Bridging Leadership Theory and Practice Exploring the Role of Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership in Nursing

Bridging Leadership Theory and Practice Exploring the Role of Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership in Nursing

Key Insight 1

To begin with, the study conducted by Nasir et al. (2022) on the effectiveness of transformational leadership showed that it can facilitate a “creative culture” among employees within organizations. Another example could be a nurse manager in a healthcare facility who led using a transformational leadership style by communicating a vision of the patients’ care quality and inspiring workers to have input when implementing an electronic health record system. To avoid disagreement and anti-transition feelings, the manager gave employees the reins of the transition and created a team that ultimately became responsible for the company’s growth (Gilson et al., 2020). The deployment of such an approach was highly successful with a proper allocation of the resources, set up of staff enthusiasm, productivity, and motivation to create a culture of innovations that drove further improvements in the quality and delivery of patient care beyond the initial project.

Key Insight 2

Emotional literacy is an inevitable factor of leadership success and can be illustrated by the charge nurse in this health organization (Prezerakos, 2019). It was amazingly evident that the charge nurse exhibited good emotional intelligence through her empathy and active listening skills in difficult times, such as conflicts with team members and contact with relatives who were in hard times. Her ability to remain composed and calm under stress ensured that feelings were controlled and that the work environment developed into a positive one that was destined to favor teamwork, trust, and respect. As backed up by Buljac-Samardzic et al. (2020), the sense of emotional intelligence of nurse leaders significantly impacted team spirit, productivity growth, and overall improved patient outcomes, which drove home the effectiveness of emotional intelligence in influencing workplace interactions and creating a warm and supportive work environment

References

Buljac-Samardzic, M., Doekhie, K. D., & van Wijngaarden, J. D. H. (2020). Interventions to improve team effectiveness within health care: A systematic review of the past decade. Human Resources for Health, 18(1). https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-019-0411-3

Gilson, L., Ellokor, S., Lehmann, U., & Brady, L. (2020). Organizational change and everyday health system resilience: Lessons from Cape Town, South Africa. Social Science & Medicine, 266, 113407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113407

Nasir, J., Ibrahim, R. M., Sarwar, M. A., Sarwar, B., Al-Rahmi, W. M., Alturise, F., Samed Al-Adwan, A., & Uddin, M. (2022). The Effects of Transformational Leadership, Organizational Innovation, Work Stressors, and Creativity on Employee Performance in SMEs. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.772104

Prezerakos, P. E. (2019). Nurse Managers’ Emotional Intelligence and Effective Leadership: A Review of the Current Evidence. The Open Nursing Journal, 12(1), 86–92. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874434601812010086

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LEADERSHIP THEORIES IN PRACTICE
A walk through the Business section of any bookstore or a quick Internet search on the topic will reveal a seemingly endless supply of writings on leadership. Formal research literature is also teeming with volumes on the subject.

However, your observation and experiences may suggest these theories are not always so easily found in practice. Not that the potential isn’t there; current evidence suggests that leadership factors such as emotional intelligence and transformational leadership behaviors, for example, can be highly effective for leading nurses and organizations.

Bridging Leadership Theory and Practice Exploring the Role of Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership in Nursing

Yet, how well are these theories put into practice? In this Discussion, you will examine formal leadership theories. You will compare these theories to behaviors you have observed firsthand and discuss their effectiveness in impacting your organization.