Leadership in Healthcare and Other Sectors

HEALTHCARE
LEADERSHIP

INTRODUCTION: LEADERSHIP
• Leadership is the competency of people that helps them to lead people or an organization towards a
shared objective or goal.
• It is the competency possessed by a competent leader.
• Leaders helps to create a vision for the future, inspire and motivate people towards that vision,
manages how that vision is being addressed or achieved and also helps to build, monitor and coach a
team to achieve their objectives.
• To be a good and effective leader, one must possess effective skills of communication, problem solving,
conflict resolution and decision making.
• Leaders also needs to have a strong character, integrity, enthusiasm, strong sense of morals, charisma
and empowerment.

LEADERSHIP IN HEALTHCARE
• In healthcare, leadership is an important competency that helps to motivate healthcare workers
towards a common objective of helping clients or patients.
• Healthcare leaders helps to ensure the best health outcomes for the healthcare service users through
the maintenance of the best practices and effective service delivery.
• It also supports the development of effective teamwork and collaboration with healthcare workers and
ensure continuous care for the patients.
• Within the healthcare organization, leadership can foster an environment of positive attitude,
excellence, and learning, which allows minimal errors, better productivity and developing a safe and
productive environment for the healthcare workers.
• In such aspects, healthcare leadership is very similar to leadership in any other sector.