A State Representative, Randy Richards, organized a press conference coveting to sway a proposal for a bill to a avert state agencies and other health care providers from offering prenatal care to undocumented immigrants and billing the cost to Medicaid (Sharp, 2011, p. 72). In the press conference, he accuses undocumented immigrants from coming to the United States to take advantage of the Medicaid system by taking services away from the American Citizens who pay into the system with their taxes. When the floor was opened to the press to ask question or to elaborate on the proposal for the bill his answer were very vague or he eluded the question by saying, “…That is not the point…” (Sharp, 2011, p. 72). The Executive Director of the Health Care Authority, Mike Foley, decides to hold a press conference later that day to clear the air with factual information and providing laws stating, health care cannot be denied to anyone in search of preventative or medical attention. He articulates prenatal care for illegal women cost less than a $1000.00 and when the child is born, they become a natural American Citizen and how they deny service to an American. If these preventative services were denied during the pregnancy and the child is born with a serious medical condition it will cost the state over $130,000.00 (Sharp, 2011, p. 73) to treat the child for the rest of their life. Randy Richards, the representative, became infuriated and took great offense that Mike Foley, the
The best example of me being a leader is the fact that I have worked in a specific class that has helped me develop leadership skills: Yearbook. In Yearbook, I learned how to direct a staff of students to work on specific jobs that would eventually lead to the development of the Yearbook. During this class, it was my job to properly organize the responsibilities of upperclassmen, assign them specific events to cover, and even place the example of how some of the jobs were done.
Mary used her gift of writing to effectively communicate her stance on women's rights, and help spread awareness for her cause.
A consultative style encourages discussion with the team; the leader presents the situation or problem and may possibly suggest a provisional decision. They then invite discussion about it and get suggestions and ideas, the leader then decides. Positives of this style include group synergy ‘none of use is as clever as all of us’, and acknowledgment that the team has something to contribute to the decision-making process. Disadvantages of this style could include slower decision making due to consultation, and the expectation of the team or individuals that they will always be consulted.
An increase in patient acuities, readmissions, and requirement for patient satisfaction among other issues has created a greater need for more registered nurses in the hospital setting. Quality and safe patient care is a direct correlation to the number of staff. With the demand of nurses on the rise, some health care institutions have not readjusted the nurse-patient ratios and the result is decreased patient satisfaction, increased mortality/morbidity in patients, more health care associated infection, and decreased employee satisfaction; leading to burnout and decreased staff
Identify and explain a workplace leadership and management role familiar to you. Describe how the role aligns with leadership theory.
Throughout the modern era, we have had many individuals that have exemplified both great and terrible leadership qualities. Some pursue innovation, adhere to a strict moral code, or attempt to improve the life of millions through their company. There are others whose name cannot be mentioned without the word fraud coming shortly after due to their lack or a moral code. In fact, some the worst leaders in recent history, ruined the lives of thousands simply to make a profit. Perhaps the best way to illustrate this point of a moral leader compared in comparison to a corrupt one. The CEO and founder of the e-commerce giant Amazon.com, Jeff
In the opening of this paper the below description of the need for strategic leadership and the difficulty in defining it can both be seen. In Becoming a Strategic Leader: Your Role in Your Organization 's Enduring Success by Richard L. Hughes and Katherine Colarelli Beatty define this difficulty beautifully in their opening. The book opens with a description of the difficulty of learning to surf. As you stand looking at the beautiful ocean, you move to begin paddling out through the waves only to fail each time at getting up and successfully riding a wave all the way to shore. It speaks of trying and practicing at home, only to be thrown when the "moment ' counts. The imagery of attempting to learn to surf and failing due to a lack of
A good leader cannot manage without having good management skill. A manager function is to produce order and consistency through planning, budgeting, organizing, and problem solving. Good relationships are based on trust, communication, and engagement are the essentials of a manager to build a relationship with your staff members. Task can be completed on time with enthusiasm, effectively, and with energy to do more. They focus on clients and know how to improve business performance. Are good at risk management and manage stress in staff members. A manager needs to be a clear thinker and have effective speaking skills that can influence others. As a nursed manager you may spend time giving care or watching over others as the give care. Nurses
Leadership comes with responsibilities. Taking an organization to places it has never been, through new ideas and change, aids in building a responsible organization. Effective leaders tend to surround themselves with a group of individuals with different perspectives and not necessarily like themselves. Moving into a leadership role often involves letting go of some of the assignments and responsibilities held in the past. As the leader, enable others to deliver results and complete tasks. The work may get done faster and more effectively if the leader is involved, but enabling others to deliver results will lead to a more productive and cohesive team. Each individual possesses their own unique traits and abilities used to provide results for their team. Team members need confidence from their leader that allows them to accomplish goals that have been asked of them. Leaders should help create a comfortable environment for their colleagues, who in turn, enjoy coming to work
believe that I will bring to my leadership positions. The main gift that I will bring is my ability to listen to anyone. No matter what the problem is, big or small, I am always available to listen. I believe that being a good listener is a great quality. These retreats really force you to open up and talk about things that you really do not want to talk about. However, when you do finally get comfortable tot talk you are going to want a good listener there to support you. I like to think that even the smallest problems or stories I am always listening. With a good listener, you are always going to need a person who is good at giving advice. I know that if I am selected to be a retreat leader I will try my hardest to give good advice. With
Leading change within an organization and building a shared vision are essential elements in becoming an effective leader. Change and the adaptation of, is a vital part of everyday life and job function that can be viewed as ambiguous not only to the ones the change is affecting, but also by those implementing the change itself. An effective leader is able to develop the most effective way to implement such a change, and communicate the necessity of the change to all involved in the implementation. I have personal experience in determining what changes should be made for the operational integrity of the air traffic system, and experience in the implemenation of the changes.
As a curriculum leader who advocates for social justice, I must be aware and conscious of my perspectives, views, and biases to discuss issues on gender, race, class, sexual orientation and other social groups within my classroom (Milner, 2007). However, it will be difficult to emancipate my students if I am not emancipated (West, 1993). To begin my emancipation (1993), I reflect on my life experiences that have led me to my role as a curriculum leader so that I begin the process of knowing who I am (hooks, 1981). In addition, I discuss the theoretical concepts that have influenced my thoughts on gender and my identity as a curriculum leader. Furthermore, I delineate how I will navigate locally and particularly through
Last semester I took the Leadership Skills Workshop class (LD 225) here at Blackburn. Dr. Wiedlocher was the professor for this class. She decided that the class was going to be based around helping the community here in Carlinville. We decided to help the Macoupin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, MCDD, here in Macoupin County. We decided to put together two fundraisers for us to reach our goal of purchasing floor scooters for the students at MCDD.
Leadership is an important factor within a business environment and often plays a significant role in achievement of organisational success (Landis, Hill & Harvey 2014). However, leadership is an art, therefore there is no simple formula for effective leadership (Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy 2015, p.33) and a leader’s effectiveness can often only be understood in the context of the leader-follower-situation interaction model.
A reinforcement of leadership practices in the post-bureaucratic era has refined business management sustainability from a monetary model to an environmental ideal. However, immense contribution to business notions has renewed neo-classical principles. Therefore, highlights a “hybrid” practice of the “Weberian” ecology and pecuniary “bureaucratic” advancements. (Clegg and Courpassan 2004: pg.; 527). In this essay, I discuss that post-bureaucratic leadership practices to an extent has contributed to managing sustainability as bureaucratic means remain prevalent. Firstly, in section one, I assess the confines of groupthink encouraging a “fear of separation” in the post-bureaucratic society, by drawing upon the opinions of Dimitroff, Schmidt and Bond (2005). Juxtaposing, using the Columbian and the Challenger accident NASA encountered, I will contrast groupthink’s efficiency proving post-heroic forms impede on the management 's judgments, thus in turn restraining morality. Complementary, I will argue the renewal of practices in post-bureaucracy have “branched”, however, are still integrated within bureaucratic practices manifested by Clegg, Teo and Josserand (2006). Through this, I scrutinise the studies of Stubbs and Cockling (2008), reviewing the inclusion of a sustainable business model through Bendigo Bank and Interface, arguing that the adoption of leadership practices gives meaning to an organisation through the combination of old and newly perceived principles.