Leadership and Management: Authentic Leadership Style Presentation

This presentation delves into the concept of authentic leadership, defining it as an approach that emphasizes honesty and genuine relationships between leaders and followers. The presentation highlights key characteristics of this leadership style, such as self-awareness, integrity, and effective communication. A significant portion of the presentation involves a role-play scenario set in a healthcare context, featuring a multidisciplinary team discussing a patient's discharge plan. The scenario illustrates how an authentic nurse leader navigates potential conflicts between team members (physician, nutritionist, and physiotherapist) to prioritize patient care. A critical evaluation of the scenario underscores the effectiveness of authentic leadership in fostering collaboration and achieving positive patient outcomes. The presentation concludes by emphasizing the benefits of authentic leadership in resolving conflicts and improving overall team performance.

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

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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

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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?’

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Physician (Mr. X): Well, the diagnostic reports and the assessments have revealed normal
results. The patient has not sustained any infections and I believe is out of danger. The patient
can be discharged at the earliest.
Nurse Leader: That indeed sounds great. What do you have to say Mr. G?
Physiotherapist (Mr. G): ‘Well, I am sorry but I believe we should not discharge Mr. A at the
moment and should keep him under the care process for an additional 48 hours. The patient
has still not been able to mobilise independently and requires assistance. Considering that the
patient stays alone, I believe few more training sessions on energy conservation techniques
and exercise training would help to make the patient feel comfortable and help him mobilise
comfortably.’
Physician: Increasing the hospitalization stay is a wastage of resources. I believe a home care
physiotherapist can be recommended to the patient.
Physiotherapist: The patient feels unwell and is anxious about his return home. He says he
cannot afford home based nursing or other care services. I think extending the hospitalization
would help acquire improved patient care delivery.
Nutritionist: Well, I second Mr. G and extending the hospitalisation stay would help acquire
improved care outcome for Mr. A
Nurse Leader: Well, we could extend the hospitalization stay of the patient and can work on
the activities of daily living and independent mobilization of the patient to improve care
outcome. Considering that the patient lives alone and cannot afford home referral, I believe
working on the patient can help us focus on the patient’s holistic recovery. I hope that is
alright with all of us. Any inputs?
Multidisciplinary Team: (unanimously): Okay!

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Critical Evaluation:
On critically evaluating the scenario, it can be stated that a strenuous conflict could be
suspected between the Physician and the Physiotherapist about the patient’s discharge.
However, the Nurse Leader efficiently considered the input from each of the care
professionals and adapted a decision that was based on a logical argument and focused on the
holistic care needs of the patient. The leadership style reflected efficient management of team
conflict and improved coordination to render effective patient care (Duncan et al., 2017).
Conclusion:
Therefore, to conclude, it can be mentioned that the Authentic Leadership Style can
help to effectively resolve intra-team conflict and help acquire improved process outcome.

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