Leadership Style Paper

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Leadership Style Paper Chris Beard HCS/475 July 2, 2012 Susan Greenwood Leadership Style Paper A very simple definition of leadership would be the ability to achieve a common goal by organizing a group of people to accomplish this task. Leadership is influenced by many things such as power, behavior, and intelligence, which is why it becomes important to know what your leadership style consists of and is it effective. Motivational and leadership styles vary from person to person, so it is necessary for managers to understand and develop a personal style of their own that will positively affect their particular workplace. With so many factors that contribute to the particular leadership style of an individual, I have been consciously analyzing my personal leadership style and how I can improve my quality of leading and to better my fellow co-workers and myself around me. I have chosen to speak on my own manager’s leadership skills and how his style fits so perfectly with the staff and our line of work. The reason I chose this particular supervisor is due to his innate ability to lead our association in what appears on the outside to be an effortless task. He is an excellent problem solver and demonstrates great flexibility in dealing with not only the day-to-day tasks, but also the emergencies that ultimately arise. The leadership style that I chose for him was the Relational Leadership Style because this style deals with large associations and he possesses all the necessary skills to accomplish these goals. The Relational Leadership Style is capable of acknowledging the need for flexibility in the healthcare system so that everyone feels empowered, which includes the nursing staff, the patients and their families, and the physicians. A good leader needs to have the skills to create interconnections between
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