Abstract
A leader can be defined as a teacher or person of influence. Leaders of teams need to collaborate and negotiate change. Change is occurring rapidly in healthcare and in our profession of pediatric cardiac services. Therefore, leadership has now become a critical new area of subspecialty expertise within pediatric cardiology divisions, practices, and service lines.
This chapter deals with identification of potential leaders possessing natural aptitude, as well as strategies around which to develop leadership competencies. Leadership of teams requires collaboration and negotiation to be effective; these teams may require interaction between physician and administrative leaders, which in our current system of medicine have not always been the most natural of partners.
Roles for leaders and leadership teams, and measures of leadership competency, are discussed. Potential opportunities to provide leadership for our profession are discussed.
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Campbell, R., Mohl, L. (2015). Leadership and Quality Improvement. In: Barach, P., Jacobs, J., Lipshultz, S., Laussen, P. (eds) Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Care. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6566-8_17
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