The Center for Medical Simulation

The Wrong and Right Leader for the Moment | Curious Now with Jenny Rudolph

The Center for Medical Simulation

Show Notes

How can we adapt our moves to the situations we find ourselves in? The best leaders use Situational leadership: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-center-for-medical-simulation/id1279266822

This week, we’re exploring four situational leadership styles that one could use to approach the problem of: something bad is going to happen, I’m going to be in charge when it does, and my team needs to decide how to respond and then respond effectively to it.

Two of these styles will improve culture and achieve positive outcomes, while the other two are likely to (depending on your team) degrade your unit culture and lead to bad outcomes.

Workout of the week: Note your own instinctive leadership style and observe it in action—what about the situations you find yourself in benefits from this style?

Leadership Coaching from Jenny Rudolph: https://harvardmedsim.org/personal-leadership-coaching-with-jenny-rudolph/

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