15th April
Lynette
Lakeland Medical Clinic
Hello. I hope this finds you well. I write this letter in response to the call for me to lead the change project at Lakeland Medical Clinic. With the evolving professional world, executives have changed their team management skills within firms. Collaborative leadership has proven to be a powerful approach with numerous advantages over traditional methods (Modha, 2021). Collaboration provides a company critical capability to adapt to diverse markets, customers, talents, and ideas through inclusion. The letter outlines the qualities of my role model leader, the leadership qualities I possess, and my recommendations on the leadership model to adopt to address current issues facing our organization.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a phenomenal leader who demonstrated self-confidence, humility, charisma, intelligence, and tenacity, among other qualities. I believe these are vital traits for a leader who wants to address the concerns at Lakeland Medical clinic. Dr. King Jr. led the African American civil rights struggle in the United States to victory (Elhanafi, 2019). He exuded intelligence by leading African Americans to civil rights advances using nonviolent means. King’s strong verbal, reasoning, and perceptual ability made him a better leader. His speech evidences his exceptional “I have a dream,” as he called for an end to racism. Dr. King’s composure and confidence captivated followers, making him a charismatic leader. He was confident in his ability, determined, and motivated till the end despite being imprisoned. Dr. King exudes leadership traits we can model to mold us into influential leaders in our organizations.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s shoes are too large to fit. However, I believe I am intelligent based on my education and exposure. Additionally, I have led teams severally at my organization and in the community projects I undertake. My peers regard me as a charismatic leader as my vision has always been compelling and attracts buy-in from different stakeholders. However, I must attest that I have not homed Dr. King’s superior verbal capabilities. Third, I am determined when I resolve to achieve a particular goal. I do not allow setbacks and the complexities of the job to deter me from achievement. The seamless transition of my department’s nurses’ scheduling process can attest to this. At a point, other departments thought of abandoning the project, but we became a benchmark.
Transformational leadership is my desired leadership style for the diversity and inclusivity project. Transformational leadership refers to a leadership style that affects social systems and individuals. The five qualities of transformational leadership are idealized attributes, intellectual stimulation, idealized behavior, individualized consideration, and inspirational motivation (Paais & Pattiruhu, 2020). It promotes positive and valuable change in followers in its ideal form, with the eventual goal of growing followers into leaders.
In its purest form, transformational leadership improves followers’ motivation, morale, and performance through various techniques (Virgiawan et al., 2021). These include connecting a follower’s sense of self to the organization’s mission and collective identity, inspiring followers by being a role model, challenging employees’ involvement for greater ownership of their work, and understanding employees’ strengths and weaknesses so the leader can assign tasks that maximize their performance.
My roles as a project leader will be developing a persuasive change project, inspiring the team members that the project is feasible, and encouraging them that their concerted efforts will benefit the entire organization. Being aware that the project is highly likely to be an uphill task, as a leader, I am tasked with empowering, motivating my team members, and dealing with the inevitable stumbling blocks. Lastly, I will ensure the sustainability of the change project by evaluation, continuous motivation, and instituting necessary changes. Possible challenges with adopting the transformational style are providing buy-in from all stakeholders, different ideas from the members for the preferred approach method, and ensuring the project’s sustainability.
The six steps to achieve collaborative leadership that fosters diversity are: First, to develop a trusting relationship with our employees. The team must lay down standards on how meetings will be conducted, communication methods and decision-making process, and conflicts resolution. To kick-start this, the company may send a m
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