The Negotiation & Advocacy Toolbox aims to provide clinical laboratory directors with adaptable and practical tools to help demonstrate the value of their laboratories to C-Suite and hospital administration.
This comprehensive and evolving Toolbox includes 100+ templates, tools, presentations, guides, and vetted resources developed or recommended by ASCP members. These resources are divided into the 5 pillars of content shown here.
Before you dig into the specific resources in the Toolbox Pillars, check out the following cross-cutting resources:
This presentation is an overview of the Negotiation and Advocacy Toolbox – a roadmap to advocating for the needs of your laboratory. Review this presentation to get a better sense of the Toolbox’s overall purpose and how the content in the 5 pillars come together to present a unified strategic plan for demonstrating the value of your laboratory.
The following cross-cutting resources can be applied across the 5 pillar areas. Check out this Intended Use document (pdf) to learn more about each cross-cutting resource in this Toolbox Overview section. A supplementary References document (pdf) for this Toolbox Overview section is also available.
Note: Any tools and/or resources used from these resources should be adapted for you own laboratory or health system, as appropriate.
Strategic Planning
This presentation introduces strategic planning methods that can be used for the laboratory, including establishing a strategic plan team, performing SWOT analysis, and developing SMART goals.
Presentation describing process that managers/directors can use to create a strategic plan for their lab.
Negotiation Skills
Presentation outlining emotional intelligence, conversational intelligence, and negotiation skills necessary to create career success and positive laboratory outcomes.
Outlay a plan for communications to promote visibility of the laboratory and gain stakeholder buy-in and interest in the laboratory.
Be the best place to work in pathology and laboratory medicine by cultivating diverse life-long learners and engaging and guiding the next generation of laboratory leaders, supervisors, managers, and MLS to build a culture of patient-focused lab advocates.
Strengthen the quality program throughout the department and enhance patient safety
Ensure that overall financial performance continues to keep pace with the operating and capital requirements needed to advance divisional and departmental mission and values.
Accelerate innovation and implement the best cutting-edge technologies throughout the laboratory to increase clinical volume, operational expansion, and geographic outreach.
Let’s put the Toolbox to work!
Outlay a plan for communications to promote visibility of the laboratory and gain stakeholder buy-in and interest in the laboratory.
Be the best place to work in pathology and laboratory medicine by cultivating diverse life-long learners and engaging and guiding the next generation of laboratory leaders, supervisors, managers, and MLS to build a culture of patient-focused lab advocates.
Strengthen the quality program throughout the department and enhance patient safety
Ensure that overall financial performance continues to keep pace with the operating and capital requirements needed to advance divisional and departmental mission and values.
Accelerate innovation and implement the best cutting-edge technologies throughout the laboratory to increase clinical volume, operational expansion, and geographic outreach.
Let’s put the Toolbox to work!
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