Kinected

A Guide for Optimizing Leadership Performance, Effectiveness, and Joy from the Inside Out

Are you looking for a new perspective on the unique connection and intersection between personal balance and your ability to effectively lead other people? 

Kinected will give you insights and actions to accelerate your ability to influence the culture of an organization and achieve excellent performance—both personally and professionally. You will understand the importance of your body's kinetic chain and its relevance to the kinetic chain of an organization.

As a nurse, health care performance executive, leadership scholar, and a balance and health zealot, Dr. Susan Glover will share her knowledge, experience, and others’ stories. Alongside her journey studying leadership and organizational alignment, Dr. Glover’s doctoral studies enabled an understanding of the connection of leading yourself first, then others. You will be motivated to make practical changes to start the journey to being an effective leader of yourself and others.

Be the Chief Culture Officer of your life and your organization.

Get Kinected.

$26.95
ISBN: 978-1-63755-777-8
Imprint: Amplify Publishing
SKU: 18-1157-01
Categories:Amplify Publishing, Leadership and Management, Health, Medicine, and Wellness, Self-Esteem and Personal Success

“As an active leadership consultant and author for the last four decades, I approached this book with a great deal of skepticism. What could another work purporting to advance communication and leadership offer a seasoned veteran? I was so wrong. Using an organizing principle from mechanical engineering, the ‘kinetic chain,’ Dr. Glover weaves a convincing, fascinating journey to connect physical, mental, and spiritual strength with the ability to lead. Kinected is different from the myriad books on leadership in many ways. Susan Glover has taken on this much-tackled subject, and with a combination of her own firsthand experiences as an ICU nurse manager and her careful, scholarly insight offering evidence-based data, Kinected connects on a personal and professional level.

Rather than a dry theoretical treatise, Glover offers very practical insights supported by her own candid struggles as a hospital leader in the toughest of circumstances. Particularly poignant is her vulnerable account and noteworthy insights as she lifted her ICU team to face the COVID pandemic with courage and skill. While hospital personnel around the globe were reeling from this scourge, morale among her staff was strong. How she was able to accomplish this will keep the reader engaged. Whether a new or accomplished leader, Kinected will provide a fresh and invaluable perspective not to be missed.”

—Peter A. Glaser, PhD

“Kinected is a must-read for anyone interested in leadership that’s rooted in self-reflection and personal growth. As a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist, I’ve witnessed the power of 'leading yourself first' firsthand. Dr. Glover’s personal and professional experiences make the principles discussed relatable. This book offers a practical and inspiring guide to doing just that. The actionable questions at the end of each chapter make Kinected a valuable resource that you can return to again and again. By working through the exercises, readers will be prepared to lead with a deeper sense of purpose, confidence, and trust, ultimately enabling their teams and organizations to achieve professional and personal success.”

—Marissa Leslie, MD, board-certified psychiatrist and physician executive

“Susan has masterfully shown us the importance of great leaders understanding the kinetic chain so they can develop other leaders by connecting with their physical, mental, and spiritual inner beings, I come from the health care industry, so I have a personal appreciation for optimal leadership in order to help individuals get past the four barriers to leadership effectiveness. While all four are important and real, I believe that the fourth barrier must be addressed, as without trust, a leader cannot be effective. This is a book that you must read if you wish to have complete success as a leader.”

—Barry Rassin, O.D., F.A.C.H.E., M.B.A., C. Dir., past Rotary International president (2018-2019)

“Dr. Glover effectively introduces the concept and power of kinetic chains and applies the concepts to both personal and organizational fitness, health, and success. She brings the ideas to life in engaging and practical ways. The book builds a compelling case that leaders, the team, and organizational health are connected and can be intentionally nurtured to achieve optimal success.”

—William G. Robertson, CEO of MultiCare Health System

“Susan’s profound knowledge of the human body and muscle synergy in the form of kinetic chains enables her readers to understand what ‘movement’ really means. It can be fluid, balanced, and efficient with self-mastery and a regimented practice. In her book, she brings profound insight of high-level business practices to reveal the synergistic values necessary for each leadership role, and explains how to optimize those practices and values for maximum performance. She brings a medical and athletic mindset of eliminating your weaknesses in leadership by understanding what is limiting your performance individually, collectively, mentally, and physically in the corporate arena.”

—Duane A. Clemons, CPT, endermotherapist, former NFL football player, and founder of Urbana Spine and Wellness Center

Susan Glover

Healthcare Performance Executive, Leadership Scholar, and Founder of Tour de Force Partners

Susan serves as the founder and CEO of Tour de Force Partners following a successful career in leading multiple executive service lines in provider-based health care. Her goal is to bring twenty-five years of executive leadership experience and her doctoral studies in Organizational Leadership to create positive change in leaders and their organization’s performance.

Susan also serves as a Vice President & Senior Consultant with HealthSearch Partners. HealthSearch Partners was founded in 2017 by veterans of the health care executive search business and is nationally recognized for a highly personalized, results-driven approach.

Susan served as the Chief Quality Officer for Adventist HealthCare, located in Gaithersburg, Maryland, from 2001 to 2023 where she established governance and strategies to drive continuous and accountable processes for measuring and improving the quality and appropriateness of patient care services. This included leading system-wide performance management approaches and deployment, clinical effectives, and electronic medical record optimization. She served on several boards focused on quality, safety, and prevention of domestic violence and abuse including serving as the chair of the Maryland Patient Safety Center. She currently serves on the Generation Hope board while pursuing a deeper understanding of the art and science of leadership.

Susan’s passion for organizational effectiveness, leadership, and governance inspired her studies at Hood College, where in 2020, she received her Doctorate in Organizational Leadership. Susan also has her MHA from University of Maryland, University College, College Park, Maryland (1989) and a BSN from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (1980). As an author and CEO, Susan now focuses on creating positive change for leaders and their team’s performance.

Susan focuses on physical training, yoga, family time, travel, and quiet time at the beach for restoration and balance. Her favorite leadership quote is from Ronald Reagan: “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one who gets the people to do the greatest things.”

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