Women and Leadership in Health Care The Journey to Authenticity and Power

Women and Leadership in Health Care: The Journey to Authenticity and Power Women outnumber men six to one in the health care field. But despite their numbers, women still struggle to gain entry into boardrooms and the "executive suite." Why are there so few women in top-level management and executive positions within the health care industry? Can this course be changed? Written for health care executives and managers of both sexes, Women and Leadership in Health Care: The Journey to Authenticity and Power, explores the vital issues that surround the gender disparity in health care leadership. This book answers the vital questions concerning how gender affects health care leadership. It reveals how to create a diverse, creative, and resourceful leadership pool. And it gives women the tools they need to break the glass ceiling. Meticulously researched, Women and Leadership in Health Care is based on Catherine Robinson-Walker's comprehensive survey of health care leaders and a far-reaching review of today's management literature. Robinson-Walker-a recognized expert in leadership development in health care-offers hands-on guidance for health care managers and executives enabling them to assess their current environment and create a plan that will ensure the most qualified employees have the opportunity to develop into top-level health care leaders. By delving deeply into the complexities of beliefs and perceptions about gender, the author offers an invaluable resource for understanding the often confusing mix of gender, leadership, professional culture, social expectations, and personal bias. Filled with useful suggestions and practical advice, the book ? Offers guidance for overcoming gender barriers in health care leadership ? Reveals how senior level executives and managers can learn the skills they need to become successful mentors to future health care leaders ? Shatters common myths such as "Time alone will solve the problem of too few women in the health care executive ranks" ? Spells out how executives and managers can renew and hone their leadership abilities ? Focuses on the lessons men learn from women and the lessons women learn from men ? Outlines effective strategies from recognized experts in the fields of negotiation, communication, and executive recruitment. Women and Leadership in Health Care is filled with poignant, inspiring, and moving personal stories about the challenges-and triumphs-of effective leadership. A Road Map to the Top of Health Care Management Women and Leadership in Health Care : The Journey to Authenticity and Power is for leaders on either side of the health care glass ceiling. For women who want to reach the top levels of leadership in today's more than one-trillion-dollar health care industry, it offers a road map showing how to get there. For women and men who have already entered the executive suite, this book will reveal ways to assess the environment to ensure that the best and the brightest have an opportunity to rise to the top.Robinson-Walker, Catherine is the author of 'Women and Leadership in Health Care The Journey to Authenticity and Power', published 1999 under ISBN 9780787909338 and ISBN 0787909335.