This new book on leadership was written to provide students and new practitioners with a useful resource as they begin their careers. Students and new practitioners need specific guidance on various aspects of leadership, and face challenges that mid-career and more established or experienced practitioners do not. The book is meant to act as an "in print mentor," with a friendly, personal tone, and information and advice presented by both veteran practitioners and new practitioners who have just gone through the same experience themselves. The book takes a unique, fully case-based approach. Other helpful features in each chapter include leadership pearls, suggested leadership exercises, and additional materials such as checklists and self-assessment tools.
About the Author:

Michael DeCoske, Pharm.D., BCPS

Michael DeCoske currently serves as the Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer for Ambulatory Services at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. He also serves as a residency advisor for PGY1 residents in the 24-month Health System Pharmacy Administration Residency Program. Previously, Michael served as Coordinator of Pharmacy Administrative Services at Duke University Hospital. Prior to Duke, he completed a PGY1 and Health System Pharmacy Administration (PGY2) Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC. He completed his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA.

Michael has served various roles within the ASHP New Practitioners Forum as a member of the Public Affairs and Advocacy and Membership and Outreach Advisory Groups as well as vice-chair of the ASHP New Practitioners Forum Executive Committee. Most recently, he served as the Chair of the 2009-2010 ASHP New Practitioners Forum Executive Committee. Michael also represented the Forum as a delegate at the 2009 ASHP House of Delegates in Chicago, IL. Michael is a member of the ASHP Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers Leadership Development Section Advisory Group, the University Health System Consortium Ambulatory Pharmacy Council, the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists and the International Pharmaceutical Federation. Michael also holds distinction as a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist.

Jennifer Tryon, Pharm.D., M.S., is the Assistant Director of Pharmacy at Southwest Washington Medical Center where she oversees inpatient operations, both clinical and distribution areas, the anticoagulation clinic, the infusion pharmacy services, and the hospice program. Jennifer also participates in the SWMC residency program, serving as a primary preceptor.

For the past three and a half years, she has been the Assistant Director of Pharmacy at Oregon Health and Sciences University, with responsibility for the inpatient central and decentral pharmacy operations, the Emergency Department, medication safety, and regulatory and quality compliance.

Dr. Tryon received her doctor of pharmacy from the University of Iowa and her master's of science degree from the University of Wisconsin.

She is active in state and national organizations, including serving as a delegate for the state of Oregon at the ASHP House of Delegates. She is the 2010 President-Elect of the Oregon Society. She is the past Chair of the ASHP Section Advisory Group on Manager Development, a member of the Committee on Nominations, and a member of the Search and Screen Committee for the ASHP Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer.

Sara J. White, R.Ph., MS, FASHP

Sara J. White, MS, is a retired Director of Pharmacy from Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Clinical Professor UCSF School of Pharmacy. Prior to Stanford, she was the Associate Director of Pharmacy and Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Sara has over 40 years of pharmacy leadership experience and has trained over 100 residents. She is currently a Pharmacy Leadership Coach and Faculty for the ASHP Foundation's Pharmacy Leadership Academy.

Sara has served on the ASHP Board of Directors, Chair, House of Delegates and is a Past President having also been president of the Greater Kansas City Society of Hospital Pharmacists and the Kansas Society of Hospital Pharmacists. She has been honored with receiving the Harvey A.K. Whitney Award as well as other national awards. Sara is a Fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. After retiring she was an ASHP Foundation Scholar in Residence on Pharmacy Leadership. Sara continues to published and be an invited professional speaker.

Sara completed a BS in Pharmacy from Oregon State University, MS from Ohio State University and an ASHP accredited Residency at the Ohio State University Hospitals and Clinics.