title: Establishing guardrails in leadership.
abstract: Shared leadership/governance offers the best environment for growth of the professional staff and for leaders and managers. Tisch (2004) writes that the power of the partnership begins with the recognition that no one can operate effectively in a vacuum and concludes with the premise that partnerships can redefine the traditional business relationships and transform them from adversarial to cooperative. This happens when the road is clearly delineated and guardrails are put in place as reminders of where the car should be on the road. With an atmosphere of learning and partnering to learn more, the leader's job becomes that of teacher, and mentor, and everyone is aligned around the journey to excellence with guardrails in place to monitor the journey.
authors.affiliation: Clarian Health, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Karlene
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kerfoot
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011361:Professional Competence