title: Essential leadership skills for motivating and developing staff.
abstract: Achieving and sustaining high quality patient care and containing costs are important aspects of a nurse manager's role, and a successful manager needs to have the skills and ability to motivate and develop staff. This article focuses on how effective leadership can increase motivation and empowerment among nurses, examines the relevance of transformational leadership to motivation, and suggests practical ways of maintaining a motivated work environment.
authors: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin.
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Curtis
authors: Rhona
authors: R
authors: O'Connell
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009042:Motivation; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom