Assignment task:
This week your textbook discussed the need for advanced leadership development models that can enable the healthcare industry to move from short-term management to longer-term leadership (p. 58). At the organizational level, leaders must be able to convey exciting and worthwhile future possibilities to all the firm's members, building excitement and motivation to embrace change and stay with the firm.
For this week's discussion, analyze and discuss the role of power and influence in healthcare leadership. Provide one real-world example of a contemporary leader in healthcare (within the past five years). Begin by introducing your leader and the organization they run, then discuss how they use their power and influence to lead their organizations or companies. Include the broader influence they have had on the healthcare industry.
Be sure to draw upon insights from your text, referencing appropriate leadership theories and components, using a minimum of 3 additional sources in a post of 500 words