Leadership for Health System Transformation: What's Needed in Canada? Brief for the Canadian Nurses Association's National Expert Commission on The Health of Our Nation – The Future of Our Health System

We offer the following recommendations to strengthen the role of executive leadership in transforming the Canadian healthcare system: 1. Balance national vision and strategy with local flexibility 2. Develop avant-garde executive leadership competencies 3. Tap into expertise to develop executive leadership capacity and accelerate change 4. Foster executive leadership continuity and succession planning