title: Educating for leadership: a programme designed to build a responsive health care culture.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a leadership programme that progressively builds nurses capacity from the commencement of their employment to assist with the development of 'others'. Such an approach ultimately contributes to the creation of a team responsive to changing health care needs.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The literature supports the relationship between positive leadership attributes, good nursing care and patient outcomes. Despite this, nurses are not routinely encultured into effective leadership practices early in their career, but rather they are 'added on' at a later stage according to organizational need.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The effective education of leadership practices in this programme is largely dependent on an inclusive and embedded approach to learning. This is achieved through targeting staff early, enhancing their responses to clinical interactions in a structured and supported approach, and challenging their beliefs about capacity to influence through leadership.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical leadership education needs to directly link with clinical areas to engage staff at the commencement of employment, and support them through their career trajectory, so that a systematic pathway of professional development is fostered.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clearly delineated progressive pathways for leadership development are essential to encourage lifelong reflection and learning that directly impacts on health care quality.
authors.affiliation: Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Karyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trivella
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D007858:Learning; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000458:organization & administration; D015279:Organizational Culture; D016730:Program Development; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*; D017132:Workplace