Power and Persuasion: Influence Tactics for Health Care Leaders

Many of today's leaders in health care organizations have a background in medicine or some other scientific field. Largely because they have been educated in a rigorously data-oriented approach and trained in strongly hierarchical settings, they tend to use a narrow range of influence strategies, limiting their management effectiveness. Using a full range of influence tactics, and doing so strategically, can help such leaders increase their personal and organizational effectiveness.