Participatory Leadership in the Nursing Industry
Introduction
Today, the old traditional image of an authoritarian leader with a non-negotiable expression on his face that always gives strict orders to employees is no more consistent. The very concept of leadership has significantly evolved over the past decades. Scientific evidence confirms that participative leadership style significantly improves team performance and contributes to the effective change management (Kumar & Khiljee, 2016; Saleeby, Holschneider, & Singhal, 2016). Demonstrating effective leadership qualities has become a necessity for clinicians in today 's healthcare system. Participatory leadership style, when applied in the healthcare settings subjected to change implies an active participation of the key stakeholders in the transformation process. The concept of participatory leadership is based on two core principles. First, the opinions of multiple agents involved in the transformation is listened and discussed, second, these are taken into account both on the stage of the change and evaluation (Saleeby, Holschneider, & Singhal, 2016). The five major tasks for these agents are: opportunities and change readiness identification, goals and objectives determination, designing the transformation, paying attention to accountability and feasibility, implementation and evaluation (Saleeby, Holschneider, & Singhal, 2016). One of the participative leader 's roles is to create an environment stimulating