Innovating Nursing Leadership

1. JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Dr. Rahul Sharma
Professor
Ph.D. Coordinator
HOD of Mental Health Nursing
Seedling School of Nursing
Jaipur National University, Jaipur

2. Innovative
Nursing
Leadership

3. The Success and Failure of
an organization depends on
its leadership

4. What is Leadership?
“Leadership is the ability of developing
and communicating a vision to a group
of people that will make the vision
true”
Ken Valen
Zuela

5. Managers require to
integrate the
management functions
and leadership roles

6. Management
Process Functions
Leadership Role
Planning
Decision Maker,
Visionary
Forecaster
Maker
Communicator
Risk Taker
Critical Thinker
Cont.

7. Management
Process
Functions
Staffing
Facilitator
Advocate
Mentor
Teacher
Energizer
Role Model
Coach
Counselor
Buffer
Influencer
Leadership Role

8. Management
Process
Functions
Leadership Role
Organizing
Influencer
Creative Problem
Solver
Buffer
Diplomat
Cont.

9. Management
Process
Functions
Leadership Role
Directing
Communicator
Decision Maker
Diplomat
Controlling Evaluator
Communicator

10. Four Requirements of Effective
Vision (Manning and Curtis)
• The vision must be developed by leaders
with enough strength and influence to
mobilize the organization
• The vision must be communicated to
followers and must be supported by them
Contd.

11. • The Vision Must be comprehensive
and detained so that every member
of the organization can understand
his or her part in the whole
organization
• The vision must be uplifting and
inspiring

12. Who is an Innovative
Leader?
Innovative Leader is a person who
promotes and focuses maximum
Effective creativity from followers to
achieve remarkable breakthrough in
The Organization
Ray Anthony

13. Innovative Leadership
Innovative Leadership is interactive
relationship based on trust and has
impact on both leader and followers

14. Nursing Leadership
Today
• Nursing Leaders are Traditional Manager
• Nursing Leaders have an assigned
Position
• Believed that Nurse Manager at the top
Level will lead the whole team
• Lack of understanding and principles of
contemporary leadership

15. • Health Care Managers are
managing to main status
quo.
• Great need to develop new
models to reach the goal.

16. Desired Qualities of an Innovative
Nursing Leader:
Innovative Leader is a person who
promotes and focuses maximum
Effective creativity from followers to
achieve remarkable breakthrough in
The Organization
Contd.

17. • Able to create synergistic environment
that enhance change
• Is confident and perseverant
• Holds organizational culture, behaviour and
values in high regard and perpetuates
these behaviours in the staff
• Empowers others
Contd.

18. • Aware of followers influence
• Able to use problem solving process
• Has emotional intelligence
• Maintain group effectiveness
• Demonstrate leader fairness
• Competent
• Dependable

19. Aims of Innovative
Nursing Leadership
Bringing about change in Health Care
Services
o Organizational Restructuring
o Service Quality Improvement
o Subordinate Empowerment

20. Leadership Skills Required
to Bring Planned Change
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Interpersonal
• Communication

21. Phases of Change
Process
• Unfreezing
• Movement
• Refreezing

22. Reality in Nursing Practice
Demanding Innovative Leader
Traditional Reality
• Institutional Based
Care
• Processes Oriented
• Procedurally Driven
• Based on Mechanical
& Manual
Intervention
Emerging Reality
• Mobility based or
Multisetting
• Out Driven
• Best Practice
Oriented
• Technology & Minimal
Invasive Intervention

23. What is expected from
Innovative Nurse Leader
• Personal Involvement in Planning the vision
• Personal Involvement in implementing the vision
• Making Open Communication Between
administrative, Faculty Members and Nursing
Leaders
Contd.

24. Develop Advance Strategies
Clinical laddering within profession
Release time on special projects
Encouraging nurses to present / publish their
success
Providing support for educational leave
Reward and recognition strategies to value
contribution
Addressing issues of generation e.g. desires and
expectations related to work

25. Who can give the
Leadership?
Every Nurse is a
leader and Manager
at some level

26. Conclusion
Innovative Leadership is the highest form of
leadership because of the huge contributions
made in the lives of staff members,
customers and society. Innovative nursing
leaders can take the profession to far away
exciting destination

27. Thank You!