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    Leading Successful Teams: How to Create a Winning Culture in Healthcare

    Susan A. Murphy, PhD

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    The essential leadership playbook for today’s complex healthcare environment — endorsed by leaders at Harvard, Stanford, and Mayo Clinic.

    Healthcare has changed dramatically in recent years. Burnout is rising, staffing shortages are widespread, and teams are navigating unprecedented levels of stress, complexity, and cultural transformation. In this environment, leadership is no longer optional — it is the determining factor between organizational struggle and organizational excellence.

    In Leading Successful Teams, Dr. Susan A. Murphy — international consultant, Fortune 500 executive, and award‑winning educator — delivers a comprehensive, system‑by‑system roadmap for building high‑performing healthcare teams. Drawing on decades of real‑world experience and the Weisbord Six‑Box Model, Murphy provides a practical framework for aligning purpose, leadership, structure, rewards, relationships, and resources to create a culture where both patients and team members thrive.

    Leading Successful Teams has strategies, tools, and case studies for all businesses and organizations. This expanded third edition includes timely new chapters on burnout, employee engagement, implicit bias, generational differences, managing upward, virtual meetings, and leadership wellness. As the book notes, “There is a critical need for LEADERSHIP!”

    Inside you’ll learn how to:

    • Build a mission‑driven culture that supports organizational goals
    • Lead effectively through change, uncertainty, and crisis
    • Reduce burnout and strengthen engagement across all roles
    • Apply the Situational Leadership® model to develop team members
    • Run productive meetings — virtual, hybrid, and in‑person
    • Coach, mentor, and motivate high‑performing teams
    • Manage conflict constructively and strengthen relationships
    • Recruit, hire, orient, and retain top talent
    • Navigate gender and generational differences in the workforce
    • Develop your own executive presence and leadership wellness

    Who should read this book:
    Healthcare executives, physician leaders, nurse managers, practice administrators, medical directors, HR and OD professionals, and anyone responsible for leading people in a clinical or organizational setting.

    Praise for the Book:
    Harvard faculty describe it as “an authoritative and practical guide to create a winning culture.” Mayo Clinic leaders call it “comprehensive, results‑oriented, and immediately applicable.” Stanford physicians commend its “insightful and highly comprehensive analyses.”

    Whether you are fine‑tuning a high‑performing practice or transforming an organization in crisis, Leading Successful Teams offers the tools, strategies, and inspiration to elevate your leadership and build a culture of excellence.

    Table of Contents

    PART 1: ALIGNING THE TEAM WITH PRACTICE GOALS

    CHAPTER 1: Smart Practice Decisions Create a Winning Culture
    CHAPTER 2: Systems Approach 
    CHAPTER 3: Developing the Organization’s Purpose 
    CHAPTER 4: Strategic Planning 
    CHAPTER 5: What Good Are Goals? 
    CHAPTER 6: Leading A Dynamic, Complex Healthcare System 
    CHAPTER 7: Patient Satisfaction

    PART 2: LEADING, COACHING AND MENTORING THE TEAM 

    CHAPTER 8: The Role of Leaders 
    CHAPTER 9: Leading Through Change 
    CHAPTER 10: Burnout and Employee Engagement 
    CHAPTER 11: Situational Leadership Model: From Directing to Delegating 
    CHAPTER 12: Tough, Positive Leadership 
    CHAPTER 13: Running Effective Meetings 
    CHAPTER 14: Managing Your Boss By Managing Upward 
    CHAPTER 15: Creating a Coaching Culture 
    CHAPTER 16: Mentoring 
    CHAPTER 17: Wellness for Leaders

    PART 3: BUILDING AND REWARDING YOUR TEAM 

    CHAPTER 18: The Role of Compensation and Incentives in Engaging the Team
    CHAPTER 19: Interviewing and Hiring 
    CHAPTER 20: Orientation 
    CHAPTER 21: Developing Team Member Performance Plans 
    CHAPTER 22: Conducting Performance Appraisals

    PART 4: RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AND THE NEW WORKFORCE 

    CHAPTER 23: Conflict Is Inevitable 
    CHAPTER 24: Managing Conflict 
    CHAPTER 25: Conflict Management and Teambuilding 
    CHAPTER 26: DEI and Implicit Bias 
    CHAPTER 27: Gender Differences 
    CHAPTER 28: Generational Differences
    CHAPTER 29: Tips for a More Positive and Productive Outlook 


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    Susan A. Murphy

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    Susan A. Murphy, PhD

    Susan A. Murphy, MBA, PhD, is president of Business Consultants Group, Inc., based in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Murphy’s extensive professional background combines the worlds of corporate leadership, academia, and management consulting. She has served as an executive in two Fortune 500 corporations as well as on the graduate faculty at both the University of San Francisco and Vanderbilt University. She has also provided international management consulting for 20+ years to more than 300 healthcare organizations and businesses. Dr. Murphy has been involved with opening four hospitals in the USA and the Middle East. Clients include Stanford University Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL), Tenet Healthcare Corp., the U.S. Air Force, and the Medical Group Management Association.

    Passionate about leadership, mentoring, and teaching individuals about gender and generational differences, Dr. Murphy thrives on serving as a catalyst for breakthrough team performance. She has coauthored numerous books, including In the Company of Women; Conversations on Success; 4genR8tns: Succeeding with Colleagues, Cohorts & Customers; Leading a Multi-Generational Workforce; and LifeQ: How to Make Your LIFE Your Most Important BUSINESS. In the Company of Women, coauthored with Dr. Pat Heim, has been featured on Good Morning America, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and usatoday.com, as well as in Time magazine. The book was selected as Harvard Business School’s “Book of the Month” and has been translated into several languages. Leading Successful Teams is used in many organizations including Harvard and Stanford University.

    As a keynote speaker, Dr. Murphy is known for her “Wit and Wisdom.” Audiences everywhere appreciate her humorous style and useful techniques, as she combines research and theory with real-life experiences. She has received numerous awards for leadership and in 2004, Vanderbilt University honored Dr. Murphy with a Lifetime Achievement Award.



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