Evaluation of iLead, a generic implementation leadership intervention: mixed-method preintervention-postintervention...

Area of Science:

• Healthcare Management
• Organizational Psychology
• Leadership Development

Background:

• Effective implementation leadership is crucial for healthcare success.
• The iLead intervention was developed to train healthcare managers in implementation leadership.
• Understanding factors that support the transfer of training is essential for leadership development.

Purpose of the Study:

• To evaluate the iLead intervention for healthcare managers.
• To investigate if contextualizing the intervention enhances training transfer.
• To assess the impact of iLead on implementation leadership behaviors.

Main Methods:

• A pre-evaluation-postevaluation design using mixed methods.
• Process and effect surveys and interviews were employed.
• Participants included 52 healthcare managers, with a contextualized group (Group 2) and a non-contextualized group (Group 1).

Main Results:

• iLead was perceived as high-quality and increased participants' knowledge.
• Mixed effects were observed regarding changes in leadership behaviors.
• Contextualization did not significantly boost behavior change or implementation leadership compared to the non-contextualized group.

Conclusions:

• iLead offers a novel approach to training implementation leadership by integrating leadership models with environmental factors.
• While participants reported positive effects, contextualization did not improve the transfer of learned skills.
• Further research is needed to develop strategies for enhancing the application of implementation leadership skills in the workplace.