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Karlene Kerfoot1, Kathy Douglas
1Aurora Health Care, 3000 West Montana, Milwaukee, WI 53234, USA. karlene.kerfoot@aurura.org
Inclusive leadership and communityship foster optimal staffing outcomes for patients, staff, and organizations. This approach cultivates a shared understanding and a culture ready for complex challenges, driving evidence-based staffing excellence.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Organizational Leadership
- Human Resources in Healthcare
Background:
- Inclusive leadership is crucial for optimizing healthcare operations.
- Effective staffing strategies are essential for patient care, workforce well-being, and organizational success.
- Current challenges in healthcare staffing require innovative leadership models.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce communityship as a leadership model for enhancing staffing excellence.
- To explore how inclusive leadership and communityship can improve healthcare outcomes.
- To present a framework for developing a culture that addresses complex staffing challenges.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual framework development based on inclusive leadership principles.
- Exploration of communityship as a model for talent leveraging.
- Analysis of the alignment between communityship and evidence-based staffing.
Main Results:
- Inclusive leadership and communityship create shared understanding and engagement.
- This model positions organizations to achieve optimal staffing results.
- Communityship facilitates the development of a culture prepared for staffing challenges.
Conclusions:
- Communityship offers a viable model for inclusive leadership in healthcare staffing.
- Adopting communityship can lead to improved performance and a zero-defect healthcare system.
- Leveraging talent through communityship is key to achieving evidence-based staffing excellence.
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