Leadership Theories in Practice

Leadership Theories in Practice

Key Insights

Effective leadership is crucial for success. The nursing profession needs positive and visionary leadership to overcome challenges of workforce problem, increasing patient expectations, higher cost, and the need to improving quality of care. According to Xu (2017) definition, leadership is the process of convincing others to do things the way the leader wants it to be done. From the selected scholars, the two key insights that a leader must have as behaviors or skills are effective communication and knowledge of the policies and procedures. Leaders who utilize these two key insights can be regarded as an agent for change to inspire their followers by sharing their visions (Xu, 2017). A good leader understands the importance of effective communication and knowledge of the organization policies and procedures to direct, inspire, motivate followers towards the accomplishments of common targets (Marshal & Broome, 2017). First, leaders must establish trust among followers and other disciplines by using effective communication for the acceptance of their decision-making. Second, a leader with good knowledge of policies and procedures of the organization makes the right decisions.

Key Insights in Practice

My current supervisor is a leader whom I have seen utilizing the skills of effective communication and exercising a good knowledge of the organization policies and procedures. My supervisor is a good listener and makes genuine eye contact during her communication with staffs. She helps the staffs understand her goals by clearly defining the policies and procedures of the hospital. She has been recognized as one of the excellent managers in the hospital. According to her, the secret of her success is making the right decision in which she acquired it through experiences. Other skills of her include accepting feedbacks, involving staffs in a discussion, and being a good listener.

Effectiveness of the Key Insights

Effective communication establishes trust and positive relationship with audiences which is built on comfort, courtesy, connection, and confirmation (Ball, Dains, Flynn, Solomon, & Stewart, 2015). Through her effective communication, my current supervisor ensures the staffs are comfortable, connected, and all conversation understood clearly. And at the same times, she orients, educates, and introduces her knowledge of the hospital policies and procedures to the staffs. As I mentioned above, she is recognized as an excellent and efficient manager because of her leadership skills. She is able to manage the too complicated nursing department of the floor with minimal waste, confusion, and error (Asamani, Naab, & Ofei, 2016). The effectiveness of her skill was proved by her ability to retain, motivate, and maximizes the performances of nurses in the department.

References

Asamani, J., Naab, F., & Ofei, A. (2016). Leadership styles in nursing management: implications for staff outcomes. Journal of Health Sciences, 6(1), 23–36. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.17532/jhsci.2016.266

Ball, J., Dains, J., Flynn, J., Solomon, B., & Stewart, R. (2015). Seidel’s Guide to physical examination (8th ed.). [Adobe digital]. Retrieved from https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780323112406/cfi/6/2!/4/2@0:0.00

Marshall, E., & Broome, M. (2017). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

Xu, J.-H. (2017). Leadership theory in clinical practice. Chinese Nursing Research, 4(4), 155–157. https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.cnre.2017.10.001

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