Post on 13-Dec-2015
NAPAN 8th Annual Conference
“The (super) heroes among us - unsung and celebrated! Learning from our past ...
protecting our future”
J Rush, RN, PhD April 09
Objectives
• To present a ‘new spin’ on nursing leadership
• To explore how our way was paved in the past
• To engage in the concept of nursing heroes and the ‘superhero’
• To recognize the value & strength of the collective …
Getting together
• Retreat – body, mind, spirit• Strengthen commitment &
the collective!• Reflect
Ends in ViewEngage …Develop … Discover … TRANSFORMATIONAL
Paving the way… your leadership
• Leaders don’t just happen
• Skills
• Goals
• Vision
• Mission
• Know the landscape
Landscape
• Relentless change
• Competing priorities
• Pressures
• Complex Context
• Bumpy road!
Role – as leaders & with leaders (at all levels)
• Facilitator
• Agent, Advocate
• Accountabilities
• Deliverables
• Making a difference
• Doing good• Doing the right thing … and doing that thing
right!
Review in Brief…Transformational ‘Leadership’*
• Is advanced by 5 primary behaviours and is everybody’s Is advanced by 5 primary behaviours and is everybody’s business:business:
1. Creating and sustaining trust2. Enabling others to act3. Implementing knowledge management or continuous
learning4. Leading and sustaining the process of change5. Enacting moral leadership and person centered values
*Kouses & Posner, 2002
Past & present… unsung & celebrated
• Who are our ‘heros’?
Our ‘Imaginary’ Past
• How did we learn about leaders and heros?• When was the idea planted & cultivated?• SUPER HEROS?• Think back…
• Who were they?• What can we learn?
Attributes in common
Ordinary people … all have a ‘past’ Play a role – usually a dual persona (Clark, Peter, Diana …) Power … from environment, mentor, money, tricks, accident! Strength is often kept a secret Extraordinary deeds Have ‘significant’ others (Robin, Alfred, Lois, Mary Jane, Aunt May,
RCMP!!) Learn about a problem … but usually trouble finds them! Never ask/seek credit Motto/tag line Outfit Don’t die Leagues and Teams! …… goals?