Assignment: Personal Leadership Philosophies

Leadership is an important skill that nurses utilize to influence others. Leaders are either born with leadership skills or learn them from their environment. Health organizations that have effective leaders demonstrate excellence in their service provision. Healthcare providers should be provided with opportunities to explore their leadership abilities. This can be achieved through interventions that include delegation and utilization of inter-professional teams. Therefore, this essay examines my leadership philosophy

My Core Values

I believe that leaders should demonstrate specific leadership values in their organizations. One of the leadership values that one should possess is respect. Effective leaders respect others. They respect the ideas, views, diversity, and backgrounds of others in their organizations. Effective leaders also value transparency. They ensure that organizational tasks are undertaken in a manner that allows scrutiny and understanding of the use of resources (Alvinius, 2017). Effective leaders also strive to make a difference in those they lead. They transform others through instilling confidence and ensuring that they develop the right knowledge and skills for their success. The last value that I believe leaders should possess is integrity (Hassmiller & Pulcini, 2020). Leaders should demonstrate integrity in the ethical decisions that they make and fulfill their promises and expectations.

Personal Mission Statement

My mission statement as a leader is to promote the growth and development in those I lead. I wish to ensure that I transform positively the behaviors, knowledge, and attitudes of those I lead. I intend to achieve this goal by recognizing their abilities and providing them the opportunities to explore them. I also intend to lead the as their example. I wish to become their role model in adopting the needed professional behaviors that contribute to their growth and development.

Clifton Strenghts Assessment

The Clifton Strenghts Assessment revealed a number of strengths that describe my leadership abilities. The top two strengths that were identified from the assessment were that I am analytical and deliberative. People who are analytical explore situations before coming up with a conclusion. They collect facts about events to aid in the development of sound decisions. Analytical people are critical and creative thinkers. They do not consider events as they appear but seek to unearth the factors that might affect them. Analytical people also explore the existing alternatives and select one that is associated with optimum benefits to the involved parties. My other strength that became evident from the assessment is that I am deliberative. Deliberative people are careful in what they do. They are vigilant on the approaches to decision-making. They operate on the assumptions that their world is highly unpredictable. As a result, decisions should be made with a consideration of unforeseen events that might affect the situation (Grossman & Valiga, 2020). An effective use of these strengths will enable me to make ethical decisions in my leadership roles.

Analysis of Clifton Strengths Assessment

The effective leadership qualities and talents of nurses and nurse leaders have a significant impact on health care providers. Firms with excellent leadership practices have stronger working relationships, lower employee turnover, fewer conflicts, higher levels of staff engagement, and better resource management, according to research. Fundamental principles that are consistent with their perceptions of what constitutes excellent leadership must be maintained by nursing professionals. Their personal leadership ethos should serve as the foundation for these values. Nursing leadership advice may be useful when faced with difficult decisions (Asamani et al., 2016). This post will go over my leadership philosophy, core beliefs, mission statement, and Clifton Strengths Assessment results. The post will go into detail about how I changed my behavior and achieved my goals.

Personal Philosophy and Core Values Statement

The leader’s own leadership philosophy influences their behavior and prompts responses to individuals and situations. Imperatively, my leadership philosophy is based on the use of strong core values to set expectations for those I serve, as well as the modeling of transformational leadership behavior that leads to the realization of a predetermined vision and connects to the overall achievement of shared purposes and objectives.

The results of my Assessment show what kind of leader I am and the l The results indicated that; I possess a strong belief theme. I am a believer who beliefs in myself and others. A believer leader is dependable and easily trusted in the workplace. Secondly, the result indicates that I possess the strategic theme (Clifton strengths finder, 2020). A strategic leader can develop effective strategies and follow the right route. As a strategic leader, I look at possibilities in everything and discard paths that might lead to resistance.  Thirdly, the results indicate that I possess the relator theme. This fact means that as a leader I have good relationships with people I know and I easily create relationships with new people I meet in the workplace easily understand other people beliefs, goals and fears. I encourage the deepening of a genuine relationship and am ready to risk within the relationship to achieve great results and develop closeness. The result of the also showed that I have the self-assurance theme in which means that I am a leader who has faith in my strengths. I always choose the right decision despite a hard situation. I stand for what I believe and am not easily convinced by outside forces.  Am more self-confident and no one makes decisions for me because I believe in myself. The fifth result shows that I possess an adaptability theme. I am a leader who easily adapts to changes in the environment and I adjust myself accordingly (Clifton strengths finder, 2020). I easily adapt to situations and I am a flexible leader who is always productive in any situation.

Many of us can think of leaders we have come to admire, be they historical figures, pillars of the industry we work in, or leaders we know personally. such as Abraham Lincoln and Margaret Thatcher has been studied and discussed repeatedly. However, you may have interacted with leaders you feel demonstrated equally competent leadership without ever having a book written about their approaches.

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What makes great great? Every leader is different, of course, but one area of commonality is the leadership philosophy that great leaders develop and practice. A is basically an

attitude held by leaders that acts as a guiding principle for their behavior. While formal theories on leadership continue to evolve over time, great leaders seem to adhere to an overarching philosophy that steers their actions.

What is your leadership philosophy? In this Assignment, you will explore what guides your own leadership.

To Prepare:

• Identify two to three scholarly resources, in addition to this Module’s readings, that evaluate the .
• Reflect on the leadership behaviors presented in the three resources that you selected for review.
• Reflect on your results of the CliftonStrengths Assessment, and consider how the results relate to your leadership traits.

The Assignment (2-3 pages):

Personal Leadership Philosophies

that reflects what you think are characteristics of a good leader. Use the scholarly resources on leadership you selected to support your philosophy statement. Your personal leadership philosophy should include the following:

• A description of your core values
• A personal mission/vision statement
• An analysis of your summarizing the results of your profile
• A description of two key that you wish to strengthen
• A development plan that explains how you plan to improve upon the two key behaviors you selected and an explanation of how you plan to achieve your personal vision. Be specific and provide examples.
• Be sure to incorporate your colleagues’ feedback on your CliftonStrengths Assessment from this Module’s Discussion 2.

that nurses utilize to influence others. Leaders are either born with leadership skills or learn them from their environment. Health organizations that have effective leaders demonstrate excellence in their service provision. I believe that leaders should demonstrate specific leadership values in their organizations. One of the leadership values that one should possess is respect. Effective leaders respect others. They respect the ideas, views, diversity, and backgrounds of others in their organizations. Effective leaders also value transparency. They ensure that organizational tasks are undertaken in a manner that allows scrutiny and understanding of the use of resources (Alvinius, 2017). Effective leaders also strive to make difference in those they lead. They transform others through instilling confidence and ensuring that they develop the right knowledge and skills for their success. The last value that I believe leaders should possess is integrity (Hassmiller & Pulcini, 2020). Leaders should demonstrate integrity in the ethical decisions that they make and fulfill their promises and expectations.

My mission statement as a leader is to promote the growth and development in those I lead. I wish to ensure that I transform positively the behaviors, knowledge, and attitudes of those I lead. I intend to achieve this goal by recognizing their abilities and providing them the opportunities to explore them. I also intend to lead the as their example. I wish to become their role model in adopting the needed professional behaviors that contribute to their growth and development.

The Clifton Strenghts Assessment revealed a number of strengths that d. The top two strengths that were identified from the assessment were that I am analytical and deliberative. People who are analytical explore situations before coming up with a conclusion. They collect facts about events to aid in the development of sound decisions. Analytical people are critical and creative thinkers. They do not consider events as they appear but seek to unearth the factors that might affect them. Analytical people also explore the existing alternatives and select one that is associated with optimum benefits to the involved parties. My other strength that became evident from the assessment is that I am deliberative. Deliberative people are careful in what they do. They are vigilant on the approaches to decision-making. They operate on the assumptions that their world is highly unpredictable. As a result, decisions should be made with a consideration of unforeseen events that might affect the situation (Grossman & Valiga, 2020). An effective use of these strengths will enable me to make ethical decisions in my leadership roles.

One of the behaviors that I wish to s. I wish to strengthen my ability to communicate effectively with others. I wish to learn effective communication styles that I can utilize to persuade those I lead. I also wish to learn more of the ways in which I can utilize both verbal and non-verbal communication skills to understand others better. The other area I wish to strengthen is time management. I wish to learn about the effective ways in which I can complete my tasks in a timely manner. I am always a procrastinator. Procrastination has often led to untimely completion of my assigned tasks. Therefore, I wish to explore the ways in which I can management my time effectively.

The development plan that I intend to pursue to strengthen the above behaviors is enrolling for professional courses on effective communication skills and time management for leaders. The courses will impart me with the knowledge and skills that I need to be an effective leader. I will also attend seminars and training on effective leadership to build on my abilities in these areas. Therefore, I believe that an exploration of these alternatives will enable me to strengthen the above behaviors for my professional and personal development.

References

Alvinius, A. (2017). Contemporary Leadership Challenges. BoD – Books on Demand.

Grossman, S. C., & Valiga, T. M. (2020). The New Leadership Challenge: Creating the Future of Nursing. F.A. Davis.

Hassmiller, S. B., & Pulcini, J. (2020). Advanced Practice Nursing Leadership: A Global Perspective. Springer Nature.

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Hello Kathy,

There are 4 main groups that make up the 34 strengths, and those groups are strategic thinking, relationship building, influencing, and executing (Gallup, 2022). Three out of five of my most dominant strengths are all a part of the relationship-building aspect of the Clifton strength assessment. If you knew me, it would be no secret that I do not like conflict, especially in the workplace. I do tend to be the “Can’t we all just get along” nurse of the group.

You and I both chose learner as one of our strengths to improve on. I know we learn new information daily, but I am the type of person that wants to know why something works the way it does. I think knowledge is very valuable in every profession, but in nursing, it can literally be a life-or-death situation. Improving our strength as a learner can also improve our skills as a leader (Broome & Marshall, 2021).

Great post!

Cindy

References:

Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3^rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

Gallup (2022). An introduction to the discipline clifton strengths theme. Clifton Strengths. https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/252227/discipline-theme.aspx

RE: Response #1 – Kathy Davis

       Hi Kathy. I agree with you about nurses’ personalities being similar when it comes to learning, being responsible and being able to relate to others. These are awesome top traits to have. As nurses we all need to be able to be responsible when it comes to our own self and when it comes to caring for our patients. We are responsible for patient safety and good patient outcomes as well as being responsible for making smart money decisions with supplies and staffing (Juda, 2021). I would agree that nurses who are working hard to achieve their goals are also going to be ones who will be open to change and will be participating in the success of their department (Martins Abelha et al., 2018). It was definitely interesting to see what our strengths came out as according to the test and think it could be a cool way to help with my future growth as a leader. 

References 

Juda, E. (2021, May 13). 9 Responsibilities You Didn’t Know Nurses Had | Simmons Online. SC-UMT. Retrieved October 1, 2022, from https://online.simmons.edu/blog/9-nursing-responsibilities/ 

Martins Abelha, D., César da Costa Carneiro, P., & Cavazotte, F. (2018). Transformational leadership and job satisfaction: Assessing the influence of organizational contextual factors and individual characteristics. Review of Business Management, 20(4), 516–532. https://doi.org/10.7819/rbgn.v0i0.3949 

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Personal Leadership Philosophy

Core Values

As a leader, some of the core values that I possess are humility, courage, integrity and Respect. These core values enable me to work effectively within my work environment. I am humble when dealing with various issues and when dealing with my employees. I listen to them and show a lot of patience and understanding. Being courageous helps me face challenges in the workplace and deal with them effectively. Other values such as integrity and respect are also vital in my leadership style. I uphold high integrity value and respect for everyone in the workplace.

Vision statement

My leadership philosophy is driven by a vision statement that I follow to become successful as a leader. My leadership vision statement is to be a leader who leads others in the workplace with respect, dignity, fairness and becomes a successful leader in my workplace (MacLeod, 2016). My vision statement is going to assist me to become a leader that my employees can look up to for help and support. The vision is also going to assist me to explore more leadership opportunities and increase my skills and abilities as a leader.