Leadership Part 1: Defining Your Leadership Style
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Leadership Part 1: Leadership Part 1: Defining Your Defining Your
Leadership StyleLeadership Style
UW LEAH SeminarUW LEAH Seminar
Laura Richardson, MD, MPHLaura Richardson, MD, MPH
Goals for This TalkGoals for This Talk
• Define leadershipDefine leadership• Discuss the difference between Discuss the difference between
leadership and management leadership and management • Reflect on individual leadership Reflect on individual leadership
qualitiesqualities
What makes someone a What makes someone a leader?leader?
What are the key qualities What are the key qualities of a leader?of a leader?
• Passion and heartPassion and heart• Ability to communicate Ability to communicate
and inspire shared visionand inspire shared vision• Self-reflection and awarenessSelf-reflection and awareness• Willingness to share (power, Willingness to share (power,
successes, failures)successes, failures)• Ability to operate under uncertaintyAbility to operate under uncertainty• Focus on the big pictureFocus on the big picture
Kouzes & Poser Leadership Kouzes & Poser Leadership ModelModel
Leaders:Leaders:1.1. Challenge the Challenge the
ProcessProcess
2.2. Inspire Shared Inspire Shared VisionVision
3.3. Enable Others to Enable Others to ActAct
4.4. Model the WayModel the Way
5.5. Encourage the Encourage the HeartHeart
Where do Leaders Where do Leaders Operate?Operate?
Easy to Do
That’s Difficult
That’s Impossible
Beyond Imagination
**From the MCH Leadership Development Series
Leaders Operate in Many Leaders Operate in Many SpheresSpheres
• Research and the creation of new Research and the creation of new knowledge or technologyknowledge or technology
• Design of new organizational Design of new organizational structures and schema: challenging structures and schema: challenging the status quothe status quo
• Caretakers of the well-being of othersCaretakers of the well-being of others• Teachers and nurturers of values and Teachers and nurturers of values and
learninglearning• Enablers of action in othersEnablers of action in others
Management versus Management versus LeadershipLeadership
Management:Management:• Coping with Coping with
complexitycomplexity• Ensuring order and Ensuring order and
consistencyconsistency• Planning and Planning and
budgetingbudgeting• Organizing and Organizing and
staffing to accomplish staffing to accomplish objectivesobjectives
• Problem solvingProblem solving
LeadershipLeadership• Nurturing and Nurturing and
delivering of changedelivering of change• Setting the directionSetting the direction• Developing and Developing and
sharing a visionsharing a vision• Aligning peopleAligning people• Motivating and Motivating and
inspiringinspiring
How are Leaders Made? How are Leaders Made? History of Leadership History of Leadership
TheoriesTheories• Great Man Theory (1840s)Great Man Theory (1840s)– Assumed that leadership was intrinsic Assumed that leadership was intrinsic – Leaders are born…not madeLeaders are born…not made
• Trait Leadership Theory (1930’s-1940’s)Trait Leadership Theory (1930’s-1940’s)– People are made with certain qualities that People are made with certain qualities that
will make them excel in leadership roles will make them excel in leadership roles – but which qualities and in what but which qualities and in what
combination?combination?– Early start to behavioral theoriesEarly start to behavioral theories
Leadership Theories Leadership Theories (continued)(continued)
• Behavioral Theories (1940’s-1950’s)Behavioral Theories (1940’s-1950’s)– A leader’s behavior is the best predictor of his A leader’s behavior is the best predictor of his
leadership influence and successleadership influence and success– 3 groups of leaders: people oriented, task 3 groups of leaders: people oriented, task
oriented, and participatory orientedoriented, and participatory oriented– Leadership can be taughtLeadership can be taught
• Contingency Theories (1960’s)Contingency Theories (1960’s)– There is no single way of There is no single way of
leading: leadership style should be leading: leadership style should be
based on situation.based on situation.
Leadership Theories Leadership Theories (continued)(continued)
• Transactional Leadership Theories (1970’s)Transactional Leadership Theories (1970’s)– Leadership is formed through a series of mutually Leadership is formed through a series of mutually
beneficial exchanges: if you do this for me, I will do beneficial exchanges: if you do this for me, I will do this for youthis for you
– Followers will choose a leader that maximizes their Followers will choose a leader that maximizes their pleasurable experiences and minimizes negativespleasurable experiences and minimizes negatives
• Transformational Leadership Theories (1970’s)Transformational Leadership Theories (1970’s)– Leader’s transform their followers through their Leader’s transform their followers through their
inspirational nature and charismatic personalities inspirational nature and charismatic personalities such that followers identify with the leader and its such that followers identify with the leader and its purposepurpose
– Rules and regulations are guided by group normsRules and regulations are guided by group norms
Transactional versus Transactional versus Transformational LeadersTransformational Leaders
Transactional LeadersTransactional Leaders• Focus on maintaining Focus on maintaining
the status quothe status quo• Work within the Work within the
existing organizational existing organizational cultureculture
• Relate to followers by Relate to followers by exchanges/transactionsexchanges/transactions
• Are reactiveAre reactive
Transformational Transformational LeadersLeaders
• Focus on change and Focus on change and communicate clear communicate clear visionvision
• Address the needs and Address the needs and values of the values of the organization organization
• Address the needs and Address the needs and values of followersvalues of followers
• Are proactiveAre proactive
Skills and Competencies of Skills and Competencies of a MCH Leadera MCH Leader
• Challenge the ProcessChallenge the Process– Embrace and promote changeEmbrace and promote change
• Build and communicate shared visionBuild and communicate shared vision– Encourage heart and passionEncourage heart and passion– Reinforcing the “why”Reinforcing the “why”
• Team building and collaborationTeam building and collaboration– Nurturing the team and enabling others to actNurturing the team and enabling others to act
• Political knowledge and finessePolitical knowledge and finesse
How does one become a How does one become a leader in Maternal Child leader in Maternal Child
Health?Health?• http://www.jhsph.edu/custom/mod_st
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Key PointsKey Points
• Management and leadership have Management and leadership have different purposes and may require different purposes and may require different skill setsdifferent skill sets
• Both skill sets are critical for effectiveness Both skill sets are critical for effectiveness leaders should also be good managersleaders should also be good managers
• Leaders are focused on changeLeaders are focused on change• Leaders inspire others to work toward Leaders inspire others to work toward
changechange• True leaders are not ego drivenTrue leaders are not ego driven
Video: What it takes to Video: What it takes to start a movement.start a movement.
• http://www.bing.com/videos/search?http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Ted+talk+how+to+start+a+movq=Ted+talk+how+to+start+a+movement&mid=B66ACC4998AB66BF7ement&mid=B66ACC4998AB66BF7FC7B66ACC4998AB66BF7FC7&vieFC7B66ACC4998AB66BF7FC7&view=detail&FORM=VIRE8w=detail&FORM=VIRE8
Other ResourcesOther Resources
• MCH Leadership Development Series:MCH Leadership Development Series:
http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-http://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/womens-and-childrens-health-and-institutes/womens-and-childrens-health-policy-center/MCHLDS/policy-center/MCHLDS/
• Other TED Talk on Leadership:Other TED Talk on Leadership:http://www.bing.com/videos/search?http://www.bing.com/videos/search?
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