Leadership in Health care organisation

This article discusses the importance of leadership in the healthcare sector, specifically in the NHS. It explores different leadership styles, such as autocratic, authoritative, democratic, and transformational, and their impact on the workforce. The article also highlights the characteristics of a leader, the role of leaders in fostering innovation and change, and the creation of a positive work culture. Additionally, it discusses Edgar Schein's model of organization and the importance of individualized consideration in leadership.

ADVANCED LEADERSHIP:
PROFESSIONAL AND
CLINICAL

TABLE OF CONTENT
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Leadership in Health care organisation.......................................................................................3
Different leadership style.............................................................................................................7
Transformational Leadership Theory..........................................................................................8
Leadership influencing change management...............................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Leadership can be describing as quality of a person that make unique by his action and
knowledge in personal as well as professional life. Nation Health Service (NHS) leaders highly
focused on managing workforce by implementation proper procedure and polices at workplace.
They use transformational leadership at work-station which help in gaining loyalty of workforce
and also increase quality, efficiency and productivity. Senior authority also influence in change
management. Report highlight about the way in which leaders impact on health care system of
NHS.
MAIN BODY
“Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your
charge”
Leadership in Health care organisation
It can be refer to the style of leaders in handling various kind workers in the organisation.
Changing health care business required effective management and board of control and for this
various kind of leadership style are use by higher authority(i Solà and et.al., 2016). Managing
people in hospital services is one of difficult task for the seniors. Healthcare system is one of
systematic process that require process has to be done time, people remain energetic throughout
the work and hence quality, safe patient care. It becomes important that leaders of the firm can
control & monitor all activities with proper strategy so that able to gain confidence of different
stakeholder associate with it. There are large number ways in which they inspire workers for
example highly focused on personal growth of the employees such as giving incentives,
increment, promotion etc. This contributes in gaining their loyalty and increase in market share
in changing business.
Characteristics of a leader
A leader has various kind of quality from which it able to take higher output from
workers and maintain good relation with them.
Leaders envision a desired future:
Visionary approach is one of the important characteristic of leaders. Changing situation
has greater effect on NHS but envision can help firm in achieving target timely. COVID has high
impact on health care facility of the country and in this difficult time leadership can only help

firm in overcoming from various kind of problems and increase motivation of workers. Vision
should be framed in such way that it can easily be understand and inspire others so before
creating aim, objective etc. Senior authority must take suggestion and opinion of other. It will
highly impact on managing and taking organization to next level. However, in changing situation
because of pandemic act and goal of them remain same but pause for sometimes. It helps people
on focusing single task and according to work. Also, it increase quality, efficiency and
productivity of work as all remain focused towards achieving single goal.
Leaders foster innovation and change:
There are various kinds of changes that effect on Healthcare care sectors such as rising
cost of raw material, declining reimbursement. Workforce retention etc and it will become
difficult for the leaders to manage all this. Innovation and changes are required for any growing
company and it can only be possible with the help of senior authority’s inclusion. Quality
improvement and employee retention become difficult for the NHS and it can be only possible
with new ideas and creativity (Pidgeon, 2017). Leaders of Healthcare sector provided various
kind of facility for workers to improve their skills such as workforce get higher autonomy at
workplace and also include in decision making of the organisation. Adjustment and improvement
are part of leadership skills that make changes in structure of firm. Covid has highly impacted
on healthcare business, and it will difficult for the employees to work for a longer period and
with dedication. In such cases role of senior authority to motivate and encourage workers plays
important role. Leaders provided various kinds of resources for the process and also safety
measures are taken by them to protect workers at workplace. Workforce Planning in NHS will be
in such a way that it can adjust in any situation and do not disturb by barriers that comes in a
path. However, improvement in working structure can only be possible with the help of
employee’s inclusion.
Leaders build effective teams:
Team management and creations plays important role in changing business. Planning,
organizing and managing of various kinds of workers are done by leaders. There are various
ways to build effective team by seniors such as in the beginning selecting workers which have
skilled and experience related to field. In hospital business people need very much experience
because they are directly dealing with human bodies hence a small wrong step can affect life of a
patient. After selection transformational leadership is use by the seniors so that every recruitment

person shares experience and can impact on productivity. Also it helps in increasing innovation
and creative which are needful for changing business (Sfantou and et.al., 2017). Effective team
needs no difference and hence participation of the workers. For this senior authority take
feedback, suggestion and opinion hence they are able to understand various kind of problem that
are linked to work-station. Timely meetings are also held by them so that all members of the
work can participate and groups form and reshuffled so every worker in the firm able to
understand each other. This process improves cooperation nature of workers and they support
each other in achieving higher targets for the NHS. Leaders also organize events and celebrate
festivals in firm which help in maintaining diverse workforce culture and hence isolation &
discrimination chances decreases. Giving autonomy to workers is another way from which
health care able to raise output from the seniors. Trusting people at workplace is another way to
gain their loyalty and hence it improves motivation level of the workers. Task will be given in
such a that in the initial small team are distributed with small work and continuously increasing
workload with time so that sudden pressure on workforce chances are decreases in the
organisation.
Leaders create positive work cultures
It can be noted that workers come from different backgrounds and it become important
for leader to maintain discipline and decorum in the organisation. There are various ways in
which work culture of the NHS is improved by senior authority such as giving equal
opportunities to all employees at workplace, celebrating festival related to various religions. It
helps in making strong connection with employees and firm will able to gain loyalty of the
workers. Positive organisational culture help in growth of the NHS leader practice various kind
of techniques which help fusion of different culture at workplace. Globalisation has change the
definition of work system and senior authority of the focusing on recruiting people from different
backgrounds, religion etc. and hence contribute in Innovation and creativity at workplace.
Employees from different areas share their experience opinion and suggestion in improving
quality and service that NHS provide to customers (Steyn, 2018). Health care system need
workforce that can handle any type of patient and only it can possible by diverse workforce.
Equality and diversity practices and policies implementation can only help in improve work
culture of the organisation. Numbers of ways in which this system is launched and improved in
the firm such as giving equal pay to all so that firm workforce loyalty increase for the firm.

Government laws can be introduce by leaders for it for example equal wages act, employment
rights, ant discrimination policies etc. It increase motivation level in employees and they remain
charge for any kind of working. Enthusiasm of human power support growth of the firm and it
will able to achieve long term goal in short period.
Edgar Schein’s Model of organisation:
According to this NHS need time to implement or accept any kind of cultures and it
depends on past cultural background of the firm for example: if the workers of the company is
limited to specific, religion etc then it will difficult for the adoption of diverse culture. It divided
firm’s culture in three levels namely, Artifacts, Values and assumption (Adams, Ryan and Taunt,
2018.
Artifacts
Physical appearances of the NHS explain various things about the firm for example
design, dressing code describe formal behaviour of the worker or not. Language explains the way
in which people communicate and addresses each other in the firm. However, such kind of things
can easily be observed but evaluation of not so easy for example: NHS is modernised but people
are still stuck to old norms of work which effect on productivity of the work. Leaders can
contribute in growth of the work by increase communication level between workers and also
improve their way of thinking for changing work style so that they can prepare for
diversification.
Values
Values can be described as opinion of the workforce related to their work and ways in
which they perform various kind of task. It is difficult to understand people concept related to
their duties and hence it can effect on growth of the workforce. However, health care leaders try
to merge all employees’ teams and set a single aim that can accomplish by visionary approach.
Assumption
Assumption refers to belief that are assumed by workers in the NHS and when it will
understand by workforce remaining value and artefact combine together to form a culture.
Leaders must encourage employees by setting some basic assumption for example their
contribution lead to growth of the firm and hence in return their personal growth will be focused.

Different leadership style
Leadership is the art of motivating people to act towards achieving goals in nursing. It refers to
directing and guiding workers or employees with a strategy to meet goals of company. It
encourages other to take actions that are valuable to succeed.
There are different leadership styles such as
Autocratic style- This style of leadership believes that person in power is smartest of all and
knows more than everybody else where decision are made taking into consideration very less
inputs from employees or from team members in nursing. This is command and control approach
type of leadership which is not suitable how organisation in nursing or any other work today. It
can be driven in situation when decision need to be made on the spot, and when the leaders has
most of knowledge and skill to undertake the same, where team members are inexperienced with
same (Al Khajeh, 2018).
Authoritative style- This style of leadership states that leaders are confident who maps the way
of setting expectation and energizing, engages its followers or employees along the same. This
states that where company is going and let it employees know what is going to happen when the
reach out. This states time to explain thinking level where they don’t give orders but allows all
on how to achieve goals that are common in nature.
Pacesetting style- This style describes leaders who are driven in setting face as it is being done
in racing. This kind of leaders set high bars/ targets and push their team members to complete
task fast and run hard to accomplish the same.
Democratic style – This is also known as participative style where leaders ask viewpoints,
opinions and others in decision making process. Democratic style focuses on sharing information
by leaders to its followers in nursing which can affect their responsibilities at work. It lays down
several benefits as a result it promote trust, team spirit, cooperation and various other in team
members. It also allows creativity and help followers to develop and grow. It allows what they
want to do in way how they want it to be done (Fiaz, Su, Saqib, 2017).
Coaching style – This is leadership where leader coaches its followers and views them as
reservoir of talent to be developed. In this leaders open hearts doors for followers and welcome
them to learn new things, skills which will support their contribution to be made in organization.
It provides with guide that tap into ability of employees to achieve all that they are capable of
doing in efficient manner.

Affiliative Style- This type of leadership describe that people comes first. It is leadership where
leaders establish up close and personal contact with its followers where it supports and pay
attention towards various needs of team members that are emotional in nature. It strives to open
pipeline that connect leader with its team (Gandolfi, Stone, 2018).
Laissez- Faire style- It is completely opposite of autocratic leadership style as it focus trusting
employees who know what to do. This style provides with opportunities to employees to spread
their wings with less guidance leader involving least amount of oversight in followers work. This
style provides employees with full freedom to undertake their work as they desire.
Transformational Leadership Theory
It becomes necessary for the Leaders to increase quality, efficiency and productivity of
the workforce as per changing business. Globalisation has evolve new form of leadership that
emphasizes on gaining higher output from the workforce by giving importance to their personal
growth. It found in different function, team etc. of the firm and hence it has a multiple impact on
overall growth of the company (Rahbi, Khalid and Khan, 2017). These kinds of leaders are
visionary in their approach, inspire other by work, take risk etc. Such quality makes them ideal in
front of others. There are four elements that are linked with transformational leadership.
Inspirational Motivation:
In this kind of leadership, leaders remain focused towards goal, mission, vision that are
created for increase growth of the organisation. Determination of them and passion inspire other
at workplace and hence they able to take higher productivity with good quality from others.
Seniors in this show that challenges can easily be handling if they are committed to work till end
and hence with time everything become normal. Remain optimistic and enthusiastic at workplace
and hence able to increase efficiency of team.
Intellectual stimulation:
Leaders give higher autonomy to workforce who positively impact on innovation &
creativity at workplace. NHS senior authority encourages workers for new ideas and also
recognized it in front other (Tempest and Dancza, 2019). They try help in overcoming from
mistakes and challenges and hence able to gain loyalty of workers.
Idealized influence:

Rights of the workers remain high priority of workforce and hence they ready to take
stand in difficult time for them. Employees in the firm trust and respect them and also ready to
work in any situation.
Individualized Consideration
In this leaders give recognition, reward and award to individual according to their
performance. Also, support them with required resource and help them in taking right decision.
Leadership influencing change management
The role of leaders in change management is very high and it has to be well maintained
so that there is going to be effective working which is going to be present. Health care industry
needs good leaders because there must be a well managed workforce which is going to have
good communication and commitment in this industry. The responsibility of all the employees is
very high and they cannot work under pressure because the patients will get affected. There has
to be proper care and attention which the employees have to give the patients so that there is
going to be higher performance which is going to be present. There has to be clear vision and
planning which is required in health care so that the leaders are going to have a measure to take
for the employees under them so that there would be higher performance which is going to be
present (Deshler, 2020). Communication and relationship between the leaders and employees
should be healthy so that whenever there are any changes or decisions which are being taken
they can be effectively distributed in the organization so that there would be higher performance
which is going to be present.
There are a lot of measures and practices which leaders can use in health care so that
there are going to be effective working even after the changes which are taking place. The
leaders have to make sure that there has to be good engagement which needs to be present so that
they will be able to motivate the workforce. In health care industry there has to be good
motivation in the workforce so that they will be able to provide the best to the customers ahead
as well so that there is going to be higher outcomes which is going to be present. The
environment and the needs of the customers is changing and according to that even the health
care and other industries in the market are changing and these changes are going to make the
satisfaction level of the customers and patients in healthcare industry increase which is a great
factor. Good analyses and understanding of the workforce by the leader is very important so that

they will be able to make the changes come in the organization which is going to make the
performance improve and match the expectations of the patients as well. There are a lot of
challenges and problems which a leader has to face when changes come in an organization but
due to experience they can be handled well which is going to be good for the reputation of the
organization as well which is good for a long run (Thakhathi, le Roux and Davis, 2019). Changes
come in an organization so that the company can have higher performance and are able to
achieve their goals and objectives in the market easily and for health care industry it goes the
same which is a very good factor for the reputation in the market.
CONCLUSION
It can be evaluated leadership plays important role in changing business. National Health
services management use various kind of policy to impact on quality, efficiency and productivity
of the work. They try to take confidence of workers by focusing on person growth for example
giving, award, reward, recognition etc. Company leaders use transformation leadership style to
encourage employees by giving more autonomy. It also improves in innovation and creativity
skills and hence able to increase output from the workforce. Senior authority also influence in
change management for example: they decide task of workers and monitor and control by giving
suggestion and new ideas are welcome.

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