Class 1: Leadership and Management Theories

3 elements of leadership

1. Leader

2. Follower

3. Situation

Strengths based nursing leadership

Buidling on the strengths of followers

Leadership

1. The process of engaing and influencing others

Any nurse can be a leader regardless of personality, gender, ethnicity or age

Management

1. Ensuring people have the resources to do their job

2. Requires practical knowledge to know patient population

3. Guide, direct and motivate others

4. Decision making, staff analysis

5. Intervene when orginzations goals are threatened

Followership

1. Engaging with others who are leading or managing by contributing to the work that needs to be done

2. Challange leadership decisions

Five dimensional cycle of appreciative inquiry

1. Definition

2. Discovery

3. Dream

4. Design

5. Destiny

Appreciative Inquiry

Associated with how people question and solve problems

Great man theory

1. Trait leadership

2. Born with leadership traits

3. Self awareness of traits is useful for assessing personal strengths

Style leadership

Focuses on how leaders behave rather than their traits. Styles can be learned and cultivated

Situational contingency leadership

Effectiveness depends on situational factors. Each situation is assessed as unique and then actions are determined

Transformational leadership

Charasmatic leader, their behaviour influences followers

Transactional leadership

Focuses on the exchange of skills/knowledge

Laises faire leadership

Chill/laidback. Followers make more decisions

Authentic leadership

Leader is aware of their own values and morals ad aligns their actions to reflect them

Resonant leadership

Emotional intelligence, creates a calm space

Two types of behaviour style leadership

Task and relationship behaviours

Path-goal theory

Leaders behaviours should be contingent on task and follower characteristics

4 I’s of transformational leadership

1. Idealized

2. Influence

3. Individualized

4. Inspirational motivation

Scientific management theory

1. Taylor (1947)

2. Efficiency movement

Organizational structures and processes

Mintzberg (1990)

Follower theories: Steger

Based on followers’ desire for self-enhancement, self-protection, or both.

Follower theories: Freeman

1. Active role of followers in partnership with leader.

2. Leaders cannot do it alone. Every nurse is a follower & a leader.

Complexity Science

New way to understand complex patient & family dynamics, teamwork, health & well-being.
• Every voice counts
Includes:
 Networking (like minded connections)
 Attractors (What draws you to others/organizations)
 Emergence (how people react to problems)
 Systems thinking (Everyone has a voice/impact)
 The Butterfly effect (small change can have an unpredictable impact on chain of events)

3 competency domains for leadership and management:

1. Managing the business

2. Leading within

3. Leading people

Leader and manager

Not the exact same, overlapping qualities

Point of care leadship

Nurses not in admin role
Evidence-based interventions
Advocating for quality, safe patient care
Increases quality, safe patient care, job satisfaction & retention