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Week 9: Working with Differing Leadership Styles
Otisha Dawson-Morrison
Walden University
NURS6201: Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare
January 21, 2019
Leadership Styles and Skills
To develop a care coordination team for a large primary care organization, I would prefer to work with leaders who agree with the organization’s mission to provide high-quality services to the community without regards to their ability to pay. Understanding the organization’s missions will aid in us all having a common goal and therefore strengthens the team’s collaborative efforts. I would also prefer to work with transformational leaders who inspire others, can forecast the future, and can examine outcomes (Marquis & Huston, 2017, p. 50-51). Transformational leaders put in extra effort, create more satisfied subordinates and are more effective (Casida & Parker, 2011). Some skills I would prefer the leaders have are good decision making and critical thinking skills, be an excellent communicator, a be role model and have the ability to facilitate change (Marquis & Huston, 2017, p. 40-41).
Working with Differing Leadership Styles
Challenges
There are challenges associated with working within a group, and even more significant challenges exist when the group is diverse. Good leaders must be able to adapt to the different personalities, different leadership styles, and different skills sets. If not, time will be wasted settling disagreements which will result in decreased productivity (Hamel, 2018).
Another challenge is subordinate confusion. Having different leadership styles working together to develop this care coordination team may result in employee frustration. For example, a laissez-faire leader within the group may give minimal direction to subordinates and does not criticize allowing the subordinates to govern themselves whereas when the authoritarian leader is present this leader is controlling, takes away staff flexibility and freedom and criticize staff.
Advantages
There are advantages to working within groups. A strong group of leaders can inspire employee loyalty by improving employee morale (Hamel, 2018), thus resulting in better teamwork efforts. Better teamwork efforts can result in increased productivity (Hamel, 2018). The development of this care coordination team may produce better quality outcomes because the clashing of viewpoints may result in the team coming up with good ideas (Hamel, 2018).
Conclusion
Working in a group is not easy but a necessary function of working in healthcare. The development of this care coordination team needs a variety of skilled leaders for its successful implementation. The leaders, however, need to understand there will be a difference in styles and skill sets of the other leaders and must be able to adapt and thrive within the group with an understanding that quality patient outcomes and employee loyalty can result.
References
Casida, J., & Parker, J. (2011). Staff nurse perceptions of nurse manager leadership styles and outcomes. Journal of Nursing Management, 19(4), 478–486. Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Hamel, G. (2018). What Are the Advantages & Disadvantages in Leadership in a Company or Business? Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/U…
Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2017). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (9th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
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It is true that working with leaders who understand and puts in practice the mission of an organization is beneficial. Such leaders strive to achieve the organizational goals as well as rendering the best services to the community. These leaders can be none other than transformational individuals.
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