Identifying and Cultivating Alliances 520

Identifying and Cultivating Alliances 520

Question 1

The previously concluded personality test confirms that my leadership style aligns well with personality typology while my personality traits are consistent with my leadership. My leadership style combines the leadership archetypes of the collaborator, the provider, and the harmonizer, while my personality is composed of being emotionally intelligent and an effective communicator. My leadership style aligns with my personality typology in that being a collaborator, a provider, and a harmonizer requires high levels of emotional intelligence and effective communication skills. For instance, as a collaborator, effective communication is among the major soft skills and a factor that creates an environment that fosters effective team collaboration (Wei et al., 2019). Additionally, being able to communicate effectively means that as a leader, I must understand the emotions and moods of others in order to bring them together to work collaboratively. Understanding the emotions of others requires high levels of emotional intelligence. Notably, emotional intelligence is a critical leadership competence as it allows an individual to understand and appreciate the feelings and perspectives of others and their concerns and handle others with empathy (Weiszbrod, 2020).

Emotional intelligence as a personal trait is also consistent with my provider and harmonizer leadership archetypes. Being a provider and a harmonizer means being responsible for others’ well-being by creating a supportive and enabling environment to thrive. To live by the ideals of the provider and harmonizer leadership styles requires being consistent in emotional intelligence in ways that enable the leader to understand emotional cues, even if expressed subtly, and respond accordingly. It also requires being consistent in communication with others in ways that express empathy and concern in ways that can help resolve any conflicts and disputes they may have at work or in their personal lives.

Question 2

Professional relationships in healthcare settings are essential for better patient, provider, and organizational outcomes (Cristina Gasparino et al., 2021). The top three strategies I will use to develop professional relationships are active listening, open communication in all interactions, and recognizing and appreciating others for their contributions during collaborative and individual roles. To begin with, active listening as an effective strategy for developing professional relationships involves the listener remaining attentive by asking reflective questions and being empathetic enough to understand what the communicator actually means and hence, creating a sense of trust and respect. Active listening is an essential skill in effective communication and developing relationships as it allows the listener to understand the speaker and develop a deeper connection with them (Spataro & Bloch, 2017).

As with active listening, creating an environment that promotes open communication can help develop professional relationships as it allows others to share their opinions and perspectives without judgment. Open communication can allow others to feel respected and be themselves, which can help strengthen relationships. In addition, appreciating and recognizing others for their efforts has a similar effect, as it can create an environment that motivates others to be open to deeper professional relationships.

Regardless of the time or efforts put into developing professional networking relationships, such relationships can be severed if others in the relationship consistently express behaviours that are considerably unethical and negative. Networking relationships can also be severed if the relationships no longer align with my professional goals and values. Consistent unethical and negative behaviour may erode the motivation to pursue career goals and risk losing professional opportunities and even licensure. Severing networking relationships may have negative ramifications, such as losing access to critical connections and friendships. I can handle such ramifications by ensuring all details leading to severing the relationships remain private and respectful to the individuals from the severed relationships. I can also focus on developing other relationships and investing more in developing professionally.

References

Cristina Gasparino, R., Daiana Mendonça Ferreira, T., Ceretta Oliveira, H., Fernanda dos Santos Alves, D., & Pazetto Balsanelli, A. (2021). Leadership, adequate staffing and material resources, and collegial nurse-physician relationships promote better patient outcomes, and professional and institution outcomes. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(6), 2739–2747. https://doi.org/10.1111/JAN.14805

Spataro, S. E., & Bloch, J. (2017). “Can you repeat that?” Teaching active listening in management education. Journal of Management Education, 42(2), 168–198. https://doi.org/10.1177/1052562917748696

Wei, H., Corbett, R. W., Ray, J., & Wei, T. L. (2019). A culture of caring: The essence of healthcare interprofessional collaboration. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 34(3), 324–331. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2019.1641476

Weiszbrod, T. (2020). Health care leader competencies and the relevance of emotional intelligence. Health Care Manager, 39(4), 190–196. https://doi.org/10.1097/

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Reflect on the following questions in a minimum of 500 words:

Consider how the 3 competencies of this course might directly apply to your life and work environment when answering the questions below.

Competency 1: Generate strategies to form strategic alliances with internal and external stakeholders in the healthcare industry.

Competency 2: Synthesize health sector best practices in facilitation and negotiation.

Competency 3: Analyze the connection between personal professional development and relationships with others.

Question 1:

How does your leadership style align with your personality typology based on the personality test you took in the course? Do you find that your personality traits are consistent with your leadership style? Defend your answer.

Question 2:

What strategies would you use to develop professional relationships?

Under what conditions would you sever a networking relationship? Explain your answer. How would you handle any possible ramifications of this action?