title: Developing clinical leadership capability.
abstract: Nursing facilities must be committed to ongoing leadership development and to developing and retaining their staff in the increasingly competitive healthcare market. In this article, the authors share the processes involved in creating a focused small group approach to developing clinical leaders. Programmatic approaches to development, clarity of needs of those targeted for development, individual development plans, external expertise partnerships, and small group session dynamics are discussed. Applications of the process and lessons learned from the program will benefit others in their efforts to enhance organization succession planning, leadership development, group learning, and program administration.
authors.affiliation: Organizational Development and Management Engineering, Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Kristi A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Pintar
authors.forename: Terry A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Capuano
authors.forename: Gwendolyn D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Rosser
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017144:Focus Groups; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D017145:Models, Educational; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000193:education*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010865:Pilot Projects; D010934:Planning Techniques; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*