Understanding the Relationship Between Leadership and Provision of Healthcare

For this assignment you are to interview a nurse leader that is in a formal leadership role. This can be someone who is in an administrative role at the level of manager or above or leading an organizational level committee (e.g. chair of the organizational level practice council, falls committee, etc.) or it can be someone who is in a leadership role in a professional organization (officer, chair of a committee). Write a 2-3-page reflection on what you learned from your leadership interview. This should not be a repeat of the question/answers asked in the interview, but an overview of what you learned and how you can use this information in your own leadership experiences. What did you learn from this interview that made the most impact on you and why? How does what you learned in the interview either validate, refute, or reinforce what you have learned about leadership, cite course readings or other literature to support this.
The following questions should be included as part of your interview. You should add 1-3 additional questions based on your interests or the position of the person you are interviewing?
1. Describe your leadership journey and how you came to the current position you are in.
2. What does leadership mean to you?
3. What values guide your leadership?
4. What goals do you have for your current area and how do you encourage others to share those goals?
5. How do you foster collaboration in the groups you are a part of?
Here are some additional questions you might want to add to your interview. Feel free to develop other questions to explore areas of leadership that you are interested in.
1. What is one of your current or past challenges that will or did require a change for those you work with and what strategies do/did you use to get people on board with the change that is/was needed? If this was a past change what lessons did you learn?
2. How do you foster engagement and acknowledge excellence in others?
3. What leadership skills do you think are critical for front-line nurses (staff and APRN) not in administrative roles?
4. What has been your greatest influence as a leader?
5. Do you feel it’s important to delegate? If so, why? When is a good time to delegate?
6. What actions do you believe are essential to enable others to be successful?
7. What advice do you have for building relationships and trust in an organization?
Include in your reflection:
• Name, title, and organization of the person you interviewed.
Tina Wyatt, Director of nursing, Shawnee Christian Village.
• Why did you select the person you chose to interview?
• A list of the additional questions you asked.
• References for resources used in developing your reflection (use APA format).
Required reading:
Kouzes & Posner - Chapters 5 & 6 Dye, Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2017). The leadership challenge. (6th ed.). John Wiley & Sons.
Dye Chapters – 8, 9, 11 & 12 Dye, C. F. (2017). Leadership in healthcare: Essential values and skills. (3rd ed.). Health Administration Press.
• Renaud, M.Y., Rutledge, C. & Shepherd, L. (2012). Preparing emotionally intelligent Doctor of Nursing Practice leaders. Journal of Nursing Education, 5 1(8), 454-460 download
• And also can use other references.