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Exceptional leadership theory

MOHA 510

Ferris State University

Prof Kim

12/2/2018

Tony Giancaspro
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Future Healthcare Leadership Challenges

The healthcare sector has many leadership challenges currently. Some of these challenges

are projected to escalate, while there will be new others in the future. For instance, for several

decades, leaders have been struggling with finding a solution to affordable healthcare, a problem

that is yet to find a solution, especially with various political interests. In addition, and more

precisely, leaders are challenged to find solutions to several intricate issues that influence the

ability to effectively implement cost-effective programs, sustain efficient operations and services,

hire and retain skilled employees, and facilitate other healthcare initiatives. The greatest future

healthcare leadership challenge is to have skilled leaders who will have the ability to plan for and

solve any potential problems. According to Chawla, Westrich, Matter, Kaltenboeck, and Dubois

(2016), in the next five to 20 years, most of such problems will be related to diversity, global and

cultural competence, and expanding technology as discussed in the following sections.

Challenges Related to Diversity

Based on the current trend, hospitals in the U.S. will continue serving a growingly

diverse patient population. This will demand that the leadership hires not only medically

competent healthcare providers, but also those who are culturally competent. Not everyone will

be able to identify and respond to diversity challenges while delivering patient care. Accordingly,

there will be need to retraining employees, which will require organizations to cater for related

expenses. As the country is expected to have increased number of cultures, there will be a

challenge associated with cultural beliefs on health and illness. This follows that different

cultures may be having unique understanding of health and illness, treatment, and what happens

while someone is sick. To be sensitive and accommodative, healthcare employees will need to

understand different cultures in relation to offering healthcare services. For instance, in some
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cultures, medical treatment is not accepted because members believe God heals. The challenge is

going to be the impossibility of the leadership having an encyclopedic knowledge of all cultures

and beliefs (Betancourt, Green, & Carillo, 2000).

Challenges Related to Global and Cultural Competence

Society is globalizing fast, which in turn is increasing the significance of cultural

competence. Issues experienced thousands of miles away have so far proved to affect local

healthcare. As globalization increases into the future, the leadership must deal with lack of clarity

concerning the relationship between culture and medicine, insufficient outcomes-based research

that proving effectiveness of cultural competence strategies, as well a derisory recognition of the

culture of medicine. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2044, the country will highly

become a majority-minority population, with no single group having the majority. While the

proportion of non-white adults over the age of 65 in 2012 was 21%, it is expected to increase to

42% in 2050 (Alba, 2018). The greatest healthcare leadership challenge will concern training

workers, their colleagues, and the management, as well as enhancing awareness of the people

receiving care and their families (Jha, Mclean, Gibbs, & Sandars, 2015).

Challenges Related to Expanding Technology

In the next decade, leaders should prepare for more virtual and cyber than traditional

office visits and prescreening. It is expected that there will be increased preference of two-way

video, email, phone, and other forms of telecommunications technology. This rapid shift will

necessitate leaders to buy and develop methods for keeping and accessing patient data and

private sessions. There will also be issues to do with compliance, huge and complex patient data,

and legal demands concerning privacy and security. In addition, this rapid expansion of

technology will come with increased costs. Therefore, the leadership will be challenged to find
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innovative ways of managing and storing the information adequately. The leadership will also

need to struggle with understanding and predicting the behavior of systems, as well as providing

important knowledge to influence further developments. Expanding technology will come with

additional challenges regarding programming, support, and control. The leaders will need to

educate themselves, as well as their staffs and raise public awareness on the use of new systems,

programs, and processes. In conclusion, future healthcare leadership must understand that a

combination of these challenges would call for more time and money, particularly to be spent on

equipment overhaul, medical research, operational training, and facility upkeep (Joyia, Liaqat,

Farooq, & Rehman, 2017).

Personal Leadership Style

Upon reflecting my activities and accomplishments so far, I can define leadership as the

creating of conditions that facilitate people to do and achieve what they must do and achieve.

With that in mind, as a good leader, I consider many elements significant. For instance, as a

leader, I am and strive to be more well organized and have clear, achievable goals for the people

I lead. I create a plan for achieving those goals and ensure I have details for the whole process.

Besides, I involve every member of my group and ensure they realize ownership of the goals.

when we all work to achieve these goals, I am keen to often reinforce members’ good efforts. I

prefer leading by example, so I often take on some of the subordinates’ tasks. While doing this, I

strive to be encouraging, positive and courteous. I believe enthusiasm is contagious.

In the events of being involved as a leader, I have learned so much that is affecting me in the

leadership capacity. In fact, I never thought I as this capable as a leader. It is all about being

positive, responsible, and understanding the impact of leadership. When I was elected a students’

leader for the first time, I was afraid I could not deliver as expected. However, rather than
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remaining stuck on my initial apprehension, I made up my mind to dive into the duty with all the

practicality and initiative I could muster. I soon realized that with a positive mind and dedication

to achieving set goals, I was capable as a leader. I never shied from consulting whenever I

needed deeper insight. I involved other leaders and my subjects and together we achieved more

goals faster and with greater satisfaction. The experience proved to be very rewarding and it has

since encouraged me to lead confidently whenever I am given a chance.

I learned that persistence pays off. In my leadership positions, I have often come across

difficult situations and thought I cannot succeed. One of the instances was when I had to lead in

raising $6,000 from high school students for a students’ project. There was no option other than

to persistently requesting students to donate. I took the initiative of calling their parents. I called

some of them multiple times, reminding them of the need. Had I not been persistent, we would

not have raised $7,500. In relation to this, I learned that it is important to maintain a sense of the

big picture. Leading a huge group of teenagers cannot only be overwhelming, but also

dissatisfying. However, rather than looking at this possibilities and dwelling on them, I learned

that a good leader needs to focus on goals. that way, it becomes easier to influence everyone to

work towards achieving set goals.

To be an effective leadership, I have had to learn and unlearn. While I see myself as a

good leader, it is good for be to become the best whenever given the opportunity. That is the

reason in look out for feedback from the people I lead. I get to learn what they like and dislike

about my leadership and make necessary changes without compromising or becoming

unnecessarily lenient. I realized I was not good at organizing tools and materials that I used daily.

While I have improved, I still see room for improvement. In addition, I have a tendency of

relying on the organizational models created by my predecessors. However, I can now

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confidently create organizational models to suit my personal leadership style. I can equally create

models for other leaders and situations. Even with the improvements, I need to make a few

professional touchups. Given current technological challenges, I need to learn how to apply

extensive data to make improvements in the healthcare sector. I do not need to be an official to

impact change in this area. Even then, there are many technical applications I need to master. For

instance, while Microsoft Excel seems basic, there is a lot to learn to effectively handle data and

meaningfully create trends. This will help me to achieve a higher level of competence, which

would certainly enhance my leadership skills in the healthcare sector.

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References

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Betancourt, J., Green, A., & Carillo, J. E. (2000). The Challenges of Cross-Cultural Healthcare-

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Midwest Bioethics Center.

Chawla, A., Westrich, K., Matter, S., Kaltenboeck, A., & Dubois, R. (2016). Care Pathways in

US Healthcare Settings: Current Successes and Limitations, and Future Challenges. Am J

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Jha, V., Mclean, M., Gibbs, T. J., & Sandars, J. (2015). Medical Professionalism Across Cultures:

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Joyia, G. J., Liaqat, R. M., Farooq, A., & Rehman, S. (2017). Internet of Medical Things

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