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In case you
didn’t experience enough passion on Valentine’s Day, we have lots of passion in
this newsletter for you! After covering our foundational Six Keys to Nursing
Success in the 2009 newsletter series, we have moved on to the Six Keys to
Leadership.
The 2nd
key to leadership is passion. Add a healthy dose of passion to your leadership
repertoire, lead from the heart! Passion distinguishes great leaders from
average ones. Great leaders do the job but go beyond to inspire and transform
others.
The Six Keys
to Nursing Leadership guide nurse leaders/managers to shift from a hierarchical
model to more professional collaboration, practicing the coach approach
to leadership.
1.
Respect/honor – how do leaders show respect, and how do they earn it? Honor
self – honor each other – honor others
2.
Passion – find the best fit, empower others to succeed, be the cheerleader,
discover the passions of those you lead and utilize them
3.
Communication – how to shift to clear and valuable communication using powerful
language, critical conversation for conflict resolution, and creating purposeful
and respectful interactions
4.
Trust – integrity, honesty and accountability for yourself and others;
confidentiality
5.
Courage –how to make the shift to leader, develop confidence in yourself and
others and inspire those you lead
6.
Recognition – celebration and acknowledgment, intrinsic versus extrinsic
rewards, giving yourself credit
Utilizing the Shift Change Coaching logo above, the six pillars represent the
six keys to leadership in nursing. Passion is the leadership key that catapults
a leader from good to great. A passionate leader compels others to align with
them. The leader’s enthusiasm is contagious and sets the tone for excellence.
Effective leaders care. They listen to staff, acknowledge their own and others’
passions, take pride in their work and their team’s accomplishments and
recognize and acknowledge their staff daily. Follow your passion and your team
will follow you!
When you discover
what you are passionate about, you can choose the best places to plug into that
energy – and to plug others into that energy. Additionally, you find your best
fit using your passions, strengths and gifts. Just as importantly, a
transformational leader knows and understands the passion, strengths and gifts
of each member of their team. What talents does your staff possess that you can
tap into?
An extraordinary leader empowers their team to succeed. They do not believe the
leader is the “be all, end all.” They recognize their staff’s strengths and
delegate appropriately. A great leader acknowledges they do not have all the
answers and looks for those who do. Team members of a passionate leader have
both responsibility and authority. Leadership often requires standing behind
your staff, spurring them on, supporting their endeavors and giving them
recognition for a job well done. The value of cheerleading cannot be
overstated. Be willing to uncover the passions of those you work with. People
have a depth of knowledge that is often overlooked. The missing link you need
may be right in front of you. Dig deeper and reap the benefits.
What are the results of high performance leaders? Passionate leaders produce
high quality patient care, have happy satisfied workers, increase cost
effectiveness and decreased staff turnover. Leadership is not for the
faint-hearted. Passionate leaders use their courage to empower their team to
excellence.
How does your leadership measure up to the six keys? Are you seeing low morale,
staff confusion, errors in patient care, a high number of incident reports and
call outs, frequent staff turnover or other crisis issues? Work with Shift
Change Coaching to implement the Six Keys to Nursing Leadership. Build the
foundation to promote excellence in your leadership and that of your
organization.
Convenient teleclass (conference line calls) or in-person workshop formats are
available. Schedule now as our 2010 is filling up fast! Special pricing
for Nurses’ week 2010!
In the March issue we will discuss the 3rd Key to Nursing Leadership,
communication.
In the meantime, please visit our Shift Change Blog and let us know your ideas and challenges
around nursing leadership.
Warm
regards,
Merrily Sable, RN, BSN and Betsy Smith, PhD
 
“Second
Blooming for Women-
Growing a Life That
Matters After Fifty”
 Our own Betsy Smith has co-authored a book with Kathleen Logan, “Second Blooming for Women: Growing a Life that Matters After Fifty”. This book speaks to 5 of our Shift Change foundational 6 keys to success, as it relates to women reinventing themselves. We also consider this a great resource for those of you that aren’t fifty yet! To order the book go to:
secondbloomingforwomen.com
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