Synopsis
Jason Barger spent seven straight days flying 6,548 miles to seven different cities - living only in the airports the entire time. He studied 10,000 observations at all four corners of the United States and reflected on how air travel can teach us about our lives and leadership TODAY. The airport metaphor leaps to life with funny and inspiring anecdotes that raise the question, what kind of leadership is needed within healthcare? In a busy and mobile world, Step Back from the Baggage Claim is a refreshing call for Servant Leadership, Mission, Culture Change, Innovation, and Care. Join the Movement. Learn more at StepBackFromTheBaggageClaim.com
About the Author
Jason Barger is an Author/Speaker/Consultant and Creator of the Step Back from the Baggage Claim movement - featured by the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Kiplinger, Washington Post, and many other media spots worldwide. rior to sleeping in airports and observing human behavior, Barger led over 1700 people to construct 125 houses internationally for families living in poverty as well as implemented the Streets Mission Project to serve the homeless on the streets of Columbus, Ohio. As the former Director of First Community Church s Camp Akita, he designed programming focused on living with joy, love, compassion, faith, and service for over 1900 campers a summer. Jason is a graduate of Denison University, where he served as Captain of the men s basketball team, and also received certification from Georgetown University in Nonprofit Executive Management. In 2004, he was one of five people in Columbus, Ohio to receive a Jefferson Award, a national award given to Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things . Today, Jason and his wife, Amy, and their three children, Will, Benton and Brooke, live in Columbus, Ohio. Jason is an Author, Consultant, Angel Advocate, Servant-Leader, Creative Think-Tanker, and sought after Keynote Speaker. As founder of Step Back Leadership Consulting LLC, he works with organizations that are passionate about Culture Change, Leadership Development, Innovation, Service, Social Responsibility, and bringing their Mission to life everyday. Learn more at StepBackFromTheBaggageClaim.com ******************************************** FOREWORD & AFTERWORD BY DR. CHIP SOUBA - Dean, Dartmouth Medical School and VP for Health Affairs, Dartmouth College Wiley Chip Souba (pronounced Show-buh) serves as VP for Health Affairs and Dean of the Medical School at Dartmouth College, where he also holds a faculty appointment as Professor in the Department of Surgery. Before moving to Dartmouth, Dr. Souba held similar positions at the Ohio State University. Prior to that, Dr. Souba served as Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Penn State s College of Medicine, Surgeon-in-Chief at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and Director of the Penn State Hershey Center for Leadership Development. In the 1990s, he served as Chief of Surgical Oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He began his career as a faculty member at the University of Florida. Dr. Souba s clinical interests are in surgical oncology. He has been regularly ranked as one of The Best Doctors in America by his peers and has been recognized for his clinical expertise by Boston Magazine. He has published 320 articles in peer- reviewed journals, has served as Editorial Chair of American College of Surgeons Surgery, and is Co-editor of the Journal of Surgical Research. Dr. Souba is recognized for his innovative approaches to developing leaders and leadership. He writes and lectures regularly on diverse topics such as healthcare leadership challenges, personal and organizational transformation, leading oneself, barriers to effective leadership, and the language of leadership. He is married with two children and lives in Hanover, New Hampshire. Learn more at ChipSouba.com
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
