Class 1 Leadership 1 Flashcards
An interactive process that provides guidance & direction.
Leadership
What are the three elements needed for leaderhsip?
Leader. Follower. Situation.
+knowledge, skill set
The process of engaging and influencing others.
Critical thinking, action, & advocacy — all roles and domains of nursing practice
Leadership
What are competencies for nursing leaders
Emotional intelligence, appreciative inquiry
What are the attributes if effective leadership?
- Follovers
- Vision
- Communication - also about listening
- Decision making
- Change
- Social power
Competencies for Nursing Leaders
• Personal qualities • Interpersonal skills • Thinking skills • Setting the vision • Communicating • Initiating change • Developing people • Health care knowledge • Management skills • Business skills
What is the “GREAT MAN THEORY”
Suggests that traits are innate qualities & personality features
Assumes that a leader is d]born, not made.
Great leaders arise when the need for them is great.
Someone is born to be a leader
What is the leadership theory where the leader makes the descisionnall the time?
Autocratic
- behavioural leadership theory
- leader encourage staff but leader makes final descision
Democratic
- theory where leader provides tools, little guidance, team makes descision
- when a lot of educated autonomous people/staff can manage on their own
- it is a behavioural theory
Laissez-faire
• Focuses on actions and reactions of leaders & followers • Assumes leader behavior can be learned
Behavioural Theories
Examples of Behavioural Theories
• Autocratic
• Democratic
• Laissez-faire
• Transactional, Transformational, and Shared
• Encourages staff to share ideas, but leader has final decision
• Develops people’s skills • Team members feel in control of their own destiny • Motivated to work hard by more than just a financial reward • Takes longer, but often the end result is better and increases
job satisfaction • Most suitable when working as a team is essential, and when
quality is more important than speed
Democratic Leadership Style
• Leader provides tools, but give very little guidance • Team members make decisions • Requires good communication to be effective • Effective when individual team members are very experienced and skilled self-starters • Occurs when managers can’t be bothered or don’t have skill
Laissez-Faire Leadership Style
• Aim to explain why some leadership approaches are effective
in one situation and not in another
• Effective leadership style
• Leader can modify style to the situation, especially the needs
of the team members
+ focus on the leader adapting their style while taking into account the environemnt
+ leader decides on what style will ‘fit’ best
Situational-Contingency Theories