CRITICAL REFLECTION ON PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has included leadership as one of the building blocks of an effective health system. Good governance and strong leadership are the key elements of a successful health program. Even in the political arena, effective and influential leaders have been the ones with a clear vision, know their weaknesses and strengths, and are able to influence others to follow them. The greatest lesson that I have taken from the course is that everyone is a leader, regardless of the number of the people following or the situation they are in. In addition, leaders are made, and none is born a leader.
Prior to my enrolment in the course, I had been working in the Ministry of Health in Malawi as a District Health Officer for 8 years, in 3 different districts. My role was to provide strategic leadership and coordination of the district health care delivery. I was responsible to look after over 3000 members of staff, being a senior member of the District Executive Committee and providing direction to all the stakeholders supporting the health sector in the district. I was also responsible for resource mobilization, planning and budgeting for the health services in the district. It was difficult to isolate being a manager and a leader until I attended this course. I have realised how team work, flexibility and adaptability, courage as well as emotional intelligence are critical in a position of the
The value and leadership skills in healthcare are both very professions are vital skills that are needed to provide everyday care (Graber, 2008). This literature review will explore the important values and leadership in health care. The review will provide the understandings of both topics. The term value can be determined by a person's standards and principles (Gaudine & Beaton, 2002). According to Grojean, Resick & Diskson (2004) leadership, is an actual way to improve patient`s. A good leader is said to reveal certain roles and behaviors that influence others in the way of positive change and direction. Viinamäki, (2009) back these same ideas but also have confidence in that there is a difference between value and leadership. They believe that leaders are viewed as individuals who can connect through motivation, visions, and inspire positive directions to generate company and organizational change. Graber (2008) impression of leadership can be understood as the capability of one person to impact the behaviors and actions of other people.
Leadership is critical to any organization such as Long-term Care, VA Hospitals, and Community/Public Health Systems. Without the importance of leadership,
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Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (England
Leadership is in many ways a responsibility, whether it’s an appointed job as a leader or a role you find yourself in unexpectedly you must perform adequately not just to accomplish the given task but to also have those following you achieve a given goal. Some are natural born leaders, taking responsibilities for self, never pointing fingers and possessing the ability to find solutions to the obstacles that arise. Others can learn how to lead and achieve the same results. In the medical field, when we look to our leaders it is so that they can lead us to be able to provide and deliver safe quality
In order for the health service to achieve the delivery of high quality, safe, effective care; successful leadership will be required at multidisciplinary level throughout the organisation (Health Service Executive 2009). Research on leadership has revealed an optimistic affiliation with improved patient safety results, salubrious work environment (Shirley 2009), job fulfilment (Sellgren et al. 2007), reduced staff resignation rate,
It’s almost as important to adapt to new changes then it is to still follow our old footsteps. We have to be willing to accept change in any way, shape or form possible. Leadership isn’t easy, but as a public health career it means we but take risks and make personal sacrifices. As we can see from Billy, leadership is always about willing to take one for the team and challenge ourselves to our greatest potential even when you think it may not work out. Public health educators make great leaders, but we need to remember that there comes a time when we have to think about those around us and not just about
Working in the health care environment the world needs effective, wise and visionary leaders, leadership matters in every organisation to change the health care environment so it may continue to grow to ensure it gives us better evidence based practice (Evans & M.L, 2015, p 34-50). All health care professionals are required at some point in their position to engage in management or leadership. As an AIN, EN or RN they all have a responsibility to educate, lead and manage within the health care profession (Innis & Berta, 2016, p.2-22). This allows each individual to develop useful and excellent leadership skills and management strategies to be able to educate and lead an exceptional team (Innis & Berta, 2016, p. 2-22). Although our greatest
A successful and societally beneficial healthcare organization must have a leader who has a sense of right and wrong, exhibits restraint, dispenses wisdom, and is a visionary that guides the organization to reach its maximum potential. The role of a successful leader is dependent upon employees that embrace the organization’s culture, mission, and direction. An effective leader rallies employee support and allegiance to the organization’s cause. An influential leader can elicit employee positivity and dedication, and has the ability to engage employees in achieving goals set forth by the organization and leadership.
The purpose of this paper is to discuss what it means to be a leader, types, and characteristics of a leader, why it is important to have an effective leader, qualities, and behaviors that contribute to effective leadership, and compare and contrast between the different types of leadership styles and theories. A nursing theorist, Jean Watson, and Michelle Obama, the wife of the former president of The United
Health is a complex concept, and global health adds to this complexity. When I think of health as a concept, I view it as being absent of disease. This understanding is a very biomedical approach to health and is a very narrow viewpoint of health. According to the World Health Organization (1948), health is defined as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (a cited by Jacobsen p. 2). This definition does give a better understanding of what health is from a broader perspective. At the University of Victoria’s Global Health class, I have become to understand better the WHO’s definition and that it is linked to the social determinants of health. In this paper, I will reflect and analyze the learning that occurred for myself while taking the Global Health class, and how this knowledge has helped my nursing practice evolve at the local and international level.
In this paper, I will inform you about issues in globalization, power, followership and cultural change in the perspective of a health leader. I will identify three major health issues that are global but has the potential to affect the United States health care system. I will describe these global health issues influence health leaders. I will relate global leadership with transformational leadership. I will illuminate three elements of cultural and diversity within health care organizations. You will find a table of cultural attributes to be made aware of. I will categorize the differences in global leadership according to power, technology, and knowledge management and will explain two
It is important for a NP 15 to build strong leadership philosophy to create a stable and efficient healthcare system and services. The writer of this paper believes the personal philosophy of leadership is to provide the best and safe service to the people whom she serve. She likes to make her NP role successful experience by attaining new knowledge in the area of health that she can improve the profession and benefit the patients ( Buppert, 2015, p. 15).
“Leaders in health care should be upfront and leading by example to demonstrate their leadership abilities and assist with health care duties and responsibilities. A good leader says let’s go and gets things done instead of waiting for others to get them done. He must be in the front line seeing patients and managing the health care duties that makes their health care practices successful. An efficient leader must understand every-ones roles and responsibilities in order to appreciate what everyone does in the practice. Appreciating what each employee does for the practice is key to
This essay explains the meaning of management and leadership, emphasizing on the various theories, models and styles of these concepts. Management and leadership skills are also outlined. These are then related to public health and analyzed to suggest what is most suitable and can be applied in the public health setting.