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Moreover, the nature of the leaders role and achievement tiling the theory will be analyses. In addition, transformational theory will be defined and analyses based on different explanations. Leadership Leadership is one of the most essential criteria of the nurse manager. It is the process of interaction between the leader and the other staff, influencing them toward workplace goals achievement (Yuk, 1998). Leadership is the ability to provide direction toward preferred future aspirations and aligns the followers toward goals achievement (Kelly-Headstall, 2004).
Moreover, leadership is viewed as a dynamic interactive process that involves various dimensions, including planning, organizing, directing and controlling. The activities of an organized group can be influenced by a process in which the efforts to achieve the goals and tasks are managed by leadership (Rousseau, Russell & Sandburg, 2006). Leadership is also defined as inducing individuals or a group to take an action in accordance with the purpose of the leader.
Moreover, Rousseau, Russell and Sandburg (2006) correctly pointed out that leadership can be explained as a group of individuals who have been inspired by a person to work together toward achieving common goals and missions using appropriate means. A crowd can be transformed into a functioning and useful organization, and this is a vital component of leadership. Leadership can be formal or informal. As Sullivan and Decker (2004) explain, it can be formal when a nurse manager demonstrates power and authority within a framework of legal approval by the organization.
Leadership can be informal when utilized by a staff member who does not have effective leadership skills, ideas and roles to promote the performance of the work outcomes. Leader’s Profile Mrs.. Sahara is a nursing officer who has been working since 1 996 in charge of a apartment in the Armed Forces Hospital, Sultanate of Oman. She is known to everybody in the department and all around the hospital as a friendly person who is intelligent, hardworking, and motivational, a good communicator and a person with a strong personality that inspires others to follow her.
In addition, Mrs.. Sahara has problem solving skills and extensive experience and knowledge in her specialist as well as in leadership and management. Further, she is a member of the Quality Assurance and Staff Development Committees. As she is in charge of the operating theatres department, she manages the planning and ordination of the operating rooms scheduling system. Moreover, she adjusts the staffing assignments of nursing and ancillary personnel to provide adequate room coverage.
Motivation, direction, controlling and evaluation of the staff performance are some of the leader’s responsibilities. Transformational Leadership Transformational theory is the most appropriate theory to describe my leader’s role, nature and achievements. Transformational leadership focuses on how the followers can be motivated, guided and directed to achieve the goals of the work by the leaders (Sullivan ; Decker, 2005). Sullivan and Decker 2005) emphasis that generating employees’ commitment to the vision is the goal of transformational leadership.
According to Kelly-Headstall (2004), ‘transformational leadership is based on the idea of empowering others to engage in pursuing a collective purpose by working together to achieve a vision of a preferred future’. The work of Rousseau, Russell and Sandburg (2006) reveals that there are four components of effective and dynamic transformational leadership: management of trust, attention, self and meaning. In management of trust and reliability, decisions based on fairness, honesty and equity that eave been made by the transformational leaders will be respected, followed and executed by the nurses.
A transformational leader’s judgment is usually consistent and sound. Having vision, goals or a sense of outcomes will lead to achieving the management of attention. Any health care organization will be defined by how it serves the community and where it is headed in order to achieve its vision statement. Vision means the credible, attractive and realistic future stated for the organization. Knowing the skills of the staff and how to utilize them effectively is defining the meaning of self.
Leaders develop heir leadership skills through continuing their education in leadership and management skills so that the burnout and stress facing them will be reduced and controlled. In management of meaning, leaders must inspire commitment in staff by communicating their vision and creating a standardized culture among the staff by using group discussions, meetings, agreements and consensus building in which individual innovation and creativity are well supported. The goals and objectives that are consistent with the vision must be related with the rewards and appraisals for the staff.
Moreover, Rousseau and Russell (2009) have dad clear that in transformational leadership, the achievement of goals that benefits the organization and the personnel themselves is achieved by empowering the personnel to have a vision about the organization and to trust the leaders. Transformational leadership can be practiced in hospitals and emergency rooms, as they are unstable and rapidly changing environments. Therefore, leaders in this atmosphere will acknowledge uncertainty, be flexible, motivate, and consider the employees’ values and needs (Rousseau & Russell, 2009).
In transformational leadership, leaders empower and motivate the staff y involving them in decision-making, which inspires them to be a part of the vision and makes them feel that they are part of the team contributing to the success of the organization. Leaders inspire the staff by rewarding them for the quality and excellence of the work carried out. As a result, leaders will have staff who demonstrate high quality performance, commitment and job satisfaction (Rouses’ ; Russell, 2009).
Kelly-Headstall (2004) has pointed out that the empowerment and inspiration of the staff leads to high performance and commitment to the organization through a good relationship between the leaders and the staff. In general, there are certain common characteristics that transformational leaders should have. These are the ability to: instill a sense of capability in staff; offer vision; inspire trust; perform all tasks on time; take risks; manage and take action appropriately during times of crises; and communicate effectively. In the context of a transformational leadership framework, Mrs..
Sahara treats all staff in a friendly way, equally and with perfect communication skills acceptable to all of them. This leads to building a trusting relationship between her and the staff. In addition, the leader involves all the staff in the organization’s Sino and treats each staff member as a part of it. As a result, the self-confidence of the staff is gained and restored. The leader is concerned about the values and needs of her staff as she routinely holds individual meetings with each staff member in her office, asking each one of them about their feelings, needs and problems and tries to address them.
Further, she shares many responsibilities and power with the staff; therefore, the staff feel responsible to work harder and more effectively. This causes all staff to be more motivated and work hard to accomplish the goals and tasks of the organization. The leader holds general tenting with all staff frequently sharing with them decision-making, work strategies and any other new ideas from the staff. Consequently, all staff are inspired to be a part of the team, working hard and effectively for the vision of the organization. The leader inspires the staff by being a model of a hard working, responsible and motivational person.
In doing so, she motivates and stimulates staff performance and commitment to achieve the goals of the organization. As Mrs.. Sahara is a trustworthy and reliable leader. All staff follow her decisions with a sense that she is doing the best for the achievement of the organization’s tasks. She directs, guides and controls all operating theatres scheduling systems. She delegates and allocates staff to fulfill various functions as a motivation process, which increases the trusting relationship between her and the staff. This leads to increased staff commitment, goals’ achievement and job satisfaction.
The leader develops staff knowledge and experience in collaboration with the staff development department by involving them in ongoing job training programs in the Armed Forces Hospital or by sending them for short courses in Oman or nearby countries. Thus, staff will be more knowledgeable, educated, and more capable o carry out the work and tasks effectively and on time. As an example of the leader’s motivation of the staff, she has assigned a monthly reward for one of the staff members who works hard and effectively with high performance.
This creates competition amongst the staff to work harder with a high level of performance and commitment to achieve the goals of the organization. Moreover, this process demonstrates the meaning of inspiration skills and how to motivate the staff positively within the organization. After all, the organization’s performance and productivity in general will be increased and delivered with high quality standards. Conclusion Leadership is one of the most important skills in nurse managers. It is a process of interaction between the leader and the staff, influencing them positively toward achieving the goals and tasks of the organization.
Transformational leadership is very effective and is commonly used in hospitals. It is based on ideas of empowering, inspiring and motivating the staff toward working together to achieve the organization’s goals and vision. A transformational leader who acts as a role model can influence the staff and make them accountable for their own practice, work achievement and staff development (Macaroon, 2009, up. 89-560). Moreover, high levels of competency can be gained by using transformational leadership skills and the quality of patient care outcomes will be improved as a result.
Staff development, commitment and job satisfaction can be improved by using transformational leadership skills. These are motivation, inspiration, empowerment, building a trusting relationship between the leader and the staff, sharing power and decision-making and rewarding staff for quality and excellence of job achievement. My leader’s profile has been discussed in detail. As well as her nature, goals and achievements, using transformational leadership hero has been recognized with many similarities between them.
She applied transformational leadership skills very effectively and utilized them toward the improvement of staff and the organization’s productivity in general. I enjoyed working in the operating theatres department with Mrs.. Sara’s leadership and I hope that I will continue working with her for many years to come. I wish the best for my leader and for her to continue in her current leadership style. References Kelly-Headstall P, 2004. Essentials of Nursing Leadership & Management, Delver Learning, USA. Macaroon M, 2009.