Unconventional Leadership: What Henry Ford and Detroit Taught Me About Reinvention and Diversity

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What does it take to lead the successful turnaround of four consecutive organizations? What does it take to run a $5 billion business in Detroit as the city struggles to emerge from municipal bankruptcy and its worst ongoing crisis ever? What does it take to be a female CEO who has come up against discrimination and personal attack? It takes “Unconventional Leadership,” a style of leadership in accordance with confronting reality and leading headlong through adversity. On this inspiring story, innovative LGBT leader Nancy Schlichting, the CEO of Henry Ford Health System, reveals her unique strategies that drive success: maintaining a focal point on people, creating a culture of innovation and reinvention, and embracing diversity as a key strategy for growth. The book describes a leadership paradigm with the intention to motivate, inspire, and drive new thinking in nowadays’s disruptive business environment where traditional modes of managing are no longer working. In “Unconventional Leadership,” Schlichting weaves together three themes that provide an explanation for how she has turn into some of the powerful individuals in healthcare nowadays: (1) deftly conquering the immense challenges inside the healthcare industry itselfconsolidation, new models of delivery and financing, increasing government regulation and oversight, changing customer expectations, and pressures on cost and quality (2) the exciting and panoramic backdrop of Henry Ford and DetroitFord s legacy of invention and innovation combined with ongoing attempts to restore and renew a city in deep decline; and (3) forging a career path and excelling as an LGBT and female CEO in a world normally dominated by men. An abiding fan of the underdog, Schlichting reveals, above all else, the sheer grit and determination required to lead through adversity and create a successful legacy of leadership.”

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