U6IP:LeadershipInHealthcare

Unit:  Leadership Responsibility

Deliverable Length:  3–5 pages

In a paper of 3–5 pages, develop a mentorship and succession plan for a health care organization.

• Discuss the importance of a mentorship and a succession plan for a health organization.
• Discuss the barriers in establishing a mentoring program in health organizations regarding gender, ethnicity, age, and race, and include methods to reduce those barriers.
• Develop a mentorship program that includes the following steps:
  • Defining clear strategic goals
  • Careful selection of mentors
  • Confidentiality
  • Training of mentors
  • Politically correct mentors
  • Committed to the long-term role of being a mentor
• Develop a succession plan for a health care organization to include a mentorship program, starting years before leaders are needed, and developing leaders for all levels of the organization.
• Relate your plan to a behavioral leadership, a trait leadership, or a contingency leadership model.
• Locate a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed articles that support your paper.