mr. caputo unit #2 lesson #2 leading, managing, following
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TODAY’S CLASS
• Driving Question: How is followership essential to leadership? • Learning Intentions:• We will be able to understand the different ways
leadership has been defined.• We will be able to understand why it is so difficult to
assess leadership effectiveness.
• Anchor: What are some characteristics of a leader?
FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEADERSHIP
• Formal• Practiced by a nurse with legitimate
authority described in a job description
• Informal• Exercised by a staff member who does
not have a specified management role• You will have to observe for informal leadership in the
classroom among your peers and discuss your observations.
ALL DENTAL WORKERS
•Direct work of professionals and nonprofessionals to achieve desired outcomes• Can use leadership skills to be effective and successful
LEADERS AND MANAGERS
• Leader• Anyone who uses interpersonal skills to
influence others to accomplish a specific goal
•Manager• An employee who is responsible and
accountable for efficiently accomplishing the goals of the organization
FUNCTIONS OF A LEADER
• Achieve consensus within the group about goals•Maintain structure that facilitates accomplishing goals• Supply information that helps provide direction and clarification•Maintain group satisfaction, cohesion, and performance
FUNCTIONS OF A LEADER
•Clarify the organizational structure•Choose the means to achieve goals•Assign and coordinate tasks•Evaluate outcomes and provide feedback
LEADERSHIP THEORIES
• Trait theories• Inborn traits of successful leaders
• Behavioral theories• Leaders made through education,
training, and life experience• Contingency theories• Managers adapt their leadership styles
relative to changing situations; range from authoritarian to permissive
LEADERSHIP THEORIES
• Contemporary theories• Quantum (important) leadership• Transactional leadership• Transformational leadership• Shared leadership• Servant leadership• Emotional leadership
FUNCTIONS OF MANAGERS
• Planning:• i.Establish objectives (goals)• ii.Evaluate present situation and predict future
trends and events• iii.Formulate a planning statement• iv.Convert plan into an action statement
• Organizing: coordinating the work to be done• Directing: process of getting the organization’s
work done• Controlling: comparing actual results with
projected results
FUNCTIONS OF MANAGERS
•Directing• Process of getting the organization's
work done
• Controlling• Establishing standards of performance• Measuring performance• Evaluating performance• Providing feedback
AREAS OF COMPETENCY FOR ALL MANAGERS
• Communication and relationship management• Knowledge of the health care environment• Leadership• Professionalism• Business skills
LEADERS
•Need followers to lead•Need followers to accomplish goals and help team succeed•Are followers too
FOLLOWERS
• Influence leaders•Vary from passive to active, dependent and uncritical to independent and critical•Share qualities with leaders
CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL LEADERS
• Energy• Enthusiasm• Commitment• Ability to inspire and empower others to commit to goals
CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL LEADERS
•Skilled communication•Ability to facilitate learning•Understanding of people and their needs