title: Perspectives on nursing leadership in regulation.
abstract: Effective leadership is essential to healthcare, and it is no less important to the leadership of healthcare regulatory agencies. This article describes and differentiates the 3 leadership styles: transactional, transformational, and strategic. The article further argues that the skills of strategic leadership are essential to regulatory leadership and, despite the bureaucracy, can be cultivated in the regulatory arena.
authors.affiliation: North Dakota Board of Nursing, Bismarck, USA. lshanta@ndbon.org
authors.forename: Linda L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Shanta
authors.forename: Constance B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Kalanek
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008008:Licensure, Nursing; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011361:Professional Competence; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration