Leadership in healthcare can be challenging since there are so many stakeholders involved. Stakeholders include patients, employees, physicians, board members, visitors, vendors, community members, etc. Leaders should use evidence-based data to make safe, cost-effective decisions that impact stakeholders.

Using peer-reviewed research to support your thoughts and opinions, respond to the following:

• What are at least three published "best practices" for effective leadership? Would these practices encourage favorable outcomes? Why or why not? Use research to support.
• What kinds of data might leaders practicing evidence-based management use to improve employee morale? Please share an example from your research.
• Discuss a scenario from personal experience or from research when leadership should have used data prior to making a critical decision or change. What data should the leader(s) have used? If data had been used, how might the outcome differ?

Please include references.