Leadership is a combination of tangible and intangible qualities that is becoming extra-important to hospitals' survival. With an eye to the future of healthcare, the authors present an overview of the characteristics, styles, and challenges of the leader. In an upcoming issue, the authors will discuss organizational survival.
In the Winter 1991 Hospital Topics, Professors Biggerstaff and Syre described the dynamics of hospital leadership. Here they do the same for hospital survival in the 1990s, detailing administrators' diverse efforts to usher their hospitals through change.
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