ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 4/3/2023
What if there's no clear direction for your pharmacy leadership?
Last time, I left you with a dilemma: in what direction do you lead if a patient leaves your pharmacy, transfers to another, but then returns to you? - 3/27/2023
The grey area of directional leadership
Are there times when we lead others from more than one direction? More specifically, when leading our patients, what direction are we leading? To me, or at least the me of several years ago, I would think it was leading down. However, now that I have spent some time examining directional leadership, and more specifically traced the line of authority, I do not believe that is the case. - 3/13/2023
Which way do we go? Directing directional pharmacy leadership
Over the last several weeks, we have looked at the various directions of directional leadership. That is all well and good, but what are you going to do with that information? - 3/6/2023
The fourth direction of pharmacy leadership, Part 2
Last week I told you about my "plan" to take the last Friday of each month for self-development and how somehow those Fridays just didn't work out as I had planned. - 2/27/2023
The fourth direction of pharmacy leadership, Part 1
When we talk about directional leadership, up, down and across pretty much covers it, doesn't it? Long-time readers will not be surprised when I tell you we have another direction of leadership to explore – the Fourth Direction of Leadership. - 2/19/2023
The potent potential of pharmacists leading across
Around 2008 I began learning about performance measures for pharmacy and I was enthralled. What an amazing concept! What if we could describe a way to determine how well a therapy serves a patient? - 2/12/2023
Why is it so hard to "lead down" in pharmacy?
You would think that leading down is the easiest form of leadership, and perhaps it is. But consider this: if it is supposed to be so easy, why is it so hard? Why is it so challenging? - 1/30/2023
How can pharmacists lead up, up and away? Part 2.
One of the most important ways we lead is by leading up. This is key for a number of reasons. Perhaps most notably, it is because when we lead up, we make life easier for our boss. And in turn, our boss can make life easier for us. And if you are serving on a team with others who have the same boss, life can improve for all of you! - 1/23/2023
How can pharmacists lead up, up and away?
One of the most important ways we lead is by leading up. This is key for a number of reasons. Perhaps most notably, it is because when we lead up, we make life easier for our boss. And in turn, our boss can make life easier for us. And if you are serving on a team with others who have the same boss, life can improve for all of you! - 1/17/2023
Are you practising directional leadership?
I trust the new year still finds you well and well on your way to achieving your goals for 2023. Over the course of the next several articles we are going to look at the idea of what I will call “directional leadership.”