Leadership in Health Care Name Institution of affiliation Date Leadership in Health Care RN Amanchukwu in her study conceived leadership to be the ability to provide direction for a given group of people and to elicit the desire to achieve a common purpose for the benefit of the group (Amanchukwu, 2015). Leadership is particularly critical in the health care system. Health care is a sensitive industry noting that it deals directly with human life. Thus, there is a need for continued, sustained leadership in the sector to ensure it consistently delivers top-notch health care to those in need (West, 2015). There is thus a need to have a comprehensive understanding of leadership in health care. The paper works towards this understanding by dissecting the subject matter of leadership. The paper asks key questions and in determining the answers, a framework for leadership and how it can be learned is effectively developed. Evolution of Leadership In the middle ages as the European nations were being formed, good leaders had to have the ability to provide clear, concise orders and the capability to ensure these orders were followed. As the nation states emerged, authoritative leadership i.e. (autocratic and directive leadership) was essential. This form of leadership would, however, become diluted after misuse. The most prominent attack on this form of leadership would be the Magna Carta (Stiffner, 2015). The charter established a participative form of l...