...Self Analysis of Leadership Style Stephen R. Covey once said “We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.” A manager should assess themselves regularly, just as they do with their employees. My name is Jane Doe, and I currently manage a team of highly intelligent computer programmers at a rural telecommunications company. I assess myself and my team in the interest of providing the best service to my company and team. One assessment I used recently was the “Seven Habit’s Profile.” This profile measures the following areas: Emotional Bank Account, Life Balance, Be Proactive, Begin with the End in Mind, Put First Things First, Think Win-Win, Seek First to Understand, Synergize and Sharpen the Saw. The scoring landed me squarely in the “very good” range, but a couple areas that stood out to me were Seek First to Understand and Think Win-Win. These are areas that are indicative of my leadership style. The style I most closely represent is Transformational Leadership. The ability to understand others, supports the transformational leadership style by making a leader aware of others’ needs, something which is needed when inspiring change. “Thinking win-win”, also supports this style by finding areas where both parties benefit; making change easier and more productive. Taking the Seven Habits Profile highlighted some of my strengths and weaknesses in relation to the Transformational Leadership style. “Transformational...
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...SMART Goal #1: I will schedule two hours of blocked time twice a week to focus on organizational goals and identify these opportunities to present to the UBT so we can collaborate on implementing improved workflows to achieve goals. SMART Goal # 2: Additionally, I will allow the staff member who is the UBT co-lead to take the lead in oversight of implementing these changes to allow staff to feel empowered to make a difference by utilizing their skills and contributing to positive change. Long Term SMART Goal Support of Professional Growth The three long-term SMART Goals will support my professional growth by focusing my talents and energy on results which are achievable and can improve the overall care given to our members. Increasing...
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...Running head: PROFESSIONAL SMART GOAL PAPER Professional SMART Goal Paper Themdoung Tusitanonkul University of Phoenix Transition to Baccalaureate Studies NSG/301 Lynda White February 22, 2016 Professional SMART Goal Paper My Professional goal is to develop strong leadership skills when I graduate from the University of Phoenix. I want an opportunity to learn, grow and advance my knowledge and skills, and I believe this program will help me obtain this. Leadership skills are crucial to be successful in the ever-changing healthcare environment. To achieve this goal, and be successful in this program, I will keep up with all reading materials, participate in class activities, turn in assignments promptly and obtain a grade of C or higher in each class. Writing assignments are very tough for me. Therefore I might have to take extra writing classes to help me get through this program. However, I believe the more I read and write papers, the easier it will become. I plan on completing this program and obtain my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) by October 2017. Once I graduate with a BSN degree, I hope that I can advance my career and obtain a leadership positon at my current place of employment. Leadership skills play a critical role in decision making and assist in the development of quality improvement in various health care settings. To achieve effective Leadership practices, there should be a shift from hierarchical approaches to a leadership style that encourages...
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...Personal Leadership Personal Leadership Personal Leadership Style Dai Meeks 1 Personal Leadership 2 Personal Leadership Style Understanding yourself is essential to be a good manager and leader, a primary characteristic of effective leaders is they know who they are and what they stand for. Reflection (A1a) The seven habits profile reveals that I overall have several qualities of a highly effective person. My emotional and life balance are great indicator I have been able to manage life without burning myself out. I am married with four children. I work a full time job and now going back to school. I have been fortunate enough to have an awesome support system that allows me to balance family and work. I prefer to be proactive and plan for issues opposed to reacting to them. Prior to starting any project I think about the end result and the effects on the future. When prioritizing I tend to complete the most important tasks. Seeing others happy is more important to me so I often compromise to insure everyone gets a little of something they want. When there is a breakdown in communication, I try to understand other people’s point of view. I am creative and seek to find solutions that are outside of the box and value other people’s opinions. Making sure I take time for myself and family is extremely important to me. Based on the results of the seven habits profile my leadership style is very authentic, team oriented, and driven to help others succeed. Leadership Practices...
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...TASK 2: ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP ANALYSIS WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY Table of Contents Reflection on Seven Habits Profile2 Personal Leadership Strengths3 Personal Leadership Weaknesses5 Recommendation for Personal Leadership6 SMART Goals7 Specific Actions7 References9 Organization and Leadership Analysis Reflection on Seven Habits Profile I believe that the results after completing the seven habits profile prove that my transactional leadership style is intrinsic to my natural self. Simply put, transactional leaders work within the culture that exists and exert energy on the things within their power to control (Biscontini, 2015). My scores in each of the seven habits can directly relate to characteristics of a transactional leader. First, Category 3 of the profile, is a clear example. I have a high internal locus of control and know I have the ability to change my environment when necessary to achieve my own desired outcomes. Transactional leaders are very results-driven (Bass, 1990). In order to achieve such outcomes, I begin with the end in mind by not putting off tasks, adhering to a schedule, and also by setting up my next week on the Friday before. In relation to work tasks, I find that I am disciplined and do not let the truly important things get lost in the shuffle. However, in relation to my personal life, I struggle with balancing the importance of living a long and healthy life with the importance of living an enjoyable and...
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...Task Two: Leadership Practices analysis Task Two: Leadership Practices analysis C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People Table of Contents Section A1 | Leadership Style and Practices | | A1 A1a | Seven Habits Profile Seven Habits Profile and Reflection | | Section A2 | Evaluation of Leadership Practices | | A2a A2b A2c A2d | Leadership Strengths Leadership Weaknesses Theory Based Changes to Maximize Success SMART Goals | | Section B | Works Cited | | B1 | Reference Page | | February 5th 2016 Managing Organizations and Leading People TASK TWO: LEADERSHIPAND PRACTICES ANALYSIS A1. Leadership Style and Practices – Seven Habits Profile A1a. Seven Habits Profile Reflection In this paper I will reflect on my own leadership practices, starting with the results of my Seven Habits profile. Upon first viewing the results of the seven habits profile, the lowest scores caught my attention first. I saw that section 5, putting things first, was the lowest score at 10 points. I agree with the the seven habits profile, this is my biggest weakness when evaluated on the seven habits criteria. I can admit that sometimes I get lost in my work and forget about the things that really matter and the bigger picture. An article in People Management says that people who follow this habit well “recognize that not doing everything is okay. Evaluate...
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...Introduction The purpose of the paper is to perform an assessment of my leadership practices and skill. I will evaluate my strengths, weaknesses, and plan for improvement. I show my leadership style is situational leadership and show evidence of the leadership. In my evaluation I will use the Seven Habits Profile to determine my good habits and what habits need improvement. Self-Assessment of Leadership Practices Seven Habits Profile and Findings A step in determining what my leadership style is and how to improve on it was to take the Seven Habits Profile. After completed the Seven Habits Profile I discovered what areas I do well in and what areas I need work. I was surprised on some of the results noting what my strengths and weaknesses. After reviewing each habit it became clear why I score was high and low in an area. In reviewing my high scores it indicated that have a good emotional bank account, begin with the end in mind, and have life balance. In this section I will discuss what the results might indicate about my leadership practices today and in the future. One of the habits that I rated high on was that of emotional bank account. Scoring high in this area is shows that my positive attributes are understanding, keeping commitments, and show integrity. I believe this reflects my leadership style. I am empathic with staff who are learning new information. I am an empathic listener. When you do your best for the people that you lead they do the...
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...: Review own ability The First Rule of Leadership – Set the Direction to set direction and communicate this to others It is important for me to know that everyone in my team are aware of our department’s goals and how these are aligned to the overall business strategy. I can increase my ability to set direction and communicate this to team members by talking to them more frequently, observing them at work and giving regular constructive feedback on their performance. Providing each team member with feedback is important in making the person feel needed and giving the feeling their contribution is valued. Feedback helps the team know that whatever they are doing as part of their daily workload is valued and not only helps the IT department’s goals but that of the overall business. Staff should feel motivated by hopefully give them the platform to take ownership and pride in their tasks. Defining and communicating the desired direction is an important aspect when trying to achieve the department’s goals. Following a well-known acronym SMART each one of my team is given objectives at the start of the year. A smart objective is: • Specific • Measurable • Achievable • Realistic • Time scaled From experience objectives that are SMART succeed because they are clear (specific) and you can tell when it has been achieved (measurable) as clear criteria is put in place to quantify the results. Once the objectives have been set an area I could improve is the monitoring...
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...foundation in the Leadership Communication textbook is that “effective leadership depends on effective communication” (Barrett, 2014, p. 4). Without effective communication, leaders accomplish little (Barrett, 2014, p. 4). The lack of communication from a leader, makes him or her not a leader (Barrett, 2014, p. 4). Mastering communication for leadership allows for leaders to move into leadership positions and lead a group to a common goal (Barrett, 2014, p. 5). Effective leadership communication requires the leader to anticipate, transmit, appreciate, understand, and craft messages to reach the wanted recipient as intended (Barrett, 2014, p. 7). Current Assessment Leadership Communication Ethos/Image Based off of the Self-Assessment of Leadership Communication Capabilities, my leadership communication regarding ethos and image are acceptable, but could be worked on as I scored a 3.5/5.0 (Self-Assessment of Leadership Communication Capabilities). This result showed me that my strengths were in relation to my understanding of how people viewed me and my willingness to improve. I am aware of myself enough to see how me leadership style is and how it affects others. But my weaknesses could hinder this, as I do not like to ask for opinions of my style and I lack confidence (Self-Assessment of Leadership Communication Capabilities). Audience Analysis and Strategy My Audience Analysis and Strategy was one of my lowest scores, scoring a 3.0/5.0 (Self-Assessment of Leadership Communication...
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...SMART Goals and Self Leadership Goals Thomas B. Joyce II Grand Canyon University: MGT-605 February 12th, 2013 As I get older and talk with more highly motived individuals, one thing I can recognize is they all have goals in life. Ken Blanchard stated, “All great performance starts with the setting of goals (GCU, 2013). With that being said, I thought deeper into what I wanted out of life, and what I needed to do to achieve this. In addition, I am now able to apply my knowledge of SMART goals, and identify my developmental level with each goal to reveal my motivation and competence (Blanchard, 2010). Applying this I am going to first explore my personal goal of spending more quality time with my eight year old daughter, discuss my educational goal of earning a 4.0 GPA in my graduate program, and my professional goal of becoming a University Development Manager for my company. As a single father, I’m continually noticing my quality time diminishing with my 8 year old daughter. Between my job that needs my attention in the day and night, being in Graduate school, cooking, cleaning, and helping her with her homework, I’m finding that there are not enough hours in the day to spend time with her on a personal level. I used to spend approximately 15 quality hours a week with her. Now I’m lucky to get 4 hours in a weeks’ time. She’s still a straight “A” student, but I can tell she is wanting more time with her daddy, and it hurts me not to have enough time to give...
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...1. Does Dr. Hill differentiate between leadership and management in the article? I believe Dr. Hill addresses leadership and management as one of the same with a slight difference. I believe she addresses this slight difference in the section about how one becomes a leader. The difference being the process of “learning and unlearning”. 2. Based on your reading of the article, do you agree or disagree with Dr. Hill? Why? Justify your answer. I agree with Dr. Hills views on the topics of leadership and management. It sounds to me like she knows both sides of the fence as she has been in the education side and experience side. In my view the strongest point Dr. Hill made was “in the beginning, rightly or wrongly, can have a long-standing impact on organization”. I have seen firsthand the negative and positive effects of doing things the wrong way and the right way. 3. How do your managers share credit for effort? What tangible evidence can you produce that your efforts are noticed and valued in the workplace (or other group if not working). I am on the sales side of the business so my numbers tend to speak for themselves. I feel my managers share credit for effort when I train new hires in the field and they are successful. Managers then send out a monthly news letter to the whole company praising my training abilities. 1. What is your learning style? My learning style is Active, Intuitive, Visual, and Global. 2. How does your style compare with your prior...
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...My Leadership SMART Goal Megan Borrayo NR 447- RN Collaborative Healthcare Professor Amanda Denno When creating my leadership SMART goal, I assessed what I as a leader would like to focus on in the future as a potential manager and educator. According to Institute of Medicine’s quality initiative, there are five initiatives including patient-centered care and working in interdisciplinary and/or interprofessional teams. Of these, recognition of the importance of interprofessional teamwork has proven to be very important for me. For my SMART goal, I chose to focus on interprofessional communication as a means for enhanced patient care and quality. This goal will be specific to all those dealing with the patients care, from doctors all the way to Certified Nursing Assistants. This includes all specialties that are consulted to work with the patient (physical/occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychiatry, etc.). My GOAL is to improve communication within the team and with the patient by providing bedside rounding once per shift. This gives a chance for questions to be answered, both from staff and patient, concerns, and opportunities for suggestions on improvement of patient care. This will take place within the unit at the bedside of the patient. By educating staff of the importance of communication within the team and with the patient, hopefully, staff will be willing and helpful to assist in making shift-by-shift bedside rounding a norm within the unit. Daily bedside...
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...Leadership SMART Goal Name of Student: Name of Institution: Date: Leadership SMART Goal Introduction In managing patient centered care, it is important to have set goals which direct the health care system in all its activities. Goals are important as they act as indicators to show the right progress of any organization ranging from leadership to production of products or services (MacLeod, 2012). In a patient centered care center too, it is important that the management embark on setting goals which will be used and adhered to by the doctors, nurses, stakeholders, and the health care system management (Hersh et al., 2012). Goals in the health care system also provide criteria for evaluating the patients’ progress. They also helps in keeping the nurses, doctor, and the management team active and geared to working hard in order to achieve them within the set time limits (MacLeod, 2012). This essay discusses on how to go about setting an important leadership SMART goal. Goal: To increase the capacity of Glory Hospital by adding 300 ward-beds by January 2017 through financial resources allocation in purchases department in order to enhance a room for 700 patients to receive treatment at the same time. Goal Setting Requirements In order to come up with a clear and workable goal, it is important to adhere to the requirements of goals setting such as the SMART method. Through this, one is able to set a clear and a precise goal based on what is to be achieved. As part of the...
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...represented well by me. My leadership positions, clubs, community activities, and work show outstanding performance in the significant qualities of the National Honors Society. These areas are scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Receiving an invitation to apply to the National Honors Society was a great honor as I knew how great of an opportunity this was to help me reach my goals. The current goals I am striving towards are to improve my character, self-esteem, and determination, and to evolve in my community. While I am improving on these goals, I believe that being elected to become a part of...
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...clarity to a team. Team charters can be key elements to help teams save time, avoid unnecessary diversion or conflict, reduce ambiguity, and aid productivity. It was my suggestion to our team that the team meet in person to complete the team charter instead of doing it over e-mails or phones. The purpose behind this idea was that everybody could use an opportunity to learn about each other on the team from the perspective of working as a team. Everyone on the team graciously agreed to my suggestion and met in person and on time to complete the team charter, this proved to be excellent evidence that everyone is flexible to try out any inputs and suggestions that pour in from team members. Upon completion of the team charter I walked away with the a wonderful feeling that it will not only serve as a roadmap to accomplish team based projects but can also yield an opportunity to self improvement and enhance over all team performance. My understanding on how the team charter can aid to self improvement is that when one chooses to leverage the expert skill sets from team members in an appropriate and timely manner . For example, our team charter lists that, I have leadership skills that I can contribute to the team and one of my goals is to develop better presentation skills. Our team charter also lists that another member in my...
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