Leadership Self Assessment It is a little hard to think of myself in a major leadership positing, in nursing, since I just graduated from nursing school. I have expressed leadership in other job positions and different aspects of my life that I will use to determine the two that closely resemble my leadership type. The two different leadership types I chose were servant leadership and adaptive leadership. “Servant leadership emphasizes that leaders be attentive to the concerns of their followers, empathize with them, and nurture them” (Northouse, 2015, p. 225). While adaptive leadership, “as the name of the approach implies, adaptive leadership is about how leaders encourage people to adapt- to face and deal with problems, challenges,
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I scored in the high range for most of the seven different behavior characteristics. This indicates that this leadership style closely resembles the type of leadership I express. The six categories that I scored in the high range included: emotional healing, conceptual skills, empowering, helping followers grow and succeed, putting followers first, and behaving ethically. I find that in my work, as well as my everyday life, I am always concerned of the needs and feelings of others. I am always making sure to help others with work problems as well as personal ones. As a leader, there isn’t anything better than watching those around you rise up and succeed in the job they are in. The last behavior category I scored a moderate, which indicates that I ‘tend to exhibit this behavior in an average way”, as apposed to strongly exhibiting (Northouse, 2015, p. 252). The moderate behavior was “creating value for the community (Northouse, 2015, p. 251). With having limited spare time I have not been able to volunteer any time for community. I have not been encouraging others, either. This is a behavior I will have to work on in the …show more content…
These approaches are not bad to overuse in the workplace, in my opinion. As nurses, we are a team and collaborating with others to help find a resolution to a problem is the right approach. Every clinical shift in school I was paired up with a preceptor who I was able to collaborate with to help determine the accurate care for my patient. Compromising is also good because it finds the common ground between those who have a conflict. That way each is able to come out with a little and not losing everything. For example, if I were to help another nurse with a task I would make sure to have a compromise, or agreement, that they would in turn help me. I am always willing to help anyone out in the hospital that needs it, but I have to make sure my duties to my patients are not compromised. Lastly, accommodating is good to an extent. It is great to put the needs of others before your own but you need to make sure your needs are met, as well. An example of a time I used accommodation was when I would stay later at work to allow someone else to leave to go meet with some friends, even though I had plans of my own. It was easier to stay later than have to hear about how that person missed seeing their friends. Some would say I have a very hard time telling anyone “NO” even when I do not want to do it. The two approaches I seem to not
I scored in the high range for most of the seven different behavior characteristics. This indicates that this leadership style closely resembles the type of leadership I express. The six categories that I scored in the high range included: emotional healing, conceptual skills, empowering, helping followers grow and succeed, putting followers first, and behaving ethically. I find that in my work, as well as my everyday life, I am always concerned of the needs and feelings of others. I am always making sure to help others with work problems as well as personal ones. As a leader, there isn’t anything better than watching those around you rise up and succeed in the job they are in. The last behavior category I scored a moderate, which indicates that I ‘tend to exhibit this behavior in an average way”, as apposed to strongly exhibiting (Northouse, 2015, p. 252). The moderate behavior was “creating value for the community (Northouse, 2015, p. 251). With having limited spare time I have not been able to volunteer any time for community. I have not been encouraging others, either. This is a behavior I will have to work on in the …show more content…
These approaches are not bad to overuse in the workplace, in my opinion. As nurses, we are a team and collaborating with others to help find a resolution to a problem is the right approach. Every clinical shift in school I was paired up with a preceptor who I was able to collaborate with to help determine the accurate care for my patient. Compromising is also good because it finds the common ground between those who have a conflict. That way each is able to come out with a little and not losing everything. For example, if I were to help another nurse with a task I would make sure to have a compromise, or agreement, that they would in turn help me. I am always willing to help anyone out in the hospital that needs it, but I have to make sure my duties to my patients are not compromised. Lastly, accommodating is good to an extent. It is great to put the needs of others before your own but you need to make sure your needs are met, as well. An example of a time I used accommodation was when I would stay later at work to allow someone else to leave to go meet with some friends, even though I had plans of my own. It was easier to stay later than have to hear about how that person missed seeing their friends. Some would say I have a very hard time telling anyone “NO” even when I do not want to do it. The two approaches I seem to not