Leadership Style
Throughout your career you will work with many people who display differing leadership styles. As a nurse leader it is imperative that you communicate well and get along with those whose leadership style does not align with your preferences. It is also important to understand your own leadership style as this can prompt insight into how others relate to you and what skills you may need to develop as your leadership responsibilities grow.
To prepare:
Review the information in the Learning Resources including the leadership styles identified in Chapter 2 of the course text.
Bring to mind a leader in your organization or one with which you are familiar. Would you describe his or her style as authoritative democratic or laissez-faire Why
Which characteristics or approaches demonstrated by this person would you integrate into your own leadership style Which ones would you prefer not to integrate
Think about how this leaders style and resulting interactions may impact health care quality and patient outcomes.
Please address the following in my assignment:
A description of a leader distinguishing his or her style as authoritative democratic or laissez-faire.
Describe the characteristics that inform your perception and explain which ones you would integrate into your own leadership style as well as which ones you would prefer not to integrate.
Explain at least one potential effect of this leadership style on health care quality and patient outcomes.
Summary with ConclusionREMINDERS:
1) At least 2 pages (addressing the 4 questions above excluding the title page and reference page).
2) Kindly follow APA format for the citation and references! References should be between the period of 2011 and 2016. Please utilize the references at least three below as much as possible and the rest from yours.
3) Make headings for each question.References:ReadingsMarquis B. L. & Huston C. J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (8th ed.). Philadelphia PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Review Chapters 2 and 3
Azaare J. & Gross J. (2011). The nature of leadership style in nursing management. British Journal of Nursing 20(11) 672676 678680.Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.The authors examine the different styles of leadership that nurse managers use and discusses how staff nurses in their study preferred managers who use a proactive articulate and independent leadership style.
Benoliela P. & Somecha A. (2014). The health and performance effects of participative leadership: Exploring the moderating role of the Big Five personality dimensions European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology 23(2) 277-294. doi:10.1080/1359432X.2012.717689Abstract excerpt: This study suggests that participative leadership may yield different results depending on employees personality traits from the Big Five typology. The proposed model aimed to investigate the moderating role of the Big Five traits on the participative leadershipin role performance relationship and on the participative leadershippsychological strain relationship.