Critical Leadership Analysis Report for Master of Mental Health Nursing

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Running Head: Critical Leadership Analysis Report
MC268 Master of Mental Health Nursing
NURS2187: Leadership, Supervision and Mentoring in Mental Health
Critical Leadership Analysis Report
Name: Sumathy Sathiyamoorthy
Dr. Alistair Ross
Due date: 05/05/2019
Word Limit: 2000

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Overview of the significant episode of leadership.......................................................................................4
Styles of leadership evident during the episode...........................................................................................4
Critical and reflective discussion around the impact of leadership..............................................................6
Recommendations to improve the leadership of situation...........................................................................7
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................9
References.................................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Mentorship is essential to manage the leadership styles in proper manner in the care services
(Corner, 2014). In this regard, the report is discussing about leadership styles that can be adopted
by a mentor to improve the knowledge and skills of a mentee in MH nursing. The report will also
outline the situational and transformational leadership styles as well as their advantages and
disadvantages in managing the care services. These leadership styles are effective in achieving
the objectives of mentoring process in the care practices and managing the care providers in
professional manner (Giltinane, 2013). In this regard, the report is critically discussing
advantages and disadvantages of these leadership styles in MH nursing practices. The report is
also present several recommendations for the mentors to improve their leadership skills during
the care practices.

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Overview of the significant episode of leadership
In leadership practices, mentoring is considered as an essential element of leadership. Through
the mentoring process the leaders can manage the mental workforce in an effective manner.
Mentoring is a process of sharing work experience and appropriate theoretical at the workplace
to introduce the individuals about work procedures and their role in performing these procedures
(Frederick, 2014). It is analyzed a student or mentee has completed her degree in nursing. In
regard to mentoring process, the mentee or student has chosen to improve knowledge in
leadership practices including conflict resolution, resource management and decision making in
care services. The mentee will be able to enhance theoretical knowledge and understanding about
the managerial practices in care services and manage the generating issues in MH nursing care.
According to Towle et al., (2014), mentorship is an essential part of care services which supports
to learning and development of the nurses. Through the mentoring process, a knowledgeable and
experienced mentor may provide support the less knowledgeable or less experienced mentee in
improving the knowledge about the care practices (Fischer, 2016). Quality of relationship
between the mentee and mentor can influence learning at the workplace. The major factors
influencing negatively to the mentoring are poor communication, different expectation between
the mentee and mentor, lack of appreciation and lack of trust of routine life events (Ross et al.,
2014). The formulation of ground rules, use learning contracts, use of information in handbook
and conversation of expectations of mentee and mentor can be helpful in preventing and
counteracting the issues in relationship (Gopee, 2015). In this concern, mentoring is an effective
process through which the Mentos can provide a learning environment for the mentees to
improve their knowledge and understanding about the care services.
Styles of leadership evident during the episode
The transformational and situational leadership styles are evident of the episode. According to
Fischer (2016), the transformational leadership is an appropriate solution of managing the human
resources at the workplace with effective communication and developing the followers. This
leadership style is helpful for the leaders in creating positive changes in the followers with the
end goal of developing follower in to leaders (Fischer, 2016). The transformational leaders