Books & resources

A clearer playbook for becoming a leader.

Three complementary books for the perioperative leadership journey—from accepting the responsibility, to building the operating system, to establishing direction in the first 90 days.

The perioperative leadership library

Three books. Three leadership moments.

Each book stands on its own. Together, they connect the personal transition into leadership with the operating discipline required to lead surgical services well.

Front cover of Nobody Handed Me the Playbook by David West
01 Leadership memoir

Nobody Handed Me the Playbook

What I learned becoming a perioperative leader before anyone taught me how to lead

A candid account of the transition from clinical expertise to leadership responsibility—the lessons, missteps, and hard-won perspective that helped turn experience into a more deliberate way of leading.

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Front cover of Surgical Services by Design by David West
02 Operating guide

Surgical Services by Design

The practical guide to leading people, performance, finance, and growth in the operating room

A disciplined operating guide for perioperative leaders who need to connect people, performance, flow, reliability, finance, and change—without losing sight of the daily work.

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Front cover of The Perioperative Leader's First 90 by David West
03 First-90-days field guide

The Perioperative Leader's First 90

A practical field guide to building trust, stabilizing operations, and delivering results

A sequenced field guide for new and transitioning perioperative leaders who need to listen, align, prioritize, execute, and establish credible early momentum.

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Governing cover collection

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Practical leadership resource

Turn priorities into visible execution.

The Executive Planner is a printable leadership system for organizing priorities, decisions, commitments, and follow-through without turning the workday into another productivity project.

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Start with a Decision Set.

See how a short preparation structure brings facts, decision pathways, conversation language, and follow-through into the same place.

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