Interview with a Healthcare Leader
Leadership is generally thought of as a one of the most important components to the success of a company. There was three main points |to distinguish} a leader: having people to lead, having certain skills to achieve} the company 's objectives, focusing on} accomplishing goals. Nowadays, in a dynamic, high competitive market understanding leadership is very |crucial for} any heath care facility. A Company cannot be innovative and competitive without comprehending the importance of leadership. The pace and nature of change in today 's dynamic health care system. Requires new different types of organizations, along with a} new style of, leadership - entrepreneurial (Tarabishy, Solomon & Fernald, 2002). The entrepreneurial leadership is one of an enterprising, transformational leader who operates in a dynamic market which offers lucrative opportunities. According to Sashkin (1995), the entrepreneurial leader has the following transformational leader dimensions: clarity, communication, consistency, caring, creating opportunities, self-confidence, power need and its use, and vision. Besides all of these, the entrepreneur part of entrepreneurial leadership is the ability to recognize opportunities within a dynamic market and “the capacity to} build, share, and leverage knowledge” that “will replace the ownership and/or control over assets as a primary way to obtain competitive advantage (Ireland and Hitt, 1999).
I chose to interview Mrs. T. the administrator of a critical care nursing facility. Who undoubtedly, embodies the essence of an effective leader. She understands the way a} health facility works. First as being a nurse an educational leader and consultant. She started her nursing career in public health where she worked for seven years. She has spent 17 years in home health concentrating on geriatric care Along with being a nurse educator. Mrs. Thebaud continues to be the current administrator in this critical care facility in the past 8 years. She is known for
I chose to interview Mrs. T. the administrator of a critical care nursing facility. Who undoubtedly, embodies the essence of an effective leader. She understands the way a} health facility works. First as being a nurse an educational leader and consultant. She started her nursing career in public health where she worked for seven years. She has spent 17 years in home health concentrating on geriatric care Along with being a nurse educator. Mrs. Thebaud continues to be the current administrator in this critical care facility in the past 8 years. She is known for
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