Reflection on Leadership

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REFLECTION ON LEADERSHIP
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Introduction
In literature, leadership can be defined as an art of motivating or influencing a group
of people in the same organization, all of the members strive to attain the same goals or
objectives (Amanchukwu, Stanley and Ololube 2015). In the business organization, the team
members are provided with strategies to meet the common needs and goals of the
organization. The main characteristics of leaders are the ability to inspire others and enabling
them to perform effectively. Moreover, According to Arnold et al. (2015), leadership is
considered to be an inspiration for the team members and the provide direction to the team
members towards a common goals or objective. In this report, I have identifies my leadership
strengths and the areas in which development is required to be an effective leader in the
future. I have reflected on my approach to leadership styles implementing various theories
and models of leadership. I personally believe that leadership skills and abilities are essential
and central in the department of health which I am currently working.
Discussion
As mentioned by Bass et al. (2013), the department of health care and nursing has
been looking towards its own staff to develop an improvement plan and has been looking for
visionary staffs in the organization with all levels of experiences. As quoted by the health
care department of our organization, “anyone working in the NHS regardless of their
position, grade, qualification or place of work, may be a leader or agent of change and
improvement” (DeRue 2011). I have been working as a head of Orthotics service which is
related to the health and nursing profession. It is my responsibility and duty to provide
clinical leadership to my team while ensuring that equitable service and comprehensive
service is provided to the patients. In my opinion adaptive style of leadership is most

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effective in the department in which I work for, as there is a rapid change in the environment
from time to time. Therefore, adaptive leadership style helps me to adapt and thrive in the
highly dynamic and challenging environment. I ensure individual as well as collective
meaning process of adapting change. The style of leadership approach requires diagnosing,
interrupting and innovating in order to create potential and capabilities of the team to meet
the expectations and aspirations of the health care organization (Eagly et al. 2013).
The reason for implementing an adaptive leadership approach in leading my team is
because the changes occurring at a rapid rate. The changes that I had to lead were driven by
decreasing the waiting time of the new patients and implementing referral to treatments. The
organization has been implementing referral options for the patients to choose where they
have been referred and given options to book their appointments. These changes have been
implemented in the organization to provide a friendly, faster and convenient access to the
patients for treatment (Garg and Jain 2013). It is my leadership role to develop and manage
the orthotics services adhering to the framework of national guidelines and ensuring that
there is an effective flow of communication in various departments in the health care
organization including outreach clinics, screening clinics and other special schools. I have
been meeting with various obstacles and challenges which are being set by the top level
management; therefore it is my duty to react within my reach and influence. Implementing
time to time changes are exposed to various threats, conflicts in the team and challenges
(Giltinane 2013). The main challenges that I face are main financial constraints and
managing the staffing levels. However, the major issue that I face while leading my team is
conflict. As correctly mentioned by Hakan et al. (2013), this is one of the major issues faced
by me as there are frequent changes in the organization and I am more often met with
negativity and resistance to change. Me as an individual and as a leader have these reactions
initially and had difficulty in projecting the.