Healthcare leader

Healthcare leader

Application: Leadership

As entrepreneur John C. Maxwell points out, “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” We have all been influenced by leaders at some point in our lives. Individuals who know the way act in a way that achieves the set goals and demonstrates to others how to accomplish the tasks at hand.

To prepare for this Application, consider the characteristics of leaders described in your Learning Resources.

To complete this Application, write a 1- to 2-page paper that identifies the following:

1. What is the true value of leadership in decision making?

2. How do individuals with the different leadership styles described in your Learning Resources make decisions?

3. Using examples from your own personal work experience, how are those decisions perceived by teammates or other employees based on the different leadership styles?

4. What leadership style do you believe is most effective in a healthcare setting of your choice?

Instruction:

Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as required. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct.

Learning Resources

Media

• Pink, D. (2010, March). Walden University Academic Residency Speaker: Human motivation. Retrieved from http://www.waldenu.edu/About-Us/35759.htm

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 6 minutes.

Daniel Pink is a leading business writer and visionary who thinks deeply about America’s workforce and our increasingly complex workplace. He is the author of several provocative best-selling books about the changing world of work, including his latest, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, which draws upon 50 years of behavioral science to overturn the conventional wisdom about human motivation and offer a more effective path to high performance.

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