Transformational Leadership Model

In considering leadership traits all specialty administrators, it is important to understand there is no one size fit all model for leadership. For example, what works well at Southwest may not necessarily work well for the Marriot brand, but there are some core fundamental values of leadership that should be established regardless of where one is leading. The traits for great healthcare leaders follow the model of authentic leadership. Authentic leaders realize it’s not about them, they have integrity and great compassion for people. A key for successful leadership for LTC administrators is being able to build a great team. Authentic leaders understand the importance of creating a healthy work environment that fosters mutual trust between staff and leadership. Mirroring a model that exhibits a healthy relationship between leadership and staff also disseminates to the relationship between the staff and the patients. Another factor, in authentic leadership is leading by example; transformational leadership creates a culture in which employees feel empowered and encouraged to freely discuss and try new things (Northouse 2013,pg 200). LTC administrators who encompass these traits have the ability to take a group of individuals, address their needs, interest and commitment and bring them together to follow the common organizational goals (Wong, Cummings

Clinical leaders are establishing themselves as essential to any organisation valuing change as part of their improvement process (Davidson, 2010). Clinical leaders deliver frontline patient care and are in the best possible position to co-ordinate, implement, drive and measure changes in practice that will directly impact patient outcomes (Marquis & Houston, 2012). Davidson (2010) also describes clinical leaders as visionaries who strive to improve clinical outcomes through their ability to influences changes in practice. Clinical leaders are recognized through their own actions, the cohesiveness and

In order for the health service to achieve the delivery of high quality, safe, effective care; successful leadership will be required at multidisciplinary level throughout the organisation (Health Service Executive 2009). Research on leadership has revealed an optimistic affiliation with improved patient safety results, salubrious work environment (Shirley 2009), job fulfilment (Sellgren et al. 2007), reduced staff resignation rate,

Performing an internet search for a definition of leadership pulls up a plethora of results, each definition slightly different from the last. The readings from the Leadership: Theory and Practice book also draw attention to the multitude of descriptions of leadership as well as the strengths, weaknesses and practical implications for several different leadership approaches. Specifically, trait, skills, style and situational. This paper will outline the implications of each of these models for my leadership profile and will also outline some insights that I have gained at the physician leadership level with my organization for each approach.

Transformational leaders focus on followers to motivate and to perform to their potential and transactional leaders focus on day to day care. The important aspect of transformational leader is to articulate a shared vision [Faugier and Woolnough, 2002]. Transactional leaders are more concerned about controlling order and predictability but transformational leader realizes the importance of challenging within the project for positive possibilities [Faugier and Woolnough, 2002]. The leadership style of transformational leaders helps hospitals to improve the faith and respect, value staff as individuals, solving the problems along values and principles. They also challenge their goals for future. For today’s fast changing health care organization

These responsibilities require clinical leadership competencies. 1,2 Because medical students are not provided formal training in clinical leadership3, these responsibilities can be new and unexpected for newly graduated physicians. Clinical leadership can be referred to as the ability of a physician to serve as both a manager and leader of diverse teams in pursuit of maximally effective patient care3. While the focus of managerial leadership lies on hierarchical superior–subordinate organizational relationships, clinical leadership has a collegiate orientation and a focus upon the patient or service interface.2 Studies have shown that effective clinical leadership improves outcomes of both patients and health care delivery organizations. This can be achieved by encouraging teamwork, facilitating the design and close monitoring of care processes, promoting a clinical culture that supports safe practices, and enabling innovation and continuous development of skills and outcomes.

Transformational leaders are those that transform the healthcare environment and influence and motive their followers to become leaders.

Leadership is defined as the process of visualising to a better future; whereby one motivates and enticing others to think and plan ahead as to facilitate the change (Jones, 2007). However, according to Bishop (2009), healthcare professionals have a poor leadership skills due to lack of strong leaders, who mainly emphasise more on traditional models of management. Therefore, they require leaders who have a good communication and decision-making skills to be able to handle stress and time management efficiently (Tomey, 2009). Thus, the fundamental concepts of leadership are important, as to help leaders to look at the different surroundings of situations and to be able to adjust their leadership style accordingly (Tomey, 2009).

Finally I utilized the Transformational Leadership Theory by motivating team members to buy into and deliver the vision (Burns, 1978). Our vision is simple with one point reiterated daily, we are here “to help those most in need”. Every concern, suggestion or compliant is meet with how does this benefit our patients? This was initially established by Leader A, with the organizations leadership team then communicated to the clinicians at the bedside. Our conversations begin with, I have an excellent plan that will benefit our patients. The team members receive credit and acknowledgement for every solution, and if an idea fails I ask them to help revamp the previous unsuccessful initiatives. The vision belongs to everyone and our organizational success is shared amongst everyone.

There are a plethora of leadership models to choose from, however, not all leadership model are able to transcend cultures ethically. Organizations seeking to globalize and diversify must choose a leadership model that is equipped to hand such challenges. The cultural style impacts the leadership model, styles and traits, ethical leadership models are tools for shaping organizational culture while honoring the diversity of the social cultures represented by employees. The transformational leadership model is equipped to handle these challenges.

Why is Clinical Leadership Important? What are the Conditions that Support or Hinder such Leadership in Health Organisations?

Exemplary performance as a result of using transformational leadership is how I plan to impact significant shifts in attitudes, values, and beliefs to a point where the objectives of the Air Force and my vision are internalized. Team leaders and their juniors motivate one another and followers to relate to an idea that surpasses their personal interests. Therefore, leaders and their followers both aspire to become one as they establish common objectives that they can relate to.

A good leader should have power to explain the matters and he or she should teach the patients as well as the staff under him or her. In healthcare organizations, leader should know all the work of the employers under him.

Nurse leaders play a vital role in constructing standards and leading organizational change. According to Ward (2002) transformational leaders possess a distinctive ability to familiarize and realign their perspective to the dynamics of an ever-changing environment (p. 125). According to Roussel, Thomas, and Harris (2016), “good leaders, like good managers, provide visionary inspiration, motivation and direction”, which is in alignment with the attributes of a transformational leader (p. 27). Hence, it is essential that organizations employ and develop transformational leaders to fulfill the demands and challenges in today’s healthcare delivery system.

As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, it requires people who attain great leadership qualities. The success of an organization depends on employees that can inspire people around them to achieve greatness and deliver quality care to the patients. Being in the healthcare industry, we have seen many changes recently. Therefore, by having a person with leadership qualities to guide others through these changes, while maintaining an organization that can deliver quality care is indispensable.