Leadership Styles and Nursing: Comparative Analysis Report and Review

This report provides a comparative analysis of various leadership styles within the context of nursing. It begins by defining and differentiating between autocratic, laissez-faire, democratic, transformational, and servant leadership styles. The report emphasizes the importance of leadership in nursing, highlighting essential skills such as communication, interpersonal abilities, and collaboration. It also outlines key leadership traits including emotional intelligence, integrity, critical thinking, dedication to excellence, communication skills, professionalism, and mentorship. Furthermore, the report discusses the influence of servant leadership, focusing on its role in mentoring team members and fostering employee growth. The report concludes by emphasizing the significance of personal leadership traits and the development of skills through experience and learning, supported by references to relevant research and literature. The report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of leadership in nursing, offering valuable insights for healthcare professionals and students.

LEADERSHIP STYLES AND NURSING

COMPARISON OF LEADERSHIP
 Autocratic nursing leadership is
dependent on the leader’s decision
making.
 Laissez-Faire leadership does not
give any specific directions to the
team members but, works as a
team.
 Democratic leadership is based on
the input of the team members
and work accordingly.
 Transformational leadership is
based on the decision making
influences on the team members
 Servant leadership is based on the
understanding of the team
members’ needs, skills,
relationships and tools

IMPORTANCE OF AWARENESS ABOUT LEADERSHIP
 Leadership is important in the
team work and nursing care
delivery.
 Leadership skills such as the
communication, interpersonal
skills, collaboration skills,
influencing skills and others
are needed to be developed.
 The awareness would be
helpful for the nurses to
collaborate and develop
better care plans and
workability as well
(Whitehead, 2019).

LEADERSHIP TRAITS
 Leadership traits are
important factors, the
following are the important
traits:
 Emotional intelligence.
 Integrity.
 Critical thinking.
 Dedication to excellence.
 Communication skills.
 Professional socialisation.
 Respect.
 Mentorship.
 Professionalism (McCay,
Lyles & Larkey, 2018).

SERVANT LEADERSHIP INFLUENCE
 Leader works as a mentor
and influencer for the team
members.
 Leader helps the employees
to grow and provide better
service to the patients.
 The influence and the
mentorship of the leader
also help the employees to
develop in both personally
and professionally.
 Generate the full potential
and dedication of the
employees (Hall, 2017).

PERSONAL LEADERSHIP TRAIT
 The communication skills and
the inter-professional
collaboration are the skills
that can help a leader to
develop other skills as well.
 Respect to others,
mentorship, emotional
intelligence and
professionalism are the traits
that should be developed as
well.
 Personal leadership skills can
be developed with experience
and also from learning (Gong
et al., 2017).

REFERENCES
Gong, J., Su, J., Sun, J., Ma, F., Dong, X., Meng, F., & Cong, M. (2017, July).
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McCay, R., Lyles, A. A., & Larkey, L. (2018). Nurse leadership style, nurse
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