title: Common visions, shared goals: leadership in action.
abstract: A senior health care executive describes the strength of the Continuous Improvement philosophy in assisting senior and middle managers in transforming a children's hospital. Emphasizing the power of positive leadership in developing common goals and shared visions, and the relationship of midlevel managers to that process, examples are cited from a patient care delivery redesign project and in child advocacy.
authors.affiliation: Women's and Children's Services, Detroit Medical Center, MI 48201, USA.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Rozek
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Ivory
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy; D006040:Goals; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*