Theory of Leadership in Health Care

Theory of Leadership in health care
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Theory of leadership in health care
Effective nurse leadership is of major importance in attaining patient outcomes as well as workplace enhancement. The Theory of Transformational Leadership is most effective in the health care environment of today. This is largely because Transformational Leadership (TL) is aligned to five important leadership practices. These are as follows: enabling other people to act, inspiring a shared vision, encouraging the heart, challenging the process and modelling the way (Clavelle, 2012). These leadership practices are crucial to any health care organization meeting its strategic priorities given that nursing officers need to create and communicate an explicit vision, foster innovation, develop effective structures for shared decision-making, and lead the health organization forward.
In addition, TL is an effectual approach where leaders set the tone for positive change through building trust in their team (Heuston & Wolf, 2011). Using Transformational Leadership as an organizational strategy helps to improve patient care outcomes – improving satisfaction of patients whilst decreasing adverse events. Additionally, Transformational Leadership can be utilized to effectively mana...