Pharmacy U news

Pharmacy U presenter Zubin Austin: "Rage is all the rage: Dealing with conflict and hostility in practice"
Join us on Saturday, April 1st at 730 a.m. to learn more about yourself, conflict management, and what you can do to better manage difficult situations, conversations, and people.
Mature pharmacy teams know how to lose together
The simplest way to obtain buy-up is togetherness. A team matures when they are united and have each other to follow. During turmoil, if they win as a team no one overstays their welcome by taking too much glory. If they lose as a team, no steps out of line because they understand it was a collective loss.

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?
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.
Newbie to pro: are you good enough at something to need a coach?

Whether you like it or not, optically you are the expert. Your words and actions drive behaviour change and it is up to you to provide the feedback that allows staff to navigate their own individual mastery curves.
Travel Health – Preparing your patient to travel safely abroad

As travel and tourism re-emerge from the obstacles faced during the pandemic, the way in which travel medicine is being delivered is changing, with travelers increasingly turning to their pharmacists for last-minute travel advice and vaccinations.
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.
Pharmacy U presenter Paula Harvey: Women's cardiovascular health

Pharmacists are in a unique position to provide counselling and support to women with risk factors for CVD, and to advise on the implementation of lifestyle and pharmacological interventions to optimize primary and secondary preventions strategies.
Why triathlon makes me a better pharmacist

To be a better pharmacist, unmask new success by committing to your obsessions and unleashing your inner badass.
Pinballs: Do your decisions as a pharmacy boss invite customer agony?

Decisions are like pinballs. They bring downstream side-effects in both predictable and unpredictable ways. Some pinballs change the internal (staff) environment while others change the external (customer) environment. Great leaders understand the difference and get ahead of them in the right places.

Pharmacy U presenter Zubin Austin: "Rage is all the rage: Dealing with conflict and hostility in practice"

Mature pharmacy teams know how to lose together

Which way do we go? Directing directional pharmacy leadership

The fourth direction of pharmacy leadership, Part 2

Newbie to pro: are you good enough at something to need a coach?

Travel Health – Preparing your patient to travel safely abroad

The fourth direction of pharmacy leadership, Part 1

Pharmacy U presenter Paula Harvey: Women's cardiovascular health

Why triathlon makes me a better pharmacist

Pinballs: Do your decisions as a pharmacy boss invite customer agony?