Defining yourself as a Leader
Madeleine King
The Leadership Role:
Primary Responsibilities
1. Lead and manage people
2. Ensure you deliver quality
3. Deliver excellent patient care
We say that a leopard can’t change his spots….
Autocratic leadership
Situational leadership - right place, right time
Visionary leadership
??? leadership
Not asking you to change your spots, but ask
yourself a few simple questions....
Four questions to ask yourself
• Do I understand my environment?
• Do I reform or retrench?
• What action best serves the common good?
• Can I find new ways of doing things?
“Moments of Greatness. Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership.” Quinn R.
The High performance Organisation.
Harvard Business Review July-Aug 2005
Four questions to ask yourself
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Do I understand my environment?
Do I reform or retrench?
What action best serves the common good?
Can I find new ways of doing things?
The Environment
• Political, Hospitals, Primary Care, Deanery,
Medical Profession, Allied Healthcare
Professionals etc..
• Organisational structures, competition, etc
• Power and interest of the players
• Energy
• £
Understand the environment
• Politicians
• Read government documents/policy
statements/newspapers
• What are the "big" issues?
• Organisations
• Read annual reports/mission
statements/business plans/minutes of
meetings
• Identify collaborators/ shared interests
• Professionals
• Listen carefully to what they are saying
Alignment and obtaining resources
Four questions to ask yourself
• Understand your environment
• Do I reform or retrench?
• What action best serves the common good?
• Can I find new ways of doing things?
Reform or retrench?
• Both positions are sometimes appropriate:
• value conflicts e.g.
• efficiency versus quality
• cost versus quality
Reform or retrench?
• What action best serves the common good?
Four questions to ask yourself
• Understand your environment
• Do I reform or retrench?
• What action best serves the common good?
• Can I find new ways of doing things?
Encourage innovation
Involve some risk
Make the most of what is available
Be adaptable…
Leadership Context
Strategic Domain
Setting
strategic direction
Creating
alignment
Planning &
Organising
Leading
Delivering results
Operational Domain
Team
working
Building &
sustaining relationships
Interpersonal Domain