Assignment | Leadership And Management

Running head: LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author Note:

LEADERSHIP1
Introduction:
According to Leroy et al. (2015), authentic leadership style can be defined as the
leadership approach that focuses on establishing the legitimacy of the leader through the
creation of honest and authentic professional relationships. The positive aspect associated
with this style of leadership includes the ethical foundation on which the intra-professional
relationship of the leaders and the followers is established (Hoch et al. 2018). The evidence
base suggests that authentic leaders evoke a positive aura that is embarked by the constituents
of open and effective communication and mutual respect (Fotohabadi & Kelly, 2018).
Characteristics of leadership style:
Research Studies on leadership and management mention that the authentic leadership
style is one of the best leadership styles that helps to manage followers and at the same time
effectively resolve conflicts within a team (Hirst et al., 2016; Hoch et al., 2018). As stated by
Alilyyani, Wong and Cummings (2018), a total of ten characteristics have been identified that
are associated with the authentic leadership styles. These characteristics include:
 Self-awareness
 Considerate
 Focuses on permanent or long term results
 Maintains integrity
 Maintains transparency while communicating with followers
 Leads the team with a vision
 Possesses active listening skills
 Draws upon previous experiences
 Motivates and shares the success with the team
 Maintains consistency in terms of ethical principles

LEADERSHIP2
Role play on Authentic Leadership Style:
In order to demonstrate the authentic leadership style a role play was conducted that involved
four participants. The participants included a Nurse Leader, One Physician, One Nutritionist
and One Physiotherapist. The scene commenced with a discharge meeting where in the
discharge of a patient who had been hospitalised due to the chronic illness disease of
Diabetes Type II and suffered from Diabetic foot ulcer was diagnosed. The patient sustained
a leg ulcer which was appropriately dressed and after the implementation of appropriate
medical interventions for two weeks, the patient was going to be discharged. During the
discharge process, a meeting was commenced that included the multidisciplinary team of care
professionals.
Nurse Leader: ‘Good Morning everyone!’ ‘So here we are going to discuss the physical
health status of Mr. A. The health history suggests he had been hospitalized two weeks ago
and had the presenting complaints of a leg ulcer and was unable to cope with the symptoms
of Diabetes Type II.’
Multidisciplinary Team: (unanimously) ‘Yeah! That is right.’
Nurse Leader: ‘So, I would like an update from each one of you who had been engaged
thoroughly in Mr. A’s care process so that we can devise a proper discharge plan for Mr. A.
So we can start with Ms. C. How do you think Mr. A is doing?’
Nutritionist (Ms. C): ‘Well, Mr. A has been tolerating a Diabetic diet and I feel he is doing
fine with the optimal Diabetic diet and water intake. I believe I can help Mr. A with a
Diabetic diet routine so that post discharge his blood glucose level are appropriately
monitored.’
Nurse Leader: ‘Well that sounds great. So what do you suggest, Mr. X?’