place were self-management, improvement of team
management and better relationships with the organization
(De Geest et al. 2003). The current case study,
which was carried out more than 1 year after implementation
of CLP, not only supports these findings, but
also gives more insight into the processes underlying a
leaders progress towards attaining a transformational
leadership style.
The interactive nature of the clinical leadership
development process is an interesting finding, making
CLP a challenge for the clinical leader as well as for the
team members. This finding is supported by Rosts
definition of leadership as an influence relationship
among leaders and followers who intend real changes
that reflect their mutual purposes (Rost 1991). Rosts
post-industrial leadership paradigm is characterized by
collaboration, power-sharing, facilitation and empowerment
(Rogers 1991), all of which can be recognized in
the leadership of this case study.