Being a leader in healthcare is one of the best jobs ever. It is a job that asks and requires you to stay on top of your game. Getting the job is the start of learning new skills and building a set of capabilities beyond the clinical or beyond being technically capable.

Knowing your learning style is part of your self awareness discovery. Knowing where to start with your leadership learning can be a minefield. There are a plethora of books, articles, podcasts, TED talks and more.

What I’ve got for you here is a place to start in the midst of all that noise. I’ve read a number of leadership books and always consider them in relation to healthcare.

As I read, I’m asking:

How relevant and practical is this?

Is there something I can pick up and try and use with my team?

Is there a leadership approach that I can put into practice that is going to support my team, my career and my work at the moment?

My collection of Leading in Healthcare book recommendations is a list of 156 books, These 5 are a focused sublist if you want to know what to pick up today. What are the essential foundation books for you as you start your leadership in healthcare? If you’ve been leading for some time, these books are worth a revisit. A second or third reading will always give you a new idea or insight because you are a different person this time around.

There you have it, the first five.

No Simon Sinek, Adam Grant, Jim Collins or……the list could go on.

These 5 will give you a good start, a foundation of ideas and concepts that you’ll build on as your career develops, evolves and changes.

Want to chat about your leadership career and what’s the best next book for you? Challenge me to find the book for you in a 15-minute conversation.