ESSAY: Week 1 Essentials of Leadership

Week 1: Essentials of Leadership

A leader has the ability to combine commitment for improvement with knowledge regarding how to exercise influence and engage support (Dickson & Tholl, 2014). In the areas of nursing and public health, the focus is on improving health. Porter-O’Grady and Malloch (2015) noted several major tasks of 21st-century healthcare leaders. Applying essentials of leadership, select two (2) tasks from the following list of tasks and discuss how you would exercise influence and engage support for each of your selected tasks.

Deconstructing the barriers and structures of the 20th century
Alerting staff about the implications of changing what they do
Establishing safety around taking risks and experimenting
Embracing new technologies as a way of doing work
Reading the signposts along the road to the future
Translating the emerging reality of health reform into language that the staff can use
Demonstrating personal engagement with health reform
Helping others adapt to the demands of a value-driven health system
Creating a safe milieu for the struggles and pain of changing practice and service
Enumerating small successes as a basis for supporting staff

ANSWER

Week 1 Essentials of Leadership

Leadership in the Embracing of New Technologies

            Leadership is about influencing people. The adoption of new technology to change the way things are done in a health care institution is not just a technical matter but a critical move to get employees on board to enhance service delivery efficiency and promote collaboration among healthcare providers (Thomas, 2015). I would exercise influence and engage support in the implementation of new technology by first informing my followers about the need for change. This will minimize cases of resistance to change. I would…

Leadership in Enumerating Small Successes to Support Staff

A great way to motivate staffs to work harder is to recognize the achievements they make however small they may be. It is also important to reward or congratulate them for their achievements (Miner, 2015). As a leader in a health care institution, I would exercise influence in supporting the enumeration of small successes by first informing my followers about the importance of meeting the set objectives. I would request them to work with me in formulating and implementing a system that will aid in identifying all the small successes made in the organization an….   

References

Miner, J. B. (2015). Organizational behavior 1: Essential theories of motivation and leadership. Routledge.

Thomas, T. (2015). Management and leadership for nurse administrators. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.