Power and Influence in Healthcare Organizations training course for managers

In healthcare organizations, “power” refers to the leader’s capacity to exercise his or her authority to take the required actions to persuade others to act in a particular manner or reach a consensus. Strong leadership often prompts the subordinates to concur with what you are saying as a healthcare leader, though they may not believe that. Such individuals may just conform to you due to the fear of the consequences of being rejected. Genuine collaboration can be suffocated by this type of leadership due to the fact that human beings just follow your ideas because they reckon that they have a better chance of getting rewarded than being punished.

The majority of healthcare professionals believe that the best leadership techniques for persuading people to give healthcare leaders what they need include both legitimate and coercive powers. By establishing shared objectives, healthcare executives who motivate, excite, and encourage their staff can accomplish remarkable outcomes. Influencing people is, therefore, more important than simply issuing orders. 

Therefore, in order to achieve the intended outcomes with a strong interpersonal style at their healthcare organizations, healthcare leaders need to become experts in influencing others. Legitimate, coercive, and expert powers all include crucial elements needed for leaders in the Oxford Training Center to succeed, since influence and authority are essential for result-oriented healthcare leadership. The leader’s responsibilities go beyond creating the ideal physical setting; they also include creating an organizational culture that helps healthcare course members cope with the frequently taxing nature of direct care delivery.

Objectives and target audience

Objectives

  • Reduce the likelihood of disputes and unfaithful behavior while maximizing fruitful cooperation.
  • Learn more about the techniques and strategies for raising healthcare leadership self-awareness.
  • Develop relationships with your healthcare staff by using your interpersonal skills to communicate successfully.
  • Employ influencing strategies to create solid and productive working connections.

Target audience

  • Healthcare senior managers
  • Departments heads
  • Clinical sections’ heads
  • Other healthcare professionals

How will attendees benefit?

  • Handle the administrative aspects of running your hospital or medical department.
  • Be aware of the challenges of an effective healthcare leadership plan.
  • Carry out an analysis of your leadership style with its benefits and deficiencies.
  • I would make your employees get the necessary resilience and agility.
  • Raising your self-awareness and flexibility will assist you in balancing what you do.
  • Developing connections with people who are both inspirational and professional

Course content

Overview of healthcare leadership

  • Overview of influence and power
  • Authority, influence, and power
  • Power sources and influence techniques
  • Unnoticed means of influence
  • Influence reactions:
  • Identification, internalization, and compliance
  • Legitimate authority types

Authority in medical facilities

  • Valid authority reward authority
  • Referent power, expert power
  • Coercive authority
  • Techniques for increasing influence and authority
  • Is influence superior to power?
  • What does leadership influence mean?

Healthcare organizational leadership skills

  • Having an impact on other people effectively
  • Effective communication: Acquiring resilience and agility
  • EQ-based self-awareness
  • Maxwell Model: The commitment & achievement matrix with five levels of leadership
  • The three lenses of leadership: efficiency vs. effectiveness

Course Dates

July 10, 2025
October 21, 2025
January 27, 2026
April 15, 2026

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