Becoming a successful leader and follower takes many skills that must be developed and advanced over time. While being a follower has historically had a negative connotation, a leader cannot be successful without committed followers. That being said, followers cannot be successful in their roles without dedicated leadership to guide them. Leaders and followers both require different, yet cohesive, skills to operate in all capacities and they are vital to each other in order to achieve their goals. This is true for all settings in which healthcare is provided, with multiple members of an organization, including doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers, collaborating as leaders and followers to provide the best patient care available. In …show more content…
There is no one-way to define or describe leadership, as it is multidimensional and ever changing. A leader is not necessarily a person in a position of authority, but rather someone that helps guide others, in order to work towards a mutually decided upon goal. Leaders operate by “sharing fundamental lessons learned and providing guidance from past experience and expertise…that spurs personal and professional development and drives people to take the necessary initiative to create change and enjoy the benefits of effecting improvement” (Batara & Woolgar, 2017, p. 155). Grossman and Valiga (2017) expand on this when they describe that in order to be a leader one must be able to have a vision, have good communication skills, know how to lead and work with change, be a steward, and be able to motivate their followers (p. 23-27). A leader is a person who is willing to explore new opportunities for change, knowing that there is a possibility that those new opportunities may fail. Leaders turn failures into lessons learned through reflection and feedback. Leaders in healthcare look for areas of improvement, often times with patient satisfaction and overall quality of care, and explore unchartered ways to develop these areas. Leaders are at the forefront of research and development of evidence-based practices, adapting to the changes in healthcare. They find people with similar purposes, who …show more content…
I have just started to develop my personal followership skills through working in the nursing program as a student and learning from many different leaders including, but not limited to, teachers, preceptors and other healthcare providers. According to Grossman and Valiga (2017), I have a mixed style of followership, being both autocratic and participative, meaning I am both autonomous but also I appreciate some framework to operate with. One area of followership I believe I need to improve upon is accepting feedback from others. Quite often feedback can make me feel criticized even if not coming in a negative manner, and I believe I would be a more successful follower if I received criticisms more constructively. I plan to do so by debriefing when given performance feedback to learn ways I can improve, ultimately making suggestions a learning lesson. Working on these areas of leadership and followership will make me a better nurse and help me accomplish my career
How do you define leadership? To me, leadership is leading a person, persons, or an organization; usually done with selflessness and the desire to achieve. Being a leader should be an honor and it should be something that somebody should have to earn. Throughout Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the qualities for leadership were both shown, and not shown, by Napoleon and Snowball. Both Snowball and Napoleon displayed some pros and cons of their leadership style.
Before you can summarize the concepts related to leadership theory, you have to define what leadership is. Leadership is a process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task or goals. The fundamental concept of leadership is indirection. In any organization, the leader indirectly impacts the performance of the organization through the performance of individual team members. To make that impact, the leader takes on the role of the coach, and the inspiratory. As the coach, the leader improves the performer's skills. As the inspiratory, the leader inspires the passion required for optimal performance. A good leader can make decisions with a clear mind and will listen to theirs but can run through every consequence and possibility in their head. They take every angle and come out with the best answer for the majority of the people or situations it effects. And will not let their emotions be shut off but will have feeling where it is needed.
First of all, I would like to define leadership by quoting Chester I. Barnard: “Leadership is the quality of behavior of individuals whereby they guide people or their activities in organising efforts”. In my opinion this statement is absolutely true and explains the term in its best way. Therefore, it would be logical to state that leader is the person who is at the center of the power structure of the group, the one who keeps everyone in the group together, forms the goals and motivates people to achieve those goals. Leadership is a very influential chain of actions. Only leader is to shape and regulate, control and change various things inside the group like attitude, behavioral norms, and performance. Mostly, leaders
As our text says, there is no one definitive definition that best encapsulates the true nature of what “leadership” really is. For me, I would define leadership as the ability to influence and share with others the understanding of how something is to be done in order to accomplish a particular goal, task, or objective. Leadership doesn’t necessarily mean “to lead”. As mentioned in our previous class, anyone can be a leader. You don’t have to be in a position of power to display active leadership. Leadership is an ability that we can learn, improve upon, and share as we grow as individuals. Leaders may not all share the same vision and purpose but they all have the power to influence others in the way they choose to act, behave, and make decisions. This is how I see leadership to be based on my own beliefs and experiences.
The best leaders provide care that is of high quality through evidence based practice. The effective leader also is able to allocate resources appropriately, hold others accountable for their work, and incorporate new policies and evidence based practices (Morgan, 2010). Leaders need to be able to provide direction when it is required and step in to teach when they see someone doing something incorrectly or not at all (Morgan, 2010). These characteristics show their dedication to excellence
Leadership has many definitions even though these definitions are merely a change of words (Northouse, 2016). The definition that covers most examples of leadership is the ability to influence your subordinates in such a way that your subordinates follow your orders and see the vision you have for your team (Northouse, 2016). Leaders are not born, however some of the characteristics that allow a follower to lead one day may be inherited (Storsletten, 2015). Leaders are obtained from the environment of the individual, such as when the son of the King eventually takes the throne (Northouse, 2016).
For me as a newly qualified member of staff entering into an established team I found Anne’s high morals and consistency were the basis for her providing me with a positive role model. She believed best practice was the minimum and would always ensure every patient experienced the best care possible. IIies (et al.2012) believes that managers should be role models that their followers seek to emulate. A study by Hauck,Winsett and Kuric (2012) concluded that leadership can affect nurses ability to provide evidence based care. They advocate nursing leaders need to be role models and mentors to their staff. Dang and Poe (2010, cited in Poe and White, 2010, p.23-53) outline seven core nursing leadership competencies needed to successfully implement
Marquis describes a leader as the motivation and the leading of the performance. Leader’s uniqueness and abilities are what make others to need to take after his or her way (2009 p.32). First, a leader must understand the self and others as the beginning in leading. As Kouzes and Posner stated “self-discovery and self-awareness are critical to developing the capacity to lead. And personal reflection and analysis of one’s own leadership behaviors are core components in that process” (2011, p. 13). In health care, the nursing leaders hold a vital role in inspiring, empowering, coaching, and supporting the nursing profession to engage with today 's changes in the healthcare. Importantly, the nursing leader’s priority is to advocate for the patients’ care by role modeling to the team on delivering a safe and quality care. Nursing leader who strives effectiveness in responding to challenges, will assess personal leadership style, personality traits and leadership competencies. Thus, self-reflection on leadership is the base for the
Leadership is all about having the right amount of heart and determination to help make a difference in someone’s life. It takes certain qualities to be considered a good leader. A leader should want to help inspire others to make a change and to be the best that they can be. A true leader does not need to feel powerful, instead they empower those around them. Throughout my life I have come across various leaders who have made an impact on my life. It takes a very special person to inspire and touch people’s lives. Leadership is so much deeper than having power and bossing people around.
In the nursing profession, strategic thinking, effective decision making and delegation is important. With this, the goal of providing quality care is key and can be accomplished through a theory called servant leadership. In this style of leadership and management, the entire team has input into decision making based on the organization’s values and ideals. Servant leaders create devoted followers in response to the positive attention they give (Nursing Community Journal, 2015).
A leader is described as a person who guides others and has authority and influence over others. They work to influence others into meeting certain goals. There is no right or wrong definition of a leader and there is no recipe that ensures effective leadership. Successful leaders have a good balance of vision, influence, and power. Leaders gain their authority from their ability to influence others to get the work done; because of this, anyone has the potential to be a leader. (Finkelman. 2012, p15)
The concept of followership has existed for decades, but only in relatively recent times has the idea received more attention. The dictionary definition of the word “followership” is “the capacity or willingness to support a leader”. In his 1988 book, The Power of Followership, noted followership scholar Robert E. Kelly found this to be lacking.
Nowadays, there are many studies on leadership that relate how a good leader can increase the productivity of a company. Often, they omit something important and it´s the fact that a leader without followers is nothing. The purpose of these essay is to show you the importance of the followers when building a team. In its development I will expose first the definition of followership, next I will name two characteristics that in my opinion, are the principal that a good follower should have, to finally highlight the importance they have in a team.
What is leadership? Leadership is defined as a process by which a individual will influence others to obtain goals. Leaders will guide, direct motivate, or inspire others. Leadership is defined by not only traits but actions as well. Leaders are inspirational, trustworthy and charismatic. Many people may think a manger is leader. Although leadership and management go hand in hand, they are not the same. Everyone has their own beliefs about what characteristics an effective leader should have. To me, communication skills, critical thinking skills, and having a vision are few characteristics of becoming an effective leader. A leader is not only born, but made. Some are born as leaders or some are made to be leaders.
According to Shockley and Zalabak (2009) "Leadership is a process of guiding individuals, groups, and entire organization in establishing goals and sustaining action to support goals.Leadership is like mapping out where you need to go to win". A Leader is a person who has a strong personality and who has an ability to manage people and work. He is also the person who is able to direct people .Usually a leaders has a lot of attributes that