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Leadership
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Objectives: Upon completion of this session, the participant will be able to…
Discuss current views on leadership.
Examine the shift of leadership on teams.
Identify functions of leadership.
Describe leadership tasks and maintenance functions of an effective IDT.
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Leadership Quotes
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” John Quincy Adams
“Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand” General Colin Powell
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“I suppose that leadership at one time meant muscle but today it means getting along with people” Indira Ghandi
“A leader is a dealer in hope”
Napoleon Bonaparte
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“A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves” Eleanor Roosevelt
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it” Dwight Eisenhower
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6. Definition of Leadership
“Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen” Alan Keith
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Current Views
Historical precedents – physician is team leader
Personality traits
Shared responsibility
Emphasis on role function/effective use of resources
Leadership is membership
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8. Functions of Leadership
Identification of group purpose and goals
Facilitation of task achievement
Maintenance through collaborative group process
Conflict resolution
Failing forward
Celebrating successes
Explore and appropriate utilization of resources
Assist with evaluation of progress and development
Ask how many of you think you have a good understanding of different team members and their roles?
Read role descriptions and see if they can identify them. Choose the healthcare roles on the list that the facility has already identified as their own team members.
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9. Shifting Leadership on Teams
Dependant on the nature of the problem
Equal participation and responsibility for team process and outcome
Emphasis on role function in geriatric healthcare
Effective utilization of the team’s total resources
Formal leadership
Informal leadership
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Exercise…
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Answer the following:
From your experience try to describe a leader you worked with or had contact with; whom you consider a role model of an effective leader and why.
What in your opinion are the main traits, skills and behaviors of an effective leader?
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12. Tasks and Maintenance Functions of an Effective Interdisciplinary Team
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Organizer/Mover
Initiates team development
Identifies team tasks
Identifies strengths and weaknesses
Calls meetings
Provides structure
Reviews team needs
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Expert
Offers professional viewpoint
Identifies interdisciplinary patient problems
Uses expertise of other disciplines
Knows the team’s expertise and limits
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Ambassador
Builds external relationships
Builds bridges
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Diplomat
Builds understanding between members
Negotiates
Mediates
Facilitates decision-making
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Supporter
Builds team morale
Puts team members at ease
Ensures job safety
Helps patient work with team
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Judge/Evaluator
Listens critically
Evaluates the process and outcomes
Helps the team reflect
Seeks truth
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Facilitator
Identifies member conflicts
Helps team resolve conflicts
Helps implement solutions
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Innovator
Discovers resources
Identifies opportunities
Transforms ideas into strategies
Proposes new methods
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Teacher
Helps the team learn team norms and values
Teaches shared leadership skills to other members
Recognize members’ leadership potential
Teaches others to seek specialty advice
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Learner
Raises questions to enhance understanding across disciplines
Raises questions regarding the need for interdisciplinary input
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23. Zoom & Re-Zoom Activity
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Reference
The content covered in this presentation is provided by: GITT Resource Center of the John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training Program. (2003). GITT. New York: New York
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25. Power Point Presentation Created By:
Joyce Cunneen, MSN, RN Fairfield University School of Nursing ELDER Project Education Coordinator Monica Starr, BSN, RN ELDER Project Program Coordinator
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