title: Leadership: believing in followers.
abstract: The only hope for ongoing vitality in an organization is the willingness of a great many people scattered throughout the organization to take the initiative in identifying problems and solving them. Without this, the organization becomes inert, maladaptive, and descends into entropy. When leaders demonstrate, by their words and actions, that they truly believe that everyone in the organization is capable of taking on leadership activities, the organization and its people thrive and survive.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Healthcare System, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kerfoot
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007587:Job Description; D007857:Leadership; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000523:psychology; D015279:Organizational Culture