Developing Leadership for Health Promotion

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Developing Leadership for
Health Promotion

Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................
BACKGROUND.............................................................................................................................
DISCUSSION..................................................................................................................................
SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP............................................................................................4
CONTINGENCY...................................................................................................................4
LEWIN CHANGE MODEL..............................................................................................5
KOTTLER 8 STEP CHANGE MODEL.........................................................................6
ROLE OF LEADERSHIP AND LEADING CHANGE IN HEALTH PROGRAMS..........7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................
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INTRODUCTION
Leadership plays an important role in all aspect of life. This is because a great
leader guides and direct employees to attain goals and objectives in effective way.
Moreover, public health professional is also required to know about leadership. It
enables in providing training to staff who are engaged in providing health care
services. Besides that, professionals must also be aware about various leadership
skills. This gives them overview what traits and characteristics are required to lead a
team and become a good leader. With that they try to gain and learn those skills.
However, as health professionals have to deal with different situation thus leadership
skills play a vital role in it. The skills allow them to handle and manage situation
properly (Corrin. and Papadopoulos, 2017).
In this essay it will be described about concept of leadership and change.
Besides that it will be discussed about two models of leadership and their pros and
cons. Alongside, it will be explained about models of organisational change and its
pros and cons and role of leadership in change and in health programs.
BACKGROUND
Leadership refers to influencing an individual to achieve goals and guide
business to organise things (Corbin, 2017). Here, a leader guide and direct people to
attain common goal.
A change is notion which allows in developing of particular ideas through which
improvement is done (Bratton, 2020). Change is dynamic in nature and making
difference in situation.
Change leadership means ability to influence others to respond to change and
implement it (Pederso. and Rootman, 2017). Through leadership change is
successfully implemented.
DISCUSSION
In every organisation there is a particular leadership style which is followed. It
depends on nature and need of organisation that what type of style is suitable and
how it is applied. There are various types of leadership styles available (Corbin,
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