{"id":347,"date":"2022-03-27T15:04:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T22:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/?p=347"},"modified":"2022-03-27T15:04:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T22:04:11","slug":"final-reflections-on-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/final-reflections-on-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Reflections on Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my earlier post on Leadership Reflections, I was asked to identify the attributes which I felt a leader required to be successful working in digital learning environments (DLEs).\u00a0 As I near the end of this course, I still believe that a leader requires the ability to be inspiring, strategic or forward-looking and possess effective communication skills.\u00a0 However, I have gained a better appreciation for change management processes, the complexity of systems and now believe that a successful leader needs to recognize \u201ca change in any part of the system creates change throughout the system\u201d (Biech, 2007, p. 3).\u00a0 I witnessed firsthand how a transformative change had impacted staff and their jobs.\u00a0 Looking back, I believe that more change management mitigation strategies needed to be incorporated into planning as the staff did not receive enough communication, preparation and support for the impending change.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Strong leaders working in complex organizational systems will always encounter\u00a0 stakeholders opposing changes.\u00a0 For this reason, leaders need to have a clear understanding of the organization\u2019s objectives and strategic content from the perspective of each of the stakeholders (Antwi & Kale, 2014).\u00a0 By understanding the different stakeholders\u2019 perspectives, leaders are in a better position to effectively communicate the need for the changes.\u00a0 I think aligning the varying stakeholders\u2019 positions to the organization objectives and strategies is helpful for getting \u201cbuy in\u201d from stakeholders.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A wise mentor gave me two pieces of advice which has stuck with me all these years.\u00a0 The first piece of advice was that we are all leaders meaning that we all have the ability to inspire change no matter how small.\u00a0 This is especially true for those working in small teams of 3-5 people where small changes are easier to implement vs. larger teams that require \u201cbuy in\u201d.\u00a0 The second piece of advice she gave me was to always ask questions and to challenge the status quo.\u00a0 Just because something has always been done a certain way, ask yourself if there is a better way? Or why is it done this way?\u00a0 I have been in work situations where I have inquired about set processes and often received the response that it has always been done this way.\u00a0 In many cases, staff recognize that their processes should be changed but often there is no one willing to step up to lead and\/or\u00a0 become the change agent.\u00a0 I have also been in situations where managers will ask me if I have any suggestions\/feedback because I am new and can offer a fresh perspective on their processes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Moving forward, I recently learned that there are leadership and change management learning opportunities at work.\u00a0 I would like to continue to explore and learn more while building relationships and coalitions at work to see if there are opportunities to challenge the status quo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

References<\/b><\/p>\n

Antwi, M., & Kale, M. (2014). <\/span>Change management in healthcare: Literature review<\/span><\/i>. Monieson\u00a0<\/span>Centre for Business Research in Healthcare, Queen’s University.<\/span><\/p>\n

Biech, E. (2007). <\/span>Thriving through change: A leader’s practical guide to change mastery<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span>American Society for Training and Development.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my earlier post on Leadership Reflections, I was asked to identify the attributes which I felt a leader required to be successful working in digital learning environments (DLEs).\u00a0 As I near the end of this course, I still believe that a leader requires the ability to be inspiring, strategic or forward-looking and possess effective … Continue reading “Final Reflections on Leadership”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt525"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions\/348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0210\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}