Leadership is crucial for success in nursing as a profession. A manager 's style is a not only a determinant of job satisfaction and retention but also workload. It’s imperative to examine leadership styles and the relationship to staff outcomes. Nurse managers often use different styles depending on the situation at hand (Asamani, Naab, & Ansah Ofei, 2016). In considering the scenario “Sleeping on the Job: A Managerial Challenge”, several leadership styles could have been applied with positive and negative impacts depending upon the leader and the implementation of the actions. The leadership styles evaluated were authoritarian/autocratic, democratic, transactional, transformational and laissez-faire (Marquis & Houston, 2015).
Describe major tenets of leadership styles
Authoritarian/autocratic leadership is exactly what its name entails. Total authority is possessed by management. This can be of benefit in situations where staff requires close supervision. Doody and Doody (2012) suggest that traditionally, nurses have been over managed
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Laissez-Faire leadership came into play as the unit management assumed that she can work with minimal guidance and in a timely manner. Often this form of leadership creates a toxic work environment. Marquis and Houston (p.429) reinforces identifying behavior that isn’t constructive to teamwork and states that a leader must listen, reinforce, and revitalize discouraged employees (Marquis & Houston, 2015). A 2014 Nursing Management article stated that a reduction in negative staff attitudes while increasing the health of the work environment could be facilitated by collaborative work, encouraging reflection, addressing issues and solutions, nurturing nursing care standards, and instilling the fundamental teamwork values (Norman, 2014). By