Transformative Leadership In Healthcare

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Leadership is described as the behavior of an individual when directing the activity of a group towards a common goal (Al- Sawai, 2013). Healthcare system involves multiple related, interconnected relations with other departments and health care professionals from various cultural backgrounds; therefore, the understanding of individuals’ behavior and group dynamics within the healthcare organization is imperative for a leader and or organization to be successful (Bukowski, 2009). A transformative leader has the attributes that are necessary for twenty- first century leader to have to be an effective leader in a changing nursing service organization and the healthcare system. A transformative leader is a type of leader that collaborates, encourages, and motivates people adapt to changes with charisma (University of Kent, n.d). Study shows that some leaders fail because of …show more content…

Future leaders need to be able communicate effectively, motivate, and lead a highly diverse and dynamic group of people in a complicated industry. A transformative leader needs to be culturally diverse because of the changing demographics in healthcare organization to avoid creating cultural barriers and conflicts in the workforce. When cultural values of individual staff members conflict. When cultural values of an individual staff member conflict with the organizational values of those held by coworkers, challenges, and misunderstandings can be unavoidable. A transformative leader can use such conflicts as an opportunity to foster cross cultural understanding among staff members from diverse backgrounds and to enhance cross- cultural communications (Andrew & Boyle, 2012). The increasing digitization and mobility of healthcare services vastly emerging future health care leaders also need to be technology savvy because most healthcare organizations are using electronic medical records (EMR) for billing and coding purposes and to provide care for their patients (Porter –O’Grady & Mlloch,

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