Before delving further into leadership and management theories and styles it is good to understand the difference between a manager and a leader. Bennis and Nanus (1985, p221) state that ‘managers are people who do things right and leaders are people that do the right thing.’ Yukl (2002, p7) goes on to suggest that leadership is the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how it can be done effectively, and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish the shared objectives. However, Stodgill (1974:7) powerfully stated that ‘there are as many definitions of leadership as there are persons who have tried to define it.’ Although there are varying definitions to leadership
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However, Blagg and Young (2001) add that increasingly, the people who are the most effective in the workplace are those who essentially are both managers and leaders and attain the skills for both.
There is a number of varying leadership theories and styles however there are particular ones that are relevant when discussing our particular organisations, Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, due to the nature of their work as individual organisations and together with their integrated working. Due to many of the traditional concepts regarding leaders and followers being dismissed in application to contemporary public sector services, this has caused the development and predominance of the idea of transformational leadership. The transformational leadership model has been adapted to largely fit the culture of British organisations such as the NHS by a number of various writers such as Alimo – Metcalfe and Alban – Metcalfe who describe the model as ‘not based on heroism but enabling others to lead themselves… not about being an extraordinary person but being ordinary and humble one – or at least very open, accessible and transparent’ (2005, p32). Transformational leadership, according to that of Bass & …show more content…
This is due to the fact that Rouse (2000) applied the complexity theory to a healthcare system which held implications for leadership styles across the entire range of similar systems however with particular significance to integrated working. In complex adaptive leadership the most important component is connectivity whereby the ability to connect with stakeholders and the desire to connect with one another is crucial (Mckimm & Mckimm,
However, Blagg and Young (2001) add that increasingly, the people who are the most effective in the workplace are those who essentially are both managers and leaders and attain the skills for both.
There is a number of varying leadership theories and styles however there are particular ones that are relevant when discussing our particular organisations, Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, due to the nature of their work as individual organisations and together with their integrated working. Due to many of the traditional concepts regarding leaders and followers being dismissed in application to contemporary public sector services, this has caused the development and predominance of the idea of transformational leadership. The transformational leadership model has been adapted to largely fit the culture of British organisations such as the NHS by a number of various writers such as Alimo – Metcalfe and Alban – Metcalfe who describe the model as ‘not based on heroism but enabling others to lead themselves… not about being an extraordinary person but being ordinary and humble one – or at least very open, accessible and transparent’ (2005, p32). Transformational leadership, according to that of Bass & …show more content…
This is due to the fact that Rouse (2000) applied the complexity theory to a healthcare system which held implications for leadership styles across the entire range of similar systems however with particular significance to integrated working. In complex adaptive leadership the most important component is connectivity whereby the ability to connect with stakeholders and the desire to connect with one another is crucial (Mckimm & Mckimm,