The main intent of this book is to guide the reader to practical, relevant skills and concepts so that they will feel comfortable and confident leading and participating in teams. All too frequently safety and quality is compromised in healthcare organizations because of poor communication and an inability to successfully manage conflict. This book provides knowledge and skills associated with facilitating and leading teams within healthcare organizations. It provide ideas, strategies and tools for healthcare leaders (administrative, nursing, physician, other clinical) to create and lead teams that have a learning orientation, have the ability to self-correct, and get exceptional results. This book gives leaders insight into new thinking, shows how to apply this knowledge to their teaming efforts. Ultimately, creating teams with a learning orientation will provide superior healthcare outcomes, both from a quality standpoint and a service standpoint. Readers will find ideas that they can implement and will challenge some existing assumptions and provide newer ways of thinking about teams within healthcare organizations. This book is written for those who recognize the importance of the task at hand, understand that yesterday's models may not be as relevant, and who understand the critical role of teams and that we are often falling short in teaming efforts.

Geno Stone has made and lost millions in the rap game - and that's not strictly dollars. The hip-hop star has also influenced plenty of souls in his rise to the top of the rap charts, with misogynistic and hypnotizing lyrics in bangers and plenty of anthems beloved by a generation of his fans. The king of the woman-hating gangsta rap era found everything he thought he was seeking in the 1990s: fame, respect, goo gobs of money and a multitude of willing and eager women ready to please him at the drop of a snapback hat. The clarion call of the lights, cameras and actions of sexy groupies seemed so much more fun to Geno than making a life back in Cali with his high school sweetheart and baby's mother, Kim, and their sweet baby girl, Dee. "Dying to Live Again" is a compelling novel about the life of rapper Geno Stone, a man better known to his fans as the philandering and full-of-machismo "Geno Cide," a moniker more prophetic than he first realizes. When tragedy strikes the life of his 20-year-old daughter, Geno takes revenge into his own murderous hands - and causes his own life to hang in the balance on death row at San Quentin State Prison. Will he die at the hands of the executioners hired by the state - or will Geno receive a last-minute reprieve that spares his life? Come inside the pages of "Dying to Live Again" and find out...