Leadership Part 1: Defining Your Leadership Style

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

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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.

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Other ResourcesOther Resources

• MCH Leadership Development Series:MCH Leadership Development Series:

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• 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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