Issues of Diversity and Their Impact on Leadership Effectiveness

Issues of Diversity and Their Impact on Leadership Effectiveness

Erika Smith

Applying Leadership Principles

ORG300

10/21/12

Issues of Diversity and Their Impact on Leadership Effectiveness

This article describes research in building foundations in healthcare leadership and

organizations with the need for healthcare managers to develop strategies that address culturally

appropriate care. It also provides contextual support for leadership diversity as a strategy for

reducing racial and ethnic health and healthcare disparities. Healthcare managers and leaders

have seen growing diversities and it has had an impact on anyone who works in the healthcare

setting including management. Improving cultural understandings should be a priority for

healthcare management and organizations.

Majority of minorities may experience disparity because of racial color, beliefs, finances,

education, community features etc. All this have impacts on leadership diversity (such as poverty

and violence) and personal behaviors. It takes a strong leader and someone who is willing and

having experience to deal with culture diversity in poverty. I have experienced diversity issues

with poverty when I was younger through my high school days as a child. All of the students at

my schools were black but I came from a mixed school here in Alabama. They had poor

attitudes, lack of trust, disrespect, and no role models in their lives. All it really took was a one

good person to change ones attitude and some time the rest would follow. I was the only student

who really had interest in my class all others had no attention span at all.

To correct the majority of these problems our teachers mentored students and gave them

better advice with that extra push that was missing from most students' life which was someone

who cared about them. Quality of care and leadership depends on