Modern healthcare is delivered by interprofessional teams, and good leadership of these teams is integral to safe patient care. Good leadership in the operating theatre has traditionally been considered as authoritative, confident and directive, and stereotypically associated with men. We argue that this may not be the best model for team-based patient care and promote the concept of inclusive leadership as a valid alternative. Inclusive leadership encourages all team members to contribute to decision-making, thus engendering more team cohesion, information sharing and speaking up, and ultimately enhancing team effectiveness. However, the relational behaviours associated with inclusive leadership are stereotypically associated with women and may not in fact be recognised as leadership. In this article we provide evidence on the advantages of inclusive leadership over authoritative leadership and explore gender stereotypes and obstacles that limit the recognition of inclusive leadership. We propose that operating teams rise above gender stereotypes of leadership. Inclusive leadership can elicit maximum performance of every team member, thus realising the full potential of interprofessional healthcare teams to provide the best care for patients.

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挑战性别定型观念，并在手术室中发挥包容性领导作用。

现代医疗保健由跨专业团队提供，这些团队的良好领导对于安全的患者护理至关重要。传统上，在手术室中良好的领导力被认为是权威，自信和指导性的，并且与男性成见。我们认为这可能不是基于团队的患者护理的最佳模型，因此将包容性领导的概念推广为有效的替代方案。包容性领导力鼓励所有团队成员为决策做出贡献，从而增强团队凝聚力，信息共享和发表意见，并最终提高团队效率。但是，与包容性领导相关的关系行为与女性成见，并且实际上可能未被认为是领导。在本文中，我们提供了包容性领导相对于权威性领导优势的证据，并探讨了性别陈规定型观念和障碍，这些障碍限制了对包容性领导的认识。我们建议运营团队超越领导的性别陈规定型观念。包容性领导可以激发每个团队成员的最大绩效，从而充分发挥跨行业医疗团队为患者提供最佳护理的全部潜力。