Leadership and Healthcare Administration

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This paper discusses how, like all businesses, the financial, administrative and operational successes of healthcare organizations depend to a great extent on the effectiveness of the leadership skills employed by managers. The paper further discusses how, in order for health care organizations to thrive within the current healthcare delivery market in the face of challenges presented by change, health care administrators need to assess their approaches to leadership and identify where adjustments and adaptations can be made in regards to leadership.

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"A highly effective leader changes and improves the organization through risk taking and forward thinking, and continually analyzes the organization within its environmental context in order to implement innovations that place the organization in a better position within the industry and to better serve clients and employees (Wilcox, 2003). This leader has the ability to motivate the participation of others in the pursuit of common goals, and develops trusting relationships through the collaboration of others, enabling people to act through empowerment (Wilcox, 2003). An exceptional leader also sets a standard for acceptable, ethical behavior, and provides recognition of individual and team accomplishments both publicly and privately (Wilcox, 2003). All of the qualities and characteristics outlined above are aligned with the five fundamental practices of exemplary leaders (Wilcox, 2003). "

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• Wilcox, K.C. (2003). Review - The leadership challenge: how to keep getting extraordinary things done in organizations. Journal of Physical Therapy Education, Fall.

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