EDAPT – LEADERSHIP MODELS AND THEORIES
What is leadership? Leadership is a mindset, as well as a skill. While aspects of leadership come naturally to
some, not all leaders are born with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to influence others to achieve a
common goal. “Focusing on people does not mean taking your eyes off the numbers. Rather, it’s about
recognising [sic] that people, and only people, will drive results. It’s a flow, not an either-or: people are the
precursor to organisational [sic] success.”
Which statement about leadership and management is false?
Leadership and management have discrete skill sets.
Leadership and management have several areas of overlap regarding skill sets and they are not individually
separate and distinct. For example, both require excellent communication skills. However, differences between
leadership and management can be seen in the focus (people versus systems/structures) and strategies used to
accomplish goals.
Why is relationship management a key leadership skill?
Client care requires a high degree of interdependence on other care providers.
Healthcare, specifically direct client care, requires colleagues to function interdependently across departments
and reporting lines. The relationship between leaders and their followers is dynamic and depends upon each
person to support the others using open and direct communication.
Effective leaders demonstrate empathy to people from all aspects of society when working with colleagues
to achieve organizational goals. Which term describes the skill of empathy?
Social awareness is the ability to consider the perspectives of other individuals, groups, or communities and
apply that understanding to interactions with them.
In the broadest sense, a person is a leader because others follow them. Stated another way, a leader leads.
One becomes a leader by having the ability to influence rather than command or coerce others. Leaders take
risks, work towards shared goals, and inspire others to action. The relationship between leaders and their
followers is dynamic and depends upon each person to support the others using open and direct
communication. Healthcare, specifically direct client care, requires colleagues to function interdependently
across departments and reporting lines.
Successful leaders possess quality characteristics that allow their followers to work without direct supervision,
to support the leader, their colleagues, and the shared goal toward which they all work. Some characteristics
of successful leaders were first identified in the 1900s. Select each category in the interactive below for
details.
Personality Task Competence Interpersonal Attributes