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.
