You will interview a senior leader in your healthcare organization. The interviewee must be at the Director (or equivalent) or above level in the organization. Try to book 60 minutes for the interview, but if the timeframe needs to be increased or decreased, do so at the interviewee’s discretion.
Below are a number of interview questions, but you are encouraged to ask additional, pertinent, and context-specific questions depending on the nature of your organization.
What is his/her definition of leadership? Based on what you’ve learned, what leadership styles are reflected in your leader’s definition?
What is the interviewee’s role as a leader? How do you know if he/she is an effective leader? What metrics are used to measure his/her performance? What leadership BEHAVIORS does a healthcare administrator need to possess? These are NOT traits!
How does the leader motivate employees? What tactics or models are used? Is the leader getting appropriate results? Like what?
How does the leader lead TEAMS? Is the same style of leadership used? Are the teams in the performing stage or in a previous stage?
How did COVID-19 change how they lead, if at all
The focus of this project is the analysis of the interview from an academic perspective. DO NOT format your paper in a question/answer format. This assignment should be a comprehensive narrative of the leadership constructs discussed in the course and exhibited by the leader. You should analyze the interview with regard to leadership theories and models, motivational models and team engagement demonstrated by the leader. Integrate supporting research to substantiate your assumptions!
You must provide the following information for the leader interviewed in the paper or include it with the assignment upload:
Name and credentials
Title
Number of years with the organization
Email address
Don’t format your paper in a question/answer format. Don’t merely state the question and immediately follow it with the response. This should be a well-integrated, comprehensive analysis of the leader. Your assessment should include a critique and analysis of issues such as the leadership style being demonstrated, behaviors of successful leaders, motivation tactics, team development and other topics. Use plenty of specific examples to support your position in the analysis of your leader.
When you are citing the person you interviewed, don’t use quotes. Paraphrase. Remember that you still need to cite the interviewee, however. You do this using personal communication citations. Here are a couple of examples.
Mike Freel, PhD, was interviewed in order to assess and critique his leadership effectiveness and strategies used to be a good leader. Freel (once you introduce the person, just use last names) stated that his preferred leadership style was transformational (M. Freel, personal communication, June 25, 2024). According to Freel (personal communication, June 25, 2024), leaders should use developmental approaches to grow and nurture followers.
Personal communication citations are the ONLY citations that are NOT included in the references section.
I attached the interview answers
I also attached a bunch of options for references that are from the class. You will need to find an article on democratic leadership style to go with what she said her style is.
8 references are required but may need more
