Leadership and Innovation in Healthcare: Importance of Effective Leadership and Innovation for Change Management

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Introduction
In the nursing literature, the phenomenon of leadership is connected with the nurse
executives along with the formal leadership roles. It is defined in terms of the interactive
process in which the followers are much motivated for accomplishing the specific goals.
There is something common between nursing and leadership. The leaders are responsible for
organizing, directing, delegating with their extraordinary visionary sense and the
interpersonal skills in order to support others and achieve the highest potential. There is a
specific theme in literature that involves the behaviours, the beliefs, attitudes and the feeling
of others. It is rather a special way to achieve the goals. It is a feeling of being valued that is
the foundation of achieving the self-actualization and growing a trusting culture. In the
nursing practices, the leadership is a simple way to bring the mission and vision of an
organization to fruition. This report will focus on the of patients’ falling down and causing
injuries and deaths. This report will introduce the use of toolkits for the multiple audiences .
The toolkit will consist of the faceback loop which will be helpful in preventing the patients
fall. The toolkit will focus on reducing the fall rates during the hospital stay of the patients.
Discussion
2a) The concept of leadership
Leadership can be referred to as a process through which a person influences the other
persons to accomplish a particular aim that directs the organization to become more
organized and logical. Hence, leadership can be said to be a process through a group of
people are motivated to achieve a common goal. This process is carried out by the leaders
having applied the leadership skills and knowledge. The previous researches suggest that
when a leader has the willpower, he can easily become an effective leader. There are good

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leaders who develop through the education, study, experience and training. A truly dedicated
leader always inspires the workers to grow into higher levels of teamwork. However, the
effective and dedicated leaders should know certain aspects of their leadership. Some of the
attributes already exist within the leaders and some are acquired through continual work and
study. The effective leaders consistently study and work in order to improve the leadership
skills. The knowledge and the skills contribute directly to the leadership process whereas the
other attributes provide the leaders with some uniqueness.
The importance of effective leadership in leading change
The involvement of a leader is crucial for the success of the change management.
Studies have found the traits, the behaviours and values of the leaders become reflected in the
reaction of the followers when there is an organizational change. It is also reported that the
due to poor leadership, many organizations fail in terms of organizational change. The failure
in the change initiatives occur when different factors are related to weak leadership. A leader,
who does not believe the change, will fail to inspire their followers. Moreover, a leader who
does not ensure support for the change will be unable to drive the followers towards
accepting and embracing the change. A leader who is unable to explain the followers about
the occurring change will face heavy resistance from the part of the followers during
managing change. The management of change is difficult and involves different moving
parts.
The strong leadership as emphasized by the Luecke method of change suggests the
development of a shared vision. It further emphasizes on the adjusting and monitoring of the
strategies for any type of strategies which might arise in the process. This leadership method
follows the transformative leadership style. Apart from this, the Kanter, Jick and Stein
method helps to implement the change having considered various internal and the external

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forces at play. This particular method stresses at the importance of possessing the “change
agents”. Those people who are responsible for the formation and the implementation of the
change are referred to as the “change agents”. Notably, as evident from both the methods,
there is a need for strong leadership to manage the change in an organization. The effective
leadership helps to smoothen the communication, manage the fears, drive collaboration
among the organizational members respond quickly to the change. The process of change
without proper leadership can result in chaos and distrust among the employees. The poor
leadership results in the negative responses out of the employees along with internal
instability in the organization. The leaders are responsible for the establishment of common
goals, demonstrating the need for the change and appearing as the convincing leader during
organizational change.
The theories/models of leadership
The theories behind the leadership suggest that there are particular traits, influential
abilities and behaviours which determine whether a leader is efficient and effective or not.
The theories of leadership consist of two types such as the trait and the behavioural. The trait
leadership and the models are concentrated on the personal characteristics and qualities of the
leaders. On the other hand, the behavioural leadership theories examine the way the leaders
behave. The theories related to the trait leadership suggest that these types of leaders possess
the natural leadership qualities and abilities. The behavioural leadership theories are related
to acquiring the leadership qualities.
The most difficult factor in the nursing leadership is that most of the leadership
theories were not developed in the healthcare context but in the business contexts. The
leadership theories change over time and these are absolutely dynamic. Between the years
1940 and 1980, various leadership styles have developed such as the democratic,