This book is for nurse leaders of the future. It speaks to clinicians who are experts in patient care and are now on a path toward leadership. Several clinician leaders offer their insights in their chapters, while other scenarios and examples drawn from practice are placed throughout the book. This book is offered as a resource as you embark on your own journey toward transformational leadership.You are needed to lead in the setting where you practice: from a solo practice clinic in the community to the most complex healthcare system. From an isolated rural community to an urban health sciences center, it is clear that nurse leaders like yourself are needed to forge new and innovative models of care that can meet the challenges of patients and families with whom we work.If you are reading this book, you are likely already prepared for clinical practice. You may be an expert in patient care, you may work as a manager in administration, or you may teach clinical nursing. Your challenge now is to enhance your skills and stature to become an influential leader. If that “becoming” is not a transforming experience, it will not be enough to prepare you to lead in a future of enormous challenges. The future of healthcare in the United States and throughout the world requires leaders who are transformational in the bestand broadest sense. It requires a thoughtful, robust sense of self as a leader. It requires an intellectual, practical, and spiritual commitment to improve clinical practice and lead others toward their own transformation in their professional journey. It requires courage, knowledge, and a foundation in clinical practice. It requires an interdisciplinary fluency and ability to listen, understand, and influence others across a variety of disciplines. Transformational leadership requires vision and creativity!