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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 3 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 needed to enforce the
rules. Now this doesn't always have to be a bad thing. Sometimes this particular leadership
style maybe 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 and decisions or personally giving 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 whereas leaders give rewards or punishments to the employees respective of the way
way they complete the tasks. Now different from Transactional leadership is Transformational.
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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.
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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.
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This is the 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? Is she demonstrating Authoritarian, 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 conflicts so she doesn't act as a mediator or a liaison there. And third, when a new
employee asks for help she simply gives the 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
do 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 respective 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. Thank you so much for watching.