LEADERSHIP & LEADER

Presented by Aaros Bhattarai (Bhupraj) Bigyan Thapa Student of BPH @VCTS

CONTENT

Meaning & definition of leadership. Characteristic of leadership. Types of leadership. Roles of leadership in community health

program. Roles & Responsibilities of leader in

community. How to get helps from leader ?

LEADER AND LEADERSHIP

MEANING AND DEFINITION Leadership is the quality of an individual , which

enables him in guiding & directing the community people to bring change in the community.

LEADERSHIP comes from the word LEADER .

Leadership quality includes self-confidence, decision-making power, a good ego & status in the community.

A Leader guides & helps in identifying community problems, in setting goals.

CHARACTERISTICS OF LEADERSHIP

Three characteristics of leadership

1) Leadership is reciprocal to the people.

2) Leadership develops upon self-determination.

3) Leadership is temporary or changeable.

TYPES OF LEADERS

There are two ways of classifying leaders

A. Classification on regard to official and unofficial standing.

B. Types of leadership by degree of control.

A. CLASSIFICATION ON REGARD TO OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL STANDING.

1) FORMAL LEADER

They are the person working under the framework of formal rules &regulation, specific objectives and obligation.

They occupy certain post like Manger, Director, In-charge, principle etc.

They are formally appointed or elected & have specified roles in the institutions they work.

However, formal leaders may not have strong affinity with the community people.

B) Informal leaders It will be from among the local people of the

community.

The leadership is voluntary service based on education, contribution, experiences, efficiency, etc.

They are business people, priest, social worker, educated person, politician etc.

These leaders are socially accepted as faithful, sincere & reliable . So, they are considered as community leaders.

B. TYPES OF LEADER BY DEGREE OF CONTROL

1. Authoritarian leaders or Autocratic leader

2. Democratic leader

3. Laissez faire leader

A. AUTHORITARIAN LEADER OR AUTOCRATIC LEADER

This is the leader who himself take decision for the whole group and doesn’t perform any further thinking.

His word is final and the group must accept his/her decision.

Leader exercises absolute power and puts maximum control over the group.

B. DEMOCRATIC LEADER

The leader makes only reasonable control and encourages each member to participate in the group activities Maximum numbers of participation, groups

are involvement and takes the decision to opinion of the majority.

Leader tries to develop a sense of responsibility among the members to work towards the achievement of group goal.

Maximum interaction and interpersonal relationship among the group members.

C. LAISSEZ – FAIRE LEADER

This types of leader always allows for independent thinking of all the members of the group.

Doesn’t give any kind of initiative or direction.

He/s abides by decision of the group.

LEADERSHIP ROLES OF COMMUNITY LEADER IN COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM

First, we must identify the nature of leadership itself. This is different from characteristics of leaders, including characteristics we desire them to have.

There is probably only one characteristic that makes a person a leader. It is they lead, and others follow. To avoid the implication that the followers are blind or like sheep, and that a leader must go where she or he wants those followers to go, we might reword that and say: "A person is a leader when she or he suggests or proposes some action and others agree with it and are willing to do it."

All other characteristics are characteristics of kinds of leaders, not leadership itself.

When a mobiliser is organizing a community, she or he needs to identify community leaders and potential leaders, because leadership is a vital element of that organizing and organized action. Listen carefully. When some individuals speak, no one pays attention. When others speak, people listen, and agree with the ideas put forward. The mobiliser must find and shape local leaders and potential leaders. If someone says things with which the mobiliser agrees, but no one listens to, the mobiliser must be firm and go on to others. When a person makes suggestions that other people take seriously, even if the ideas are not in compliance with the principles the mobiliser wants to emphasize, the mobiliser needs to select that person for training and shaping.

A leader is one who leads. Once we understand leadership itself, it is now time to ask what characteristics

can leaders have that we desire, or see as being most useful.

THE COMMUNITY HEALTH LEADER AS A CASE CHANGE AGENT AND CASE MANAGEMENT

ROLES OF LEADERSHIP IN COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM

The health workers have to take good leadership in community health program

Leaders should have following roles in community health program

As a gate keeper- act as initiative and see the every members

As a motivator As a communicator As a link relationship between the health workers and

community As a planner As a informer As a facilitator As a consultant

WHO ARE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER

CHW HA, CMA , ANM ,Community health Nurse ,

School Health Teacher , Trained Birth Attend ,FCHVs

What are the community health program on community

Vit A capsule distribution, Polio vaccination , Immunization , Health camp ,

PHC ORC Toilet making Other Public health program CDP Etc.

AS A CASE AGENT AND CHANGE MAKING ON COMMUNITY BY CHW To well prepared about the health program. To promote the health promotion. To awareness about the health problem and

disease . To working jointly and co- operatively with

the community. To effective the program & change making

process by their KAP on good manner.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY.

Provide guidance to the local people & keep them on right track.

Act as communicator & coordinator for the community people & establish good relationship with them.

Act as motivator to encourage people to do something for community welfare.

Help maintain necessary rules & disciplines in the community for its welfare.

Work with people in identifying & solving community health problems.

HOW TO GET HELP FROM LEADERS ? A health educator should know the techniques of getting necessary help from the leader. He should follow the following process :

1. Identifying formal & informal leaders & establishing good relations with them.

2. Finding out their knowledge, attitude & skills related to the programme & their to bring necessary change in these areas.

3. Discussing with them about the problem & health education programme.

4. Convincing them about their importance & trying to use them as motivators in the community for convincing people to take necessary action to solve their health problem.