Healthcare leaders and executives must constantly deal with evolving regulations, workforce constraints, patient-care issues, and financial challenges. It can lead to administrative dysfunction and cause burnout in the leadership team. Boasting a twenty-year career in healthcare administration, military leadership, and academia, Michael Rivera brings you an all-in-one healthcare leadership manual with Lead Like a Pro, Inspire Like a Leader. In this book, the author presents a leadership framework based on six core pillars that contribute to the overall health of any organization. You will learn about being a proactive leader, employing effective and consistent communication practices, reaching organizational goals, compliance and regulations, organizational success plans, identifying root causes of problems, managing finances, sales and marketing plans, relationship management, handling customer service problems, the hiring process, training and development through continuous learning, leadership self-care, time management, building a brand, and more.

Although targeted primarily toward healthcare leaders and executives, Lead Like a Pro, Inspire Like a Leader can be used as a functional guide by professionals in management positions across a diverse field of organizations. You will discover helpful tools to utilize as a leader and be able to foster a work environment that leads to the smooth functioning of your administration and seamless teamwork within your organization. Michael Rivera draws from his own experiences in healthcare leadership roles and offers a practical framework that allows you to envision the big picture and stop being bogged down by the daily rigors of management. The author provides in-depth explanations and examples to ensure readers fully understand every topic discussed in this book. If you're seeking a leadership guide as a manager or an executive, you won't go wrong with this one!

Lead Like a Pro, Inspire Like a Leader by Michael Rivera is a manual designed for leaders in the healthcare industry. However, leaders in other industries may also find it useful. Based on his 15 years of experience as a healthcare executive and regional vice president, the author introduces six core pillars in this well-written guide. He considers these pillars to be the foundation for success. The first is the organizational pillar, with insights on achieving organizational goals. The second is the financial pillar, followed by the sales pillar which covers key topics like brand management and reputation. Next is the customer experience pillar, then the human resources pillar, featuring an intriguing discussion on how "rock stars will fall, and rebels will rise." Finally, the leadership pillar shares the importance of building for the future.

Since healthcare leaders often operate like firefighters, it’s no surprise they can get lost in all the noise. This is why Lead Like a Pro, Inspire Like a Leader by Michael Rivera is such a useful book. It uses the six core pillars to guide leaders to lead like pros. The points in the book are clearly conveyed. In particular, I liked the section titled “Key Takeaways” at the end of each chapter. In this section, the important points in the chapter are listed under two headings: Lead Like a Pro, and Inspire Like a Leader. What a great way to get the points across. A truly wonderful book and a must-read for current and aspiring leaders committed to driving their organizations forward.