The Pan-Canadian Health Leadership Capability Framework Project : Projet de Cadre pancanadien des capacités de leadership pour le système de santé : initiative de recherche concertée visant à élaborer un cadre des capacités de leadership pour les services de santé au Canada

This is important so each individual organization can see its own standards of effective leadership as connected to the needs of the Canadian health system as a whole; 3. a series of leadership dialogues be undertaken across the country to discuss leadership in healthcare and the potential value of this framework; 4. a second-stage research project be commissioned to focus on the applicability of [...] The study found initial support for both the value of and the content of the framework proposed by this study; its implementation could contribute to efforts to resolve the current leadership gap in the Canadian health system. [...] The need for stronger leadership for the Canadian health system to adapt and grow into the future has been articulated by a number of individuals and health agencies across Canada in the past two years, including the development of the LEADS capabilities framework in British Columbia.1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Other sectors and jurisdictions in the western world (such as the National Health Service in the Unit [...] This contrasts with leadership as a phenomenon which arises from the individual and suggests that there is an interaction factor between individuals and groups that raises the overall productivity from the sum of the parts to greater than the sum of the parts. [...] The first is the complexity of the health system (mentioned above); the second is the component of “caring” and a commitment to health.