Leadership discussion

Transactional leaders focus mainly on the institution, management, and the group performance. This leadership style is also known as managerial leadership why by leaders promotes compliance through rewards and punishment. In this style, leaders pay attention to the followers which help them find out the deviation and the faults (Davidson & Mountain, 2012). The leadership style can be used by the nurses as it is very effective in an emergency situation and in crisis. This is because there are well laid a project that outlines how they should be carried in a very specific manner. Unlike in the transformational leadership style, the ones using transactional approach are not interested in looking up to the future as they aim in keeping things the same way (Davidson & Mountain, 2012).

Transformational leadership is whereby leaders work with the subordinate in order to identify the change needed in a particular setting. In a nursing practical setting, this paves a way for change through inspiration due to the execution of the change in the tandem of committed members in the nursing setting. This type of leadership enhances morale and motivation to the nurses and job performance through the various mechanism used (Avolio & Yammarino, 2013). The process is made a success as the nurses are given a sense of self-identity to the project and a collective sense of the organization. This makes them take up greater ownership of the work by understanding their strengths and weakness aligning them to various tasks accordingly (Avolio & Yammarino, 2013).

 

 

 

Reference

Avolio, B. J., & Yammarino, F. J. (2013). Transformational and charismatic leadership: The road ahead. Bingley, UK: Emerald.

Davidson C & Mountain A (2012). Working Together: Organizational Transactional Analysis and Business Performance. Gower Publishing, Ltd.