Leadership Styles/Theories Murooj Alyami MSW 6006 Dr. White 07/07/24 Leadership Styles/Theories Leadership

Leadership Styles/Theories

Murooj Alyami

MSW 6006

Dr. White

07/07/24

Leadership Styles/Theories

Leadership Style

Type of Agency (Be sure to include specific name and URL)

Three Defining Characteristics of Leadership Style

Pros and Cons of Leadership Style

How does the leadership style influence social work values and ethics related to practice?

Transformational Leadership

Child Welfare:

Children’s Home Shelter for Family Safety

https://chssd.org/shelter

Community Service Agencies:

Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity

https://www.blackhillshabitat.org/

Schools:

Stevens High School

https://stevens.rcas.org/

The Justice System:

Pennington County District Court

https://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/pennington.aspx

Healthcare Organizations:

Pennington County Health & Human Services

https://co.pennington.mn.us/index.php/services/human-services

Focus on creating positive change.

Leaders inspire and motivate followers.

Willingness to take risks and accept responsibility.

Pros

Improve employee loyalty and motivation.

Instil a high level of work honesty, and interest.

Creates change that improves performance and reputation. (Lindert et al., 2022)

Decreased employee conflict and turnover rate.

Encourages professional development.

Improve workplace communication.

Cons

There is likelihood of employee burnout.

Prioritizes long-term goals over short term.

Slowed decision-making.

The leadership style increases people’s devotion to improving children’s welfare to enhance well-being.

Transformational leadership empowers people in community service agencies to promote social justice and foster community development.

The leadership style in school allows managers to restructure processes, promote educational improvement, empower people, and build a collaborative culture for educational success.

Transformational leadership in the justice system helps create a positive and supportive environment that lowers violence and the likelihood of reoffending.

Transformational leadership in healthcare promotes practitioners’ engagement and helps create changes geared to improve services and psychological well-being (Lindert et al., 2022). Medical providers also make changes to improve the quality of care and healthcare outcomes.

Authentic Leadership

Child Welfare:

Children’s Home Shelter for Family Safety

https://chssd.org/shelter

Community Service Agencies:

Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity

https://www.blackhillshabitat.org/

Schools:

Stevens High School

https://stevens.rcas.org/

The Justice System:

Pennington County District Court

https://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/pennington.aspx

Healthcare Organizations:

Pennington County Health & Human Services

https://co.pennington.mn.us/index.php/services/human-services

Lead with a sense of purpose and vision.

Integrity ad transparency

Self-awareness.           

Pros

Enhances trust in the team. (Kleynhans et al., 2022)

Promotes employee engagement.

Improves communication and relationships. (Kleynhans et al., 2022).

Enhances decision making.

Builds strong culture.

Improves communication.

Supports diversity.

Cons

Challenges in delegating

Encourages oversharing, which is a risk to the company.

Potential team misalignment.

Authentic leadership ensures fairness, equity, and due process in child agencies to meet the children’s needs.

This leadership applies to community service agencies, which promote fairness in service provision to community members so that everyone benefits.

The leadership inspires and motivates students, teachers, and all staff to work with a sense of purpose and honesty and collaborate for educational success.

Authentic leadership in the justice system makes people rise against immoral and injustices to promote social justice.

Again, authentic leadership in healthcare allows medical providers to follow principles of biomedical ethics, including autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. (Kleynhans et al., 2022).

Servant Leadership

Child Welfare:

Children’s Home Shelter for Family Safety

https://chssd.org/shelter

Community Service Agencies:

Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity

https://www.blackhillshabitat.org/

Schools:

Stevens High School

https://stevens.rcas.org/

The Justice System:

Pennington County District Court

https://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/pennington.aspx

Healthcare Organizations:

Pennington County Health & Human Services

https://co.pennington.mn.us/index.php/services/human-services

Listening and caring for others.

The interest of other people comes first before self-needs.

Teamwork, trust, and humility.

Pros

Boosts team collaboration and morale.

Leaders earn the respect of followers.

Involving people in decision-making leads to better outcomes. (Canavesi & Minelli, 2022)

Builds trust.

The leader showcases awareness and drives purpose.

Supports the team’s growth and development.

Encourages feedback.

Encourage innovation, creativity, and curiosity. (Canavesi & Minelli, 2022)

Cons

The leadership approach can be time-consuming.

It needs a high level of authenticity, which can be difficult to achieve.

Some people perceive servant leaders as ineffective.

Potential misalignments in the team.

Encourages slowed decision-making process.

Leaders prioritize the needs of children and set the tone and direction to improve their welfare.

Servant leaders prioritize the needs of others in the community when providing services, lead with empathy and compassion, and promote healing.

The leadership style emphasizes genuine care and the desire to help employees work hard and thus realize greater success in schools.

In the justice system, servant leaders will make truthful decisions and be accountable for their actions and decisions.

In the healthcare system, a servant leader will seek to understand patients’ needs, display empathy and compassion and promote healing (Canavesi & Minelli, 2022).    

Social Entrepreneurship

Child Welfare:

Children’s Home Shelter for Family Safety

https://chssd.org/shelter

Community Service Agencies:

Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity

https://www.blackhillshabitat.org/

Schools:

Stevens High School

https://stevens.rcas.org/

The Justice System:

Pennington County District Court

https://www.mncourts.gov/Find-Courts/pennington.aspx

Healthcare Organizations:

Pennington County Health & Human Services

https://co.pennington.mn.us/index.php/services/human-services

Community driven.

Creative and innovative.

Determination and collaboration.       

Pros

Promote optimism.

Inspires the community.

Promotes collaboration and adaptability in members.

Address the needs of people in the community.

Persistence helps attain the desired change.

Cons

The leader may lack funding to create meaningful change in the community.

May lack support from members and local leaders.

It relates to great burnout and exhaustion.    

The leadership approach helps to explore innovative ways to get capital and support mechanisms to improve children’s rights and well-being.

In community service agencies, the leadership style builds trust and allows leaders to gain valuable insights into the community’s needs and tailor strategies that meet those needs.

The leadership style in schools allows leaders to introduce innovative learning models and embrace flexibility to adapt to changing educational needs.

The leadership in the justice system serves as a conduit for educating and performing social justice and confronting vices and recidivism.

Social entrepreneurship in healthcare helps develop models and methods that improve healthcare access, particularly for the underserved and minority communities.  

References

Canavesi, A., & Minelli, E. (2022). Servant Leadership: A Systematic Literature Review and Network Analysis. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 34(3), 267–289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10672-021-09381-3

Kleynhans, D. J., Heyns, M. M., Stander, M. W., & de Beer, L. T. (2022). Authentic Leadership, Trust (in the Leader), and Flourishing: Does Precariousness Matter? Frontiers in psychology, 13, 798759. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.798759

Lindert, L., Zeike, S., Choi, K. A., & Pfaff, H. (2022). Transformational Leadership and Employees’ Psychological Wellbeing: A Longitudinal Study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 20(1), 676. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010676