Health Care At The Haematology, And Clinical Chemistry, Pathology Department Of Canberra Hospital, Act
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Introduction
According to (Stephen, 2006) a leader that engages the whole person’s paradigm of mind, body, spirit and heart get things done through people but not husbanding resources and technology. There are many definitions of leadership and each stresses the importance of a leader to influence and inspire subordinates. (Cook, 1999) stated that specifically defined leadership in clinical practices as “direct involvement in clinical care while constantly influencing others to improve the care they provide”. This leadership definition is relevant in my workplace at the Haematology, and Clinical Chemistry, Pathology Department of Canberra Hospital, ACT. Health care employees encounter stressful situations daily as their role involves dealing with human lives. To maintain the continuity and excellent services of this workforce, there has to be a leadership that understands their situation and provides a supportive role (Finkelman, 2012). Pathology industry is no exception and in any case, needs better leadership as the health care depends on it and makes most decisions based on the recommendations from the pathology results. This means that pathology industry does not need to get it wrong. Though there are thoughts around that leadership is influenced by personality traits, studies have pointed out a weak relationship linking the two (Bono & Judge, 2004) hence, leadership skills can be learned and adopted. Many forms of leadership styles have so far been employed in different