welcome back everyone regardless of
whether you
are a formal leader or an informal
leader
you are going to have your own way of
expressing yourself
today we're going to be talking about
leadership styles
now it's important to know that
different leadership styles are needed
for different situations and leaders
should know which approach is most
effective in a given scenario
to achieve the organization's goals
now there are three classic leadership
styles the first
authoritarian this is where a leader
makes all of the decisions without
really considering
input from the staff negative
reinforcement and punishment are often
used to enforce the rules
now this doesn't always have to be a bad
thing sometimes
this particular leadership style may be
effective in an emergency where quick
decisions need to be made
the second one is laissez faire this is
where the leader provides
little or no direction or supervision
and prefers to take what we call a
hands-off approach
decisions are not really made changes
rarely occur
and quality improvement is typically
reactive meaning after the fact
not proactive or forward-facing
and the third one is democratic this
particular leadership style really
encourages open communication and staff
participation in decisions
workers are given responsibility
accountability
and feedback regarding their performance
now there are several contemporary
styles that we want to discuss today
these are transactional transformational
servants authentic
and visionary the first one is
transactional
transactional leadership in nursing is
the one where leaders give rewards
or punishments to the employees
respective of the way
they complete the tasks now different
from transactional leadership
is transformational this style in
nursing is based on the encouragement of
the employees to give their best at work
and motivation to be positive
while performing various tasks done
through a common mission
and vision another one is servant
servant leadership style in nursing is
the one which the main goal of the
leader is to
serve a servant leader shares the power
puts the needs of the employees first
and really helps people develop and
perform as highly as possible
next authentic leadership this is a
leadership style rooted in the concept
of authenticity where the leader is a
fully functioning person in tune with
themselves and their basic nature
self-actualizing and they have strong
ethical convictions
and finally visionary leadership now
this is very similar to transformational
additionally these leaders are much
concerned about the future and they
guide the followers to stay focused on
what they need to achieve in the
upcoming years
so here's a great example for us to go
through pat
is a nurse manager for the operating
room of a small local hospital
she designed a process for
self-scheduling of the staff and allows
staff members to resolve their own
conflicts
when new nurses ask her questions she
provides them with the hospital or the
nursing unit's policy and procedure
manuals
now which type of classic leadership
style is pat demonstrating
she demonstrating authoritarian laissez
laissez-faire
or democratic
if you chose laissez-faire you are
correct in this scenario
she designed a schedule where everyone
chooses their own schedule
she does not do that for them she also
doesn't intervene when they have
conflict so she doesn't act
as a mediator or a liaison there and
third when a new employee asks for help
she simply gives a policy and procedure
for them to read
rather than spending time with them and
really teaching and coaching them
on what they need to be successful in
the unit
so remember regardless of the leadership
style needed
it's important to act with integrity to
set realistic goals
to communicate clearly and often to
encourage
others to recognize the successes of
your team members
and to inspire them to provide the best
care
so what did we learn today first we
learned classic leadership styles
include
authoritarian laissez-faire and
democratic
the transactional leadership style in
nursing is the one which leaders give
rewards or
punishments to the employees perspective
of the way that they complete the task
different than that is transformational
transformational leadership in nursing
is based on the encouragement of
employees to give their best at work and
motivation to be positive
while performing various tasks done
through a common mission and vision
servant leadership style in nursing is
the one where the main goal of the
leader is simply to serve
authentic leadership is a leadership
style rooted in the concept of
authenticity where the leader is
fully functioning person in tune with
themselves and their basic nature
and finally visionary leadership is very
similar to transformational
with the added focus to the future
i hope you've enjoyed this video on
leadership styles thanks so much for
watching
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