Many hospitals have leadership development initiatives at the forefront of their minds all year long. Hospital leadership is the driving force between your day to day operations. Knowing this, it's essential that you embrace upcoming trends and incorporate them into your processes.
This knowledge can help make your hospital safer with more engaged employees. Read on to find out about the six trends leading the pack so far in 2019.
Trend One - Leading Several Generations
The younger generations are starting to enter the workforce in hospitals all around the country. Each generation comes from different economic and cultural backgrounds. This means that one leadership process may not work across all age groups.
You have to focus on creating a leadership foundation that makes each group feel motivated and valued. This can motivate your employees of all ages to put their best effort in.
Trend Two - Balancing Quick Results with Quality
With the integration of digital records into the healthcare field, it adds an element of speed to everything you do. Your patients want results, and they want these results very quickly. In order to meet them, effective hospital leadership must figure out how to balance quality with speed.
As a leader, it's your job to implement processes and monitor for quality with every patient interaction your staff has. This includes performing routine quality checks and training new staff.
Trend Three - Accountability Emphasis
Mistakes in hospitals can lead to life-threatening situations for the patients involved. It's the leaders in the hospital who have to put a heavy emphasis on accountability for their staff every single day. Leaders are the ones who have the conversations with employees who aren't accountable. And they're also the ones who help develop the processes and punishments for mistakes.
Trend Four - Continuing Education
Every year brings new certifications and software for the healthcare field. A competent leader will embrace these educational opportunities and use them to create better patient care. They'll encourage employees and offer incentives for them to continue their education and gain new certifications. They also guide new employees through the training and education process to bring them up to speed.
Trend Five - Embracing Diversity
Diversity in the workforce isn't exactly new, but welcoming new workers increases your hospital's diversity. In order to continue to thrive, you have to embrace diversity throughout your organization. This includes welcoming women into the higher management ranks and ushering in the new generation. They all need continuous monitoring to do well, and having a solid leadership in place is key.
Trend Six - Increasing Flexibility
While you can only be so flexible in healthcare with all of the privacy laws, rules, and regulations, it's possible to introduce a little flexibility. It's essential that you listen to your younger staff and work to blend both old and new ideas to improve your processes and daily operations.
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