Leadership Coaching for Team Support: Prioritize Self-Care First!
Christina Martin1, Maura Delehanty
1Consultant & Director, Relationship-Based Care, Creative Health Care Management (Mrs. Martin), Mechanicsburg, PA; Consultant, Speaker, & Transformational Coach, CEO Mauro Delehanty Leadership, Inc. (Ms. Delehanty), Naples, FL.
Nursing Administration Quarterly
|April 2, 2024
Summary
Leaders must prioritize self-care to foster employee well-being and organizational health. Modeling self-care demonstrates its importance, encouraging staff to adopt similar practices for improved resilience and health outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Occupational Health
- Leadership Studies
Background:
- Self-care gained prominence for healthcare workers during the pandemic.
- Numerous strategies for improving self-care and resilience were discussed in literature and conferences.
- A gap existed in emphasizing leadership's role in modeling self-care behaviors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the critical role of leaders in modeling self-care for healthcare employees.
- To advocate for integrating self-care into leadership coaching and development.
- To underscore the impact of leadership self-care on individual and organizational wellness.
Main Methods:
- Literature review on self-care strategies and leadership responsibilities.
- Analysis of existing leadership development programs.
- Conceptual framework development for leadership self-care modeling.
Main Results:
- Leaders acting as self-care role models is crucial for employee adoption of self-care practices.
- Integrating self-care into leadership coaching enhances leader well-being.
- Leader self-care positively influences team and organizational health and wellness.
Conclusions:
- Leadership self-care modeling is an essential, yet often overlooked, strategy for healthcare organizations.
- Leadership coaching should incorporate self-care to benefit leaders, their teams, and the entire organization.
- Promoting self-care through leadership example is vital for building resilient and healthy healthcare workforces.
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