Management Lessons from the E.R.: Prescriptions for Success in Your Business

Life in the emergency room is often like that in the business world. Both are places of activity and excitement unexpected developments highs and lows crises and great intensity. On the treatment table and in the boardroom problems must be diagnosed correctly and dealt with as effectively and quickly as possible. Now in Management Lessons from the E.R.: Prescriptions for Success in Your Business Paul S. Auerbach M.D. -- a doctor of medicine and of companies -- shows exactly how a professional healers thought processes can be applied to a business. The result is enlightening occasionally lighthearted advice that goes far beyond other business management tomes offering readers real and surprising lessons.. Applying such medical truisms as The patient who isnt screaming may be the one in the most trouble and Dont count on luck Dr. Auerbach provides prescriptions for solving all types of managerial emergencies. Using real-life experiences from his many years as an E.R. physician COO of public and private medical management companies and venture capitalist he teaches executives how to prepare for and remain calm in difficult situations. In this unique book he shows how responsibility great expectations and the impact of failure force doctors to be at the top of their game at all times. From assessing the first symptoms of a patients or companys problem to determining the quickest and most effective means for treatment Auerbach details the true-to-life pressures fears and challenges one faces both in acute care medicine and in the most vital actions of ones career and does so with humor style and grace. The effect of this wisdom: the ability to deal with any business dilemma whether it be a short-term setback or the beginning of a more serious condition. The prescriptions here are lessons for success in business and at the same time for success in life.