"Evidence from numerous studies supports that leadership and innovation are critical factors for organizational success and improved outcomes. Further, no change takes place and sustains without strong leadership. Although the United States spends more money on healthcare than any other country in the Western world, our health outcomes are poor. For example, the United States is the worst such country in which to give birth. Sick and crisis care continue to be the predominant paradigm; this needs to shift to well care as 80% of chronic conditions can be prevented with healthy lifestyle behaviors. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, we also have a mental health epidemic with over 50% of clinicians suffering from burnout, which affects the quality and safety of care. Solutions, including employing strong leaders and innovators, are urgently needed"-- Provided by publisher.

Unit I.Building leadership skills. 1. Making the case for evidence-based leadership and innovation / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Tim Raderstorf -- 2. Pearls learned from a personal leadership, innovation, and entrepreneurial journey / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk -- 3. Understanding yourself and developing as a leader / T. Scott Graham -- 4. Key strategies for optimizing personal health and well-being: a necessity for effective leadership / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Susan Neale -- 5. Learning from a history of great leaders / T. Scott Graham -- 6. Forming and leading a high-performing team / Dianne Morrison-Beedy, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, and Robert Smith -- 7. Leading organizational change and creating strategic plans that succeed / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Sharon Tucker -- 8. Lessons in leadership: advice and insights from front-line healthcare leaders / T. Scott Graham -- 9. Building and sustaining organizational wellness cultures to enhance clinician population health and well-being and maximize return on investment and value of investment / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Megan Amaya -- 10. Achieving the quintuple aim in healthcare with evidence-based practice: a necessary leadership strategy for improving quality, safety, patient outcomes, equity, and cost reductions / Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk and Lynn Gallagher-Ford -- 11. Healthcare finance for leaders / Jacalyn Buck, Todd E. Tussing, Mary Justice, Cheryl L. Hoying, Courtney Campbell-Saxton, and Alma Helpling -- 12. Creating a budget: basics of budgeting and negotiation for leaders / Jacalyn Buck, Mary Justice, Todd E. Tussing, Mandy Richards, and Jillian Maitland -- 13. Negotiating complex systems / Dan Weberg -- 14. Using marketing, communications, and social media to leverage your leadership / Phil Saken, Betsy Sewell, Dianne Morrison-Beedy, and Linsey Grove -- 15. Leading in a virtual world / T. Scott Graham -- 16. Bringing the nurse leader competencies to life in real-world practice settings / Todd E. Tussing, Jacalyn Buck, Joyce Batcheller, Kimberly Brown, Laura Caramanica, Penelope F. Gorsuch, Judith Jefferson-Gordon, Ruth Labardee, and Reginald R. Pryear -- Unit II. Fostering innovation. 17. Healthcare innovation: bringing the buzzword to real-world healthcare settings / Nancy M. Albert and Tim Raderstorf -- 18. Emerging trends in healthcare innovation / Bonnie Clipper, Tami H. Wyatt, Michael Ackerman, and Tim Raderstorf -- 19. Patient-centered innovation / Adrienne Boissy -- 20. Positive deviance: advancing innovation to transform healthcare / Kathy Malloch and Tim Porter-O'Grady -- 21. Measuring innovation and determining return on investment / Deborah Mills-Scofield, Sidney Kushner, Stefanie Lyn Kaufman, and Eli MacLaren -- 22. Design thinking for healthcare leadership and innovation / Jess Roberts and Suratha Elango -- 23. Building and pitching your innovative ideas / Tim Raderstorf -- Unit III. Developing an entrepreneurial mindset. 24. Fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in healthcare / Tim Raderstorf -- 25. Identifying opportunities to innovate and create your niche / David Putrino -- 26. Intrapreneurship, business models, and how companies make money / Tim Raderstorf, Michelle Podlesni, Christine W. Meehan, Joseph Novello IV, and Pamala Wilson -- 27. Legal considerations in starting a healthcare business / Jonathon Vinocur -- 28. Starting and sustaining a healthcare business / Gary L. Sharpe, Tomeka R. Harris, Doug Clouser, and Mike Rathburn -- 29. Starting and sustaining a healthcare practice / Candy Rinehart and John J. McNamara -- 30. Key strategies for moving from research to commercialization with real world success stories / Caroline Crisafulli, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Dianne Morrison-Beedy, and Mary Beth Happ.