The Florence Prescription; From
Accountability to Ownership
By Joe Tye
Date
Review Posted: April 10, 2013
Authors: Joe Tye with Dick Schwab
Release
Date: 2009
Related
Blog: http://valuescoachinc.com/
FIVE THUMBS UP! (A
case could be made that I would only review the best of the best because if
while reading a book it does not hold my interest, I would not finish it and
therefore would not review it.)
Format:
Inspirational Novel with a great message; enjoy and educational
Reason
For Reading THIS book: Joe Tye has become my personal mentor (via
the Internet) and I read literally everything he writes (more than once as in
this case). This work did not change my
opinion that his works are very much worth reading!
Number
Of Times I Have Read This Book: Three times.
It is a very easy to read book.
Less than 200 pages but full of very valuable information in regards to
creating a culture of ownership within your company, any company, not just the
medical industry.
Brief
Summary of Content: What would Florence Nightingale say or do if
she were to return to the Medical industry today? The book is written from the perspective of a
hospital business consultant. But in
this case, Florence Nightingale appears and reappears throughout the book but
only to certain individuals and provides extremely valuable insights to how and
why a business can only change by developing a culture of ownership by everyone
involved – administration, employees, volunteers and patients. While this book is written with the Medical
Industry as the primary business involved, the principles of this book apply to
every business from the one person LLC to the mega companies around the
world. It tells a story. It introduces
you to multiple types of attitudes that you can find in any business and
hopefully you can relate to one or more of them in a favorable way as compared
to having an attitude that subverts creating a place of employment where no one
would ever feel a need to leave.
And
from the book: “Bingo!
That is the essence of effective leadership, and it is the heart of The
Florence Prescription. Florence is best
remembered for her work during the Crimean War, but some of her most enduring
accomplishments – the reform of the British military health system, the use of
quantitative epidemiological methods for hospital quality assessment, the
Nightingale school of nursing, the first hospital that was specifically
designed to be a hospital – all came about because she influenced other people to
take ownership for the endeavors. She
knew that the real role of a leader is to inspire other leaders. Followers
are accountable, leaders take ownership. And, as I often say, in today’s complex,
turbulent and hypercompetitive world we need leaders in every corner, not just
in the corner office. We need to move
from accountability to ownership.”
Who
Should Read the Book? Everyone
in business no matter what industry or how large or how small.
Final
Test: Would I read the book again? ABSOLUTELY AND I AM! Would I give it as a gift? ABSOLUTELY!
HERE
IS THE BEST PART. You can purchase the book for only $5.00 a
copy from http://www.sparkstore.com/motivational-book-florence.html. It makes a great gift to anyone in business. I purchased copies to give to the various
doctors that I visit such as my Primary Care Physician, Dentist, Eye Physican,
etc. If you happen to be affiliated with
Keller Williams Realty, there is no better description of what an Agent Leadership
Council (ALC) is all about or should be about.
