Week 3

Question 1

Transactional vs. Transformational Leaders

Answer 1

Transactional: not focused on long term success + want to maintain status quo, use incentives and discipline to transact compliance, manage daily operations
Transformational: focused on long term success, elevate performance of followers, create a shared vision

Question 2

RNAO Developing and Sustaining Leadership Model

Answer 2

Model for understanding the leadership practices needed to achieve healthy work environments, and the organizational supports and personal resources that enable these effective leadership practices
Organizational supports: human/financial resources, information/decision support, valuing professional nursing
Personal resources: social supports, professional identity, individual attributes, leadership expertise
Transformational leadership practices: building relationships and trust, creating an empowering work environment, creating a culture that supports knowledge development and integration, leading and sustaining change, balancing competing values and priorities

Question 3

Authentic Leadership Model

Answer 3

Two central components: inner self, being present
Key components: passion + purpose, values + behaviour, relationships + connectedness, self-discipline + consistency, compassion + heart

Question 4

Kouzes & Posner: Transformational Leadership (5 Components)

Answer 4

Modeling the way
encouraging the heart
inspiring a shared vision
enabling others to act
challenging the process