1. Rural Physician Leadership Curriculum West Virginia University Rural Family Medicine Residency Program

2. Rural Physician Leadership Curriculum Module 2 Your Personal Leadership Style

3. Description Funded by HRSA Grant D22HP00306 Objective 1 –Develop a competency based longitudinal curriculum in Rural Physician Leadership Konrad C. Nau, MD Principle Investigator Chair, Dept of Family Medicine-Eastern Division WVU Rural Family Medicine Residency Program Rural Physician Leadership Curriculum

4. Learning Objectives : Module 2 Define leadership style Learn the importance of developing insight into your personal leadership style Review the role of testing instruments in discovering and developing your leadership style Rural Physician Leadership Curriculum

5. Leadership Style Leadership style is the manner and approach of –providing direction –implementing plans –motivating people ( US Army Handbook, 1973)

6. Leadership Style Three styles of leadership commonly identified are: - Authoritarian or Autocratic - Participative or Democratic - Delegative or Free Reign (US Army Handbook, 1973).

7. Leadership Styles Authoritarian –Leader tells others what to do and how to do it –Does not solicit input from others –Useful when all the information is available to problem solve, time is short and followers are highly motivated

8. Leadership Styles Participative –Leader includes one or more in the decision making process –Leader maintains the final decision making authority –Sign of strength as viewed by others –Useful in team approach

9. Leadership Styles Delegative –Leader allows others to make decisions –Leader is ultimately responsible for the decision –Used when others are able to analyze the situation and determine what needs to be done and how to do it –Leader sets the priorities and delegates the tasks

10. Why you need to know about your personal leadership style Relationship awareness of self and others Conflict management styles Critical thinking abilities Decision making abilities

11. Evaluation Tools Myers –Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA) Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI)

12. MBTI Myers Briggs Type Indicator Tool for understanding personality and behavior Developed by Isabel Myers and Katherine Briggs to make Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types available to the general public MBTI uses a theory of preference. Provides insight into the different ways people –view the world –relate to others –make decisions and organize their lives

13. Strength Deployment Inventory Cornerstone tool of Relationship Awareness Theory Self scoring motivational assessment tool Measures an individual's Motivational value system –when things are going well –when a person faces conflict or opposition Provides powerful insights into the motivation behind people’s behaviors Goal is to enable better relationships both personally and professionally.

14. Watson- Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA) WGCTA - 40 item assessment tool Measures an individual's critical thinking skills Critical thinking-used for drawing conclusions from facts and evidence WGCTA produces a single score based upon five critical thinking skills –Inference –Recognition of assumptions –Deduction –Interpretations –Evaluation of arguments.

15. Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) TKI - 30 item conflict assessment instrument for conflict resolution It is a forced choice, self storable inventory that identifies a person’s preferred conflict handling style Purpose - learn to move beyond conflict and focus on achieving goals Provides details about individual’s use of five modes –Competing –Avoiding –Accommodating –Compromising –Collaborating- effectively

16. The Curriculum Process PGY2 residents take the MBTI, SDI, WGCTA, and TKI Group review of some “results” Private review/interpretation session with Behavioralist and each resident Results are strictly confidential –Not part of the resident’s file –Not discussed with faculty

17. Summary Leadership style is the manner and approach of providng direction, implemeting plans and motivating people. Awareness of our personal leadership style is important for –Relationship Awareness –Conflict Management –Critical Thinking Abilities

18. Summary Well validated tools –Can describe one’s leadership style –Illustrate areas of relative strengths and weaknesses Examples Myers –Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI) Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (WGCTA) Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI)

19. Resources Kilmann, T. and Kilmann, R.H. (1972).Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument. CPP, Inc. Palo Alto, Tx. Myers, I. and Briggs, K. (1998). Myers- Briggs Type Indicator. CPP, Inc. Mountain View, CA.

20. Resources Porter, E. (1996). Relationship Awareness Theory. Personal Strengths Publishing. Carlsbad, CA. Scudder, T. (1996). Strength Deployment Inventory. Personal Strengths Publishing. Carlsbad, CA. Watson, G. and Glaser, E. (2000). Watson- Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, Harcourt Brace& Co. San Antonia, TX.