challenges require a special kind of leader — a creative leader.

A creative leader is someone who sees opportunities where others see obstacles. Creative leaders ask, “What if we had to, how would we do it?” Creative leaders know that mountains can be moved when a team of unstoppable people set their mind to moving it. They foster an environment where everyone feels valued and encouraged to contribute their best work. Creative leaders ask more questions than they give answers. They adopt a coaching mindset to support their team’s creativity. Creative leaders foster psychological safety so their team can try new things and innovate. It is time to unleash an army of creative leaders in home care.

The book is divided in two parts, Part I: Leading Yourself and Part II: Leading Others. It has seven Sections and 68 Chapters. Each chapter is short enough that it can be read it in 5-10 minutes. The Sections are 1) Self-Awareness Through the Enneagram, 2) Mastering Your Time & Productivity, 3) Becoming a Skilled Creative Communicator, 4) Artful Delegation & Feedback, 5) Building a Trusting & Creative Team, 6) Leading Change & Creative Problem Solving, 7) Nurturing & Retaining Talent.

“Home care is a calling. It is a privilege to serve patients and their families during some of the most tender moments of life. I wrote this book to honor the work of home care clinical managers, and to make a small contribution to help you grow your leadership.” – Dr. Heather L. Hodges

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