Leadership: a new perspective

This article should make all nursing leaders more aware of their important role in taking the lead in challenges faced in the current health service environment and analyses and evaluates the efficiency of past and present roles of authority, power and influence in leadership.

Abstract

It was identified that a different kind of leader should emerge to lead in a new way, different from those leadership styles that we have known in the past. The 21st century is a new timeframe and different timeframes demand different leadership approaches.