Evidence Based Leadership Increasing Your Personal ROI

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Evidence Based Leadership Increasing Your
Personal ROI

• Nevada Organization of Nurse Leaders
• Annual Meeting October 6, 2008
• Judith G. Berg, RN, MS, FACHE
• Gannett Healthcare Group

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Does evidence about leadership exist?
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Leadership definitions

• If your actions inspire others to dream more,
  learn more, do more and become more, you are a
  leader.
• John Quincy Adams (6th President)
• A leader is a man who can persuade people to do
  what they dont want to do, or do what theyre
  too lazy to do, and like it.
  
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  Harry S. Truman (32nd President)
• I am looking for a lot of men who have an
  infinite capacity to not know what cant be done.
• Henry Ford

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Leadership definitions cont.

• Align, empower, serve, and collaborate.
• Bill George (former CEO,
  Medtronic)
• Leadership is about empathy. It is about having
  the ability to relate and to connect with people
  for the purpose of inspiring and empowering their
  lives. Oprah Winfrey 
• The leader creates the context for
  evidence-based thinking and practicing and
  stimulates the creation of the infrastructure and
  processes that make it successful.
• Tim Porter-OGrady, DM, EdD, APRN,
  FAAN

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My favorite definition

• Leadership is an observable set of skills and
  abilities that enables each of us to take
  responsibility for creating the world of our
  dreams.
• James M. Kouzes Barry Z. Posner

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Are you creating the world of your dreams?
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Sources of leadership evidence

• Personal experience
• Ethical guidelines
• Empirical
• Research
• Controlled experiments
• Reflective thought
• Engaged reasoning
• Critical analysis

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So, whats next?

• How do you increase your Leadership ROI?

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Leadership Competencies

• Kouzes Posner Model
• Research/Evidence Based
• Current
• Applies Broadly Across Disciplines

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What Constituents Want in a Leader

• Honesty
• Inspirational
• Competence
• Ability to Look Forward

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What Constituents Want in a Leader

• DWYSYWD!

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Leadership Behaviors

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• Model the Way

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1 Model the Way

• Clarify Values

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1 Model the Way

• Clarify Values
• Set the Example

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Leadership Behaviors

• 2 Inspire a Shared Vision

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2 Inspire a Shared Vision

• Envision the Future

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2 Inspire a Shared Vision

• Envision the Future
• Enlist Others

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Leadership Behaviors

• 3 Challenge the Process

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3 Challenge the Process

• Look for Opportunities

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3 Challenge the Process

• Look for Opportunities
• Experiment and Take Risks

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Leadership Behaviors

• 4 Enable Others to Act

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4 Enable Others to Act

• Encourage Collaboration

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4 - Enable Others to Act

• Encourage Collaboration
• Strengthen Others

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Leadership Behaviors

• 5 Encourage the Heart

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5 Encourage the Heart

• Recognize Contributions

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5 Encourage the Heart

• Recognize Contributions
• Celebrate the Values Victories

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Invest in your success

• the future depends on it!

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Leadership Excellence

• Judith G. Berg, RN, MS, FACHE
• Vice President, Professional Services
• Gannett Healthcare Group
• jberg_at_gannetthg.com