How would you approach your new role to improve staff morale on the unit-work effectively with your nurse manager?

Reflection

You are a newly appointed assistant nurse manager on a 30 bed cardiac surgical unit and the previous assistant nurse manager was a very autocratic leader. The current nurse manager who you report to uses an autocratic leadership style. How would you approach your new role to improve staff morale on the unit and work effectively with your nurse manager?

Use any of the following leadership styles to help with answering the question: democratic, contingency, transactional, transformational, followership, servant or coaching.