Relational leadership

Abstract

This article discusses the Human-Centered Leadership in Healthcare (HCL-HC) model for nurse leaders. It presents the results of a study conducted to test the potential influence of a relational leadership style on staff perceptions of work environment, nurse retention, and nurse leader turnover and to test the recently developed theory of HCL-HC against proposed outcomes.

Enhancing bladder management for intrapartum/postpartum women at a maternity hospital in Taiwan: a best practice implementation project

“…Sustainable relational leadership provides an ongoing process of reflective practice and collective meaning-making among team members. 26 This project considered challenges in perinatal bladder care from a nursing perspective, and helped intrapartum and postpartum women to reduce their incidence of urinary disorders and hospitals to improve their compliance with the evidence-based criteria for bladder management. In addition, it may have helped nurses to reduce their workload relating to urinary problems in perinatal women and give birth center staff a sense of achievement.…”

Blueprints for well-being

“…An additional systematic review of leadership styles and associated outcomes found people-focused leadership resulted in improved nurse satisfaction, improved perception of practice environment, improved health and well-being, and increased productivity 6. This evidence, along with a recent study looking at the specific relational leadership approach (HCL-HC), further validated the connection between people-focused leadership and healthy work environment standards as defined by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 7,8…”

“…6 This evidence, along with a recent study looking at the specific relational leadership approach (HCL-HC), further validated the connection between people-focused leadership and healthy work environment standards as defined by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. 7,8 Relational leadership is an approach focusing on people, relationships, and communication whereas traditional, taskfocused leadership styles are characterized as transactional, top-down, and dissonant. 6 Although appropriate in some situations, when transactional leadership dominates, nurses on the receiving end often become disengaged, find less meaning in their work, and miss the link between decisions and the "why."…”

The state of nurse leader wellness

“…Self-care can't be overemphasized, especially as nurse leader emotional health has been depleted over the past few years 3. It's also important for leaders to model self-care for their teams, as emphasized in the Human-Centered Leadership in Healthcare model of LeClerc and colleagues 13. The literature is full of self-care for nurses, especially because the stress of practicing during a pandemic has affected everyone, leading down multiple paths, which underscores the complexity of the concept.…”

“…3 It's also important for leaders to model self-care for their teams, as emphasized in the Human-Centered Leadership in Healthcare model of LeClerc and colleagues. 13 The literature is full of self-care for nurses, especially because the stress of practicing during a pandemic has affected everyone, leading down multiple paths, which underscores the complexity of the concept. Removing the stigma of seeking care for mental health is top of mind as well.…”