Coping effectively with change
The final leadership competency discussed here, for nurse in 2020
And perhaps, the most important, is being visionary and proactive in response to a healthcare system, increasingly characterized by rapid change and chaos. Marquis and huston suggest that most 21st century healthcare oranizations find themselves undergoing continual change directed at organizational restruring, quality improvement and employee retention. Linda hill, an expert in change and leadership development, concurs, suggesting that ‘ change is so rapid that one leader can’t hope to keep abreast of all developments, much less be responsible for the innovation needed to keep ahead of them’. Such profound change is not easy all as majoy chane brings feeling of achievement and pride as well as loss and stress
Porter-O’Grady agrees,noting that the skills necessary to move reticent groups should not be understated.the leader must use developmental,political and relational expertise to ensure that needed change is not sabotaged.burritt also concurs,suggesting that,’putting an organization on a positive , healthier course is about leadership that focuses on re-energizing and empowering a workforce. It is about restoring people’s confidence in themselves and inspiring them to embrace and initiate change.
Contemporary nurse leader then must be visionary in identifying where change is needed in the organization and they must be flexible in adapting to change they have directly initiated or by which they have been indirectly affected. for example, malloch and porter-o’grady suggest that future will increasingly call for a more fluid,flexible and mobile work environment, which requires an entirely innovative set of interactions and relationships as well as the leadership necessary to create them. Tncreasingly,skill relate to complexity,conflict,multi-focal work realities, individual accountability,vulnerabilityand virtual workplaces will require transformed constructs and shifting foundations for defining leadership and expressing it . leaders who understand these emerging reality and who can adapt accordingly will continue to thrive in this changing work dynamic . leaders whodo not , will simply case to be effective .blass and ferris agree,suggesting that ‘ appropriate responses to rapidly changing contexts cannot possibly by scripted . therefore, leader are needed who can flexibly adapt to and deal effective with this ambiguity and change