Leadership and Teamwork
Workbook Introduction
The purpose of the workbook is to develop upon existing knowledge gained in your first year and undertake additional work to fulfil learning outcomes relating to leadership and teamwork.
This Workbook will help you:
o Meet the learning outcomes
o Link theory to practice
o Develop personally and professionally through design of an action plan
This workbook has been developed in collaboration with the module team from NUR4034: Leadership and Teamwork where the learning outcomes are to:
1. Discuss the role of the registered nurse in leading assessment, planning, implementing and co-ordinating care within an interdisciplinary context.
2. Explain the evidence informed principles of leadership and teamwork.
3. Apply the principles of leadership required for health promotion to enhance peoples’ wellbeing and experiences of health.
4. Explore your knowledge, beliefs and attitudes as determinates of leadership identity.
By the end of the workbook you should be able to:
1. Understand the importance of leadership in relation to care of service users or patients, part of your professional development and your role as a leader.
2. Identify the skills and traits associated with leadership.
3. Evaluate different leadership approaches.
4. Understand and apply the principles of partnership, collaboration and inter-agency working across all relevant sectors.
Activity 1:
Why is leadership important within your field of nursing?
Write a piece describing why good leadership is important using appropriate references. Although you can use references that discuss leadership in nursing generically remember to also link this directly to your field of practice. NB: One idea may be to start with an example where poor leadership impacted negatively on the care of service users, patients, family members or the public’s perception of nursing. (250-500 words.)
Suggested resources
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary (2015) Charlotte Bevan. Available at: https://www.judiciary.uk/publications/charlotte-bevan/
Department of Health (2012) Transforming Care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital. Final Report. Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/213215/final-report.pdf
Francis R. (2013) Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry. The Stationary Office, England.
Smith, R. (1998) All changed, changed utterly, British medicine will be transformed by the Bristol case, BMJ, 316
The Kings Fund. (2020). Improving NHS Culture. Available:https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/culture. Last accessed 20th March 2020. The Kings Fund. (2020). Improving NHS Culture. Available: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/culture. Last accessed 20th March 2020.
Activity 2: Imagine someone who you consider to be a leader. List ten traits you think a good leader should possess
Take a moment to consider why you value these attributes.
Find a reading resource (journal article, book chapter) that explores leadership traits and styles within nursing.
Add to the list above and summarise what else you have learned through your reading resource. (200-500 words)
Suggested Resources:
London NHS Leadership Academy. (2020). Self Awareness and Well-being. Available at: https://www.londonleadershipacademy.nhs.uk/leadershiptoolkit/managing-self/self-awareness-and-well-being
NHS Leadership Academy (2012) Leadership Framework Summary of Domains, elements and stages. Available at: https://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/NHSLeadership-Leadership-Framework-LF-Quick-Reference-Guide-Summary-of-Domains-Elements-and-Stages.pdf
Activity 3: Working in Teams
Feedback
There are a number of suggested principles when giving feedback. Name 3 things you would consider when giving feedback. NB: It may be helpful to imagine what advice you would give to another colleague
Case Study: Ensuring Adequate Nutrition
Source: Ellis, P. (2019) Leadership, Management and Team Working in Nursing, 3rd edn. London: SAGE, pg. 53.
Imagine you are Sandy, a Band 5 registered nurse:
What points could you make to feedback to Joanna?
What would be the principles upon which you would base your feedback? NB: See Activity 3
When would be best to give this feedback? What might you consider?
Delegation:
Reflection: Identify a situation where you have been involved in a delegation of a task and consider how this was interpreted by different members of the team. (No more than 200 words.)
Supporting others:
Identify a situation where the anxieties of a team member were addressed well – e.g. debrief. Write an example (no more than 200 words)
Suggested Resources:
Ellis, P. (2019) Leadership, Management and Team Working in Nursing, 3rd edn. London: SAGE
Fowler, A. (1996) How to provide effective feedback. People Management, 2(14), pp. 44-45.
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Kings Fund (2015) Developing Compassionate Leadership Through Mindfulness. Available at www.kingsfund.org.uk/leadership/developing-compassionate-leadership-through-mindfulness (accessed 16th March 2020).
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The Kings Fund. (2020). Improving NHS Culture. Available: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/culture. Last accessed 20th March 2020. The Kings Fund. (2020). Improving NHS Culture. Available: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/projects/culture. Last accessed 20th March 2020.
Activity 4: Leadership Styles
Match the sentences to the types of leadership styles. NB: 4 sentences for each column. Before you attempt this, we would suggest reading around different leadership styles (consider the suggested resources on Pages 8 and 10)
Leaders…
act as role models, embodying the qualities they want in their team.
. provide extrinsic motivators to meet goals.
demonstrate understanding and concern for the needs and feelings of teams and supports them in realising their potential tend to be directive and action-oriented (think within the box).
.are mainly supportive in their role creating a framework for teams to make decisions and reach the objectives.
.take a step back, allowing the team to lead.
ensure the team is equipped to move the process and organization forward. This is achieved by providing resources for the group to operate efficiently and developmental opportunities to ensure that knowledge levels and skills within the group are utilised.
use reward and punishments to gain compliance from teams.
set long-term and wide-reaching goals, but the plans for the strategy used to achieve these goals will be directed by the team.
inspire and motivate followers through having a vision and presenting that vision manages to inspire the followers easily with clarity.
Improvement services by encouraging improvement and innovation
. encourage team members to challenge past and current practice.
…recognise goals, structure, and the culture of organizations and work within existing systems and practice to attain goals.
Transactional
Laissez-Faire
Transformational
Suggested Resources:
Finkelman, A.W (2006) Leadership and Management in Nursing
Not available as an ebook
YouTube (2017) Nursing Leadership Styles. Which is your style? Available at: https://youtu.be/N79rpvb4dHk
Activity 5: Evaluation of Leadership Styles
Consider and list some advantages and disadvantages of transactional, laissez faire and transformational leadership styles.
Advantages
Disadvantages
Transactional
Transformational
Laissez-Faire
Suggested Resources:
Bass, B. & Riggio, R. (2006) Transformational Leadership, 2nd ed. London Erlbaum.
Bass, B., & Steidlmeier, P. (1998) “Ethics, Character, and Authentic Transformational Leadership,” Available from: http://cls.binghamton.edu/BassSteid.html.
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Doody, O. & Doody, C. (2012) Transformational leadership in nursing practice, British Journal of Nursing, 21 (20), pp.1212 – 1218.
Ellis, P. (2019) Leadership, Management and Team Working in Nursing, 3rd edn. London: SAGE
Not available as an ebook