Value Analysis Teams
Value Analysis Team Leadership While we are all looking for leadership in our value analysis team leaders, what do these characteristics really look like in the real world? I think Dr. David G. Javitch, an organizational psychologist, got it right when he identified these nine basic leadership characteristics that are essential for your value analysis team(s) to succeed: 1. Mission: Do your VA leaders know what their mission is or are they making it up as they go along? I know that we have all experienced the frustration of having a team leader who is leading by the seat of their pants instead of taking control of their VA team. This doesn’t happen when a VA team leader understands that their mission is to guide, coach and support their team members in their search for lower cost alternatives to what they are buying now. It doesn’t get any simpler than this! 2. Vision: Vision is the ability to see the big picture and how a value analysis team fits into your healthcare organization and what the team will look like as it fulfills its mission. Without this vision, it will be hard for team members to understand why their VA team is important and to be willing to actively participate in the team’s tasks and activities without any compensation. Fall 2012
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