Per the Professional Development Inventory, the three core strengths of an effective leader are communication skills, observational skills, and leadership and management skills. Over the last 30 years, I have been employed in various leadership and management positions. In such, I have a vested interest in identifying my personal strengths and weaknesses to improve my leadership skills. From the Professional Development Inventory, I have identified my strongest attribute to be observational skills and my weakest quality to be communication skills. Observation skills in management involve identifying how an individual or group perceives the work environment, management team, and organizational policies. I feel confident in all 10 areas
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I have been a preceptor to many nurses and am constantly honing my skills on one-to-one communication, giving recognition, and being objective and consistent. Every new nurse comes with a different set of abilities and confidence levels. When I am coaching a new employee, I have the employee state what he or she believes is their strengths and weaknesses. Where the employee feels confident, I let them take the lead and provide praise when they do a job well. Where they are uncertain, I demonstrate the task or behavior, then encourage them to practice what they have learned. Throughout this process I retain credibility by admitting when I have a weakness in an area, and am genuinely thankful when a new nurse points out when I have an opportunity to do a procedure better or more efficiently. Under this section I am weak in managing conflict, risk taking, and delegating to others. As I mentioned earlier, I have a quiet and almost passive personality, so when I am trying to resolve conflicts between strong personalities, I can become easily overwhelmed. Also, when dealing with negative personalities in non-licensed personnel, I will avoid delegating responsibility to these people and do the task myself. Lastly, I am afraid of failure, so risk taking makes me very uncomfortable. I have been a student and a teacher in …show more content…
The areas I excel in are being brief and concise, drawing others out, active listening, thinking before speaking, and staying focused. I believe that for an organization to run efficiently, all the members must feel valued for their opinions. People with passive personalities, such as myself, often need encouragement to express their ideas. Also, in group situations the passive people will feel that their opinions do not matter if they do not think the other members were actively listening to their statements. To correct this situation, I remain focused on what each person is saying, and deliberately pause to let them know that I am thinking about each statement, before restating what I heard the person saying. I recently worked as a manager with four other managers with strong personalities. In this setting I recognized that in these circumstances I have difficulty asserting myself and speaking out when my opinions differ from the group. Also, I have a fear of speaking before many people, so conducting meetings can be an intimidating experience for me. Lastly, when I have done performance reviews with marginal employees, I want to be the “good guy”, so I will emphasize their strong points and mildly state the areas that I want to see performance
I have been a preceptor to many nurses and am constantly honing my skills on one-to-one communication, giving recognition, and being objective and consistent. Every new nurse comes with a different set of abilities and confidence levels. When I am coaching a new employee, I have the employee state what he or she believes is their strengths and weaknesses. Where the employee feels confident, I let them take the lead and provide praise when they do a job well. Where they are uncertain, I demonstrate the task or behavior, then encourage them to practice what they have learned. Throughout this process I retain credibility by admitting when I have a weakness in an area, and am genuinely thankful when a new nurse points out when I have an opportunity to do a procedure better or more efficiently. Under this section I am weak in managing conflict, risk taking, and delegating to others. As I mentioned earlier, I have a quiet and almost passive personality, so when I am trying to resolve conflicts between strong personalities, I can become easily overwhelmed. Also, when dealing with negative personalities in non-licensed personnel, I will avoid delegating responsibility to these people and do the task myself. Lastly, I am afraid of failure, so risk taking makes me very uncomfortable. I have been a student and a teacher in …show more content…
The areas I excel in are being brief and concise, drawing others out, active listening, thinking before speaking, and staying focused. I believe that for an organization to run efficiently, all the members must feel valued for their opinions. People with passive personalities, such as myself, often need encouragement to express their ideas. Also, in group situations the passive people will feel that their opinions do not matter if they do not think the other members were actively listening to their statements. To correct this situation, I remain focused on what each person is saying, and deliberately pause to let them know that I am thinking about each statement, before restating what I heard the person saying. I recently worked as a manager with four other managers with strong personalities. In this setting I recognized that in these circumstances I have difficulty asserting myself and speaking out when my opinions differ from the group. Also, I have a fear of speaking before many people, so conducting meetings can be an intimidating experience for me. Lastly, when I have done performance reviews with marginal employees, I want to be the “good guy”, so I will emphasize their strong points and mildly state the areas that I want to see performance