Views From AOPA Leadership

Summer Reading

TODAY, THERE ARE so many mediums in which to keep learning. Two of my favorites are books and podcasts. With summer vacations heating up, here are a few suggestions to pack in your beach bag or backpack, or download to your iPad®, Kindle, or phone.

BOOKS

• “Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity,” by

Kim Scott: This book was recommended to me by an interviewee, and I read it in one sitting. While the title suggests this is for bosses only, I recommend it for everyone because being radically candid requires communication and trust from both the employee and the boss. • “Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging, and Enjoyable Meetings,” by

Mamie Kanfer Stewart and Tai Tsao: This book offers a way to make meetings more engaging, fruitful, and enjoyable for everyone on your team. We have enough meetings—this book helps ensure you do not meet just to meet and explains how to get the most from your meetings. This book is not just for those putting on the meetings. If you are going to create change within your organization, you need buy-in from everyone; so, share your “why” by having them read this. • “Reframing Healthcare: A Roadmap for Creating Disruptive Change,” by Zeev

Neuwirth, MD: Dave McGill introduced this book to me. It’s is a step-by-step guide that shares tools used in marketing to improve healthcare at an accelerated pace. It’s written for healthcare organizations that wish to thrive in a customercentric, community-oriented, value-based healthcare system.

PODCASTS

• “Dare To Lead With Brené Brown”: This podcast features conversations with change-catalysts, culture-shifters, and more than a few troublemakers who are innovating, creating, and daring to lead. • “Coaching for Leaders With Dave Stachowiak, PhD”: He brings his perspective from a thriving, global leadership academy and interviews bestselling authors and expert researchers, while also regularly dialoging with listeners.

AUDIOBOOKS

(Because sometimes the story is even better in the authors’ voices) • “Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood,” by Trevor Noah:

This autobiography from the award-winning comedian explores his life growing up in South Africa. • “Greenlights,” by Matthew McConaughey: From the Academy Award-winning actor, this memoir shares the stories of his life beyond his infamous “Alright, alright, alright.”

I hope you have a great summer—and if you have your own book or podcast recommendations, access your My OP Community account and share in the Hot Topics Community.

Traci Dralle, CFm, is president of AOPA.

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Board of Directors

OFFICERS

President Traci Dralle, CFm Fillauer Companies, Chattanooga, TN

President-Elect Dave McGill Össur Americas, Foothill Ranch, CA

Vice President Teri Kuffel, JD Arise Orthotics & Prosthetics, Spring Lake Park, MN

Immediate Past President Jeffrey Lutz, CPO Hanger Clinic, Lafayette, LA

Treasurer Rick Riley O&P Boost, Bakersfield, CA

Executive Director/Secretary (Nonvoting) Eve Lee, MBA, CAE AOPA, Alexandria, VA

DIRECTORS

Jeffrey M. Brandt, CPO Ability Prosthetics & Orthotics Inc., Exton, PA

Mitchell Dobson, CPO Hanger, Austin, TX

Elizabeth Ginzel, MHA, CPO Baker O&P, Fort Worth, TX

Kimberly Hanson, CPRH Ottobock, Austin, TX

John “Mo” Kenney, CPO, LPO, FAAOP Kenney Orthopedics, Lexington, KY

Linda Wise WillowWood, Mount Sterling, OH

James O. Young Jr., LP, CP, FAAOP Amputee Prosthetic Clinic, Tifton, GA

Shane Wurdeman, MSPO, PhD, CP, FAAOP(D) Research Chair Hanger Clinic, Houston Medical Center, Houston, TX