Your health facility, the Lakeland Medical Clinic was opened to serve area residents. The first two months of operation saw strong patient volume after which the numbers dropped off dramatically. This prompted leadership to start asking some questions, which lead to the internal survey that found out that it is as a result of diversity issue. You were appointed as Diversity and Inclusion Chairman to assemble a committee to address the issue so as to improve outcomes of both employees and the local community who predominantly Haitian and who complained that their beliefs, values and health practices are not recognized. Describe your role and approach to leading the group. How will you lead and communicate? Will you be an authoritative, collaborative, democratic, servant, or transformational type of leader? Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of your approach in the context of this project.

Describe how you would facilitate collaboration to maximize team effectiveness. You might consider: o Communication technologies. o Practices (accountability, decision making, delegating). o Techniques for sharing information and ideas. o Any others ideas you might have.