ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 8/30/2021
Greener grass comes from good watering
Perhaps your experience since the beginning of the pandemic has you thinking that the grass may be greener somewhere else. Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t. - 8/18/2021
Do you know the Forbidden Phrase of Leadership?
Today, I want to tune your radar to the forbidden phrase of leadership. As leaders, we must be on guard against this phrase and if we hear it, we must take swift action. - 8/11/2021
Things don’t just happen; they happen just...!
Things don’t just happen; things happen just. This is the principle of intentionality. We must be intentional with the people we lead because things don’t just happen. - 8/3/2021
The most difficult person to lead is... you?
My grandfather, who was a carpenter, told me once, “Any job is easy when you have the right tool.” - 7/28/2021
Do your leadership skills lead you uphill to a higher level?
Leaders help people go from where they are to where they want to be. - 7/21/2021
Remember when pharmacists didn't give shots?
About 12 years ago, the team I was serving on was given the task of training thousands of pharmacists to provide immunization services. - 7/15/2021
Everyone deserves to be led well! Are you?
“Everyone deserves to be led well.” These are the words my mentor spoke to me some months ago. While I understood leadership to be important, these words helped to frame the importance of leadership in a new way for me. - 7/5/2021
Defining leadership in pharmacy
The last time we met, I introduced the concept of leadership and gave encouragement that leadership skills can be learned. That's all well and good. But as pharmacists, we need to have something a little more substantial to work from. We need a definition of leadership. - 6/29/2021
For pharmacists, THIS is the most important skill
During my time in pharmacy school, I took a lot of classes – important classes. I learned all sorts of things during my time in school. But there was one class that started in a very memorable way.