Leadership Style Of A Healthcare - 1214 Words

Leadership in a healthcare setting requires a great breath of knowledge specific to healthcare and but it also requires soft skills that can be translated to many other professional endeavors. This essay will examine the leadership style of a specific healthcare professional, the strategies and skills that she uses to motivate their staff members and the results or impacts of the application of the skills and knowledge of leadership. The interview of this leader allowed an insight into the inner workings of both the leader herself, but also into the challenges that her organization faces. A more thorough understanding of organizational leadership and culture in particular could benefit this leader and provide this leader with additional†¦show more content†¦This self-defined position may be contradictory to the definition of leadership, as Kilbort (2004) notes that leaders are often seen as providing inspiration and vision to organizations while managers provide the support to staff so tasks are completed correctly. Allowing staff to complete tasks under their own accord may be a fitting strategy in a healthcare setting, specifically in regard to clinical personnel. Prosser notes that she was educated at her university in leadership, the requirements of individuals and the organization allow her to lead by allowing greater individual task independence; she also notes that some staff personally do not prefer this style of leadership (A. Prosser, personal communication, February 20, 2016). This seems to indicate that this leaders style could be identified as strategic leadership, Cannella and Monroe (1997) state that this style of leadership; a theory that purports the need for flexibility in style and that leaders make decisions based on their own values. This theory may not, however, account for the all aspect of this administrator’s leadership style. Healthcare clinical workers have differing needs for supervision than administrative staff, this may be on account of clinical provider’s clinical knowledge and responsibilities that may not be shared by administrative leaders. The position of leaders to allow this autonomy is supported, Kerfoot (2003) states that poorly lead healthcare