Transformational leadership in healthcare
ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
*DNP Class: Collaboration in Healthcare Delivery
*ASSIGNMENT:
- Discuss the importance of leadership style toward quality of care in healthcare settings: SEE article—Sfantou 2017 (It explains this, plus has a brief explanation of the transformational leadership)
- Then Discuss/explain the Transformational leadership Model (All 3 articles includes this information)
* See below articles and information that can help you to write the paper. Also will upload the articles.
* I’m a nurse practitioner (Advanced practice nurse). This assignment is for a DNP (Doctor of nursing practice) class and the grading is rigorous including grammar and APA style.
*Please don’t start with sentences that start with “this, these, it…etc” this is vague and not use in formal writing. Need to specify what we are talking about. Also don’t use citations in the middle of the sentence. Avoid “as well as” as much as possible. Also avoid using “Thus” so much.
Thank you!
ARTICLES:
- Sfantou, D. F., Laliotis, A., Patelarou, A. E., Dimitra Sifaki- Pistolla, Matalliotakis, M., & Patelarou, E. (2017). Importance of leadership style towards quality of care measures in healthcare settings: A systematic review.Healthcare, 5(4), 73. DOI:10.3390/healthcare5040073
- Trastek, V. F., Hamilton, N. W., & Niles, E. E. (2014). Leadership models in health care: a case
for servant leadership. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 89(3), 374-81. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.10.012
- Jordan, P. J., Werner, A., & Venter, D. (2015). Achieving excellence in private intensive care units: The effect of transformational leadership and organisational culture on organisational change outcomes.SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 13(1), 1-10. DOI:10.4102/sajhrm.v13i1.707
Transformational leadership
Transformational leadership is defined as a leadership approach that triggers change in individuals and social systems. In its ideal form, transformationalleadership creates valuable and positive change in followers, with the end goal of developing followers into leaders. Transformational leaders expose a new route for improvement and progress by generating new ideas and perspectives. They change their followers, empower them to develop, and create new needs, tendencies and values, which encourage followers to grow, develop and change into a new generation of leaders. In order to optimise transformationalleadership, innovation should be the core focus (Bass & Riggio, 2006; Hough, Arthur, Thompson, Strickland & Gamble, 2011; Jandaghi et al., 2009).
According to Bass and Avolio (2000), transformational leadership has four dimensions:
* idealised influence of charisma
* inspirational motivation
* individualised consideration
* intellectual stimulation. Idealised influence of charisma involves the formulation and articulation of visions.
A vision is defined as the future strategic course, or the direction in which the individual or company is heading (Hough et al., 2011). Inspirational motivation is the way that leaders motivate and inspire followers to commit to the vision of the organisation. Leaders with an inspirational motivation foster strong team spirit as a means for leading team members towards achieving the desired goals (Bass & Riggio, 2006). Individualised consideration refers to the leaders paying special attention to each individual's need for achievement and growth by acting as a coach or mentor. Intellectual stimulation refers to the way leaders motivate and inspire their followers to be innovative and creative (Bass & Riggio, 2006).
Transformational leadership should be regarded as an important aspect to transform and change care delivery outcomes in the healthcare industry (Robbins & Davidhizar, 2007). In a study conducted in 1300 hospitals across the United States and Europe, it was found that well-managed hospitals with clinically qualified leaders produced a higher standard of patient care, thus emphasising the importance of good leadership (Dorgan et al., 2010). Workforce surveys amongst healthcare workers in the United Kingdom have shown that the higher the leadership quality of senior managers (as rated by staff), the higher the rate of organisational performance and the lower the number of patient complaints (Care Quality Commission, 2011). Having a transformational leadership style in the healthcare industry is pivotal because it will ultimately contribute to quality patient care and improved organisational outcomes, especially in private healthcarewhere quality and efficient care are cost drivers (Jandaghi et al., 2009).
Transformational leadership and organisational culture can assist in pioneering change and establishing positive change outcomes. Caldwell, Chatman, O'Reilly, Ormiston and Lapiz (2008) concur that effective leadership that focuses on transformation contributes to positive change outcomes which are linked to higher patient satisfaction and ultimately improved patient care. Effective leadership is also associated with support for change and change readiness. Hence, it can be concluded that transformational leadership and a positive organisational culture contribute to organisational change outcomes that are beneficial for organisations, including those in the healthcare industry.
Transformational leaders are seen as charismatic, optimistic and open to the viewpoints of others. They help to formulate and articulate the vision of the organisation, they are willing to take risks, and demonstrate high standards of ethical and moral conduct. Transformational leaders have an inspirational motivation that fosters a strong team spirit. These leaders encourage subordinates and acknowledge individual differences in the team, so that team members can take on more responsibility, become empowered and are able to share work-related knowledge. These leaders give supportive leadership and are able to recognise individual achievements. Transformational leaders in healthcare contribute to the quality of patient care delivery, enhanced patient safety, increased patient and family satisfaction and organisational effectiveness (DuBrin, 2013; Eisenbeiss & Boerner, 2013; Garci'a-Morales, Llore'ns-Montes & Verdú-Jover, 2008; Malloy & Penprase, 2010; Wong & Cummings, 2007). Transformational leadership within intensive care units can thus contribute to achieving excellence inhealthcare.
Intellectual stimulation (lowest scored subscale) refers to the way leaders inspire innovation and creativity amongst their followers. Transformational leaders encourage followers to question their assumptions, try out new approaches or methods to solve old problems, and to be innovative in new treatment options, technology or other care modalities (Bass & Riggio, 2006). Based on the findings, it is recommended that leaders should encourage intellectual stimulation amongst the nurses in the intensive care units, as it can strengthen the current leadership present.
Jordan, P. J., Werner, A., & Venter, D. (2015). Achieving excellence in private intensive care units: The effect of transformational leadership and organisational culture on organisational change outcomes. SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 13(1), 1-10. DOI:10.4102/sajhrm.v13i1.707
