Interview a local health care leader and write a 6–8-page synopsis and analysis of the interview.

Note: The assessments in this course build upon the work you have completed in the previous assessments. Therefore, complete the assessments in the order in which they are presented.

The United States health care environment demands leaders who can successfully navigate the constantly changing political, social, and environmental forces that affect every health care organization today. Depending on the type of change desired, effective change leadership is essential for moving the organization toward desired outcomes.

This assessment provides an opportunity for you to gain insight into how an organization responds to change and the influence on decision making of various change leadership theories.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Analytical Thinking: Develop complex plans or analyses.
  • Explain how an organization is changing in response to organizational, community, political, social, and/or global needs.
• Competency 2: Change Leadership: Challenge the status quo.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of traditional leadership models that are predominantly used throughout the organization to prepare and support the organization throughout the change process.
  • Evaluate the overall application of change leadership concepts and practices within the organization to challenge the status quo, prepare the organization for change, and energize stakeholders.
• Competency 3: Innovative Thinking: Apply “tried and true” concepts or trends.
  • Explain how an organization monitors community wellness and anticipates community needs.
• Competency 5: Performance Measurement: Use evidence-based approaches to support community wellness.
  • Analyze the relationship between the purpose of an organization and specific drivers of change.
• Competency 6: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style, consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
  • Write clearly and concisely, using correct grammar and mechanics.
  • Support main points, claims, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence, correctly formatting citations and references using APA style.