Leadership - Reflective Practice Assignment

Change in educational institutions is inevitable, and leading by learning is critical to meet the demands and high standards for student achievement. Standards and accountability demands placed on schools and school divisions require leaders to dismantle the notion of isolated practice and, instead, promote and instill more collaborative practices to support student learning. Fortunately, I am blessed to have the opportunity to collaborate with a variety of teams throughout the school division, supporting both division and school level goals. Because of the collaborative and multi-faceted nature of my work, gaining a better understanding of the change process as it relates to planning and sustainability has allowed me to reflect upon my own leadership style and its impact on systemic change. To highlight areas of growth in planning for change, a reflection of my leadership style is presented, followed by a discussion of a change regarding school improvement planning that should occur in my division. To conclude, a description of challenges and potential resistors is provided, highlighting the importance of understanding change theories.

Every day, a set team of nurses and nursing managers set out to ensure the health and well-being of their patients. To achieve this goal, a nurse manager must adhere to a specific style of nursing leadership. There are many different styles of leadership in the healthcare field. Bass and Barnes (1985) stated that the two most common are transformational and transactional (as cited in Frankel, 2008, p.24). This paper will define leadership, the two different styles, how each are executed, as well as pros and cons of each.

We will explore the roles of the professional nurses’ personal competence, professional values, and interpersonal skills. Also, we will discuss the characteristics of the nurse leaders, and the importance of effective communication skills. Consequently, we will discuss the nurse managers and

Leadership is an important part of almost all profession. It is no surprise that the role of nursing profession evolving, with that evolution, leadership is becoming more and more important. Leadership establishes an environment that foster personal and professional growth. Nursing is a profession that put huge emphasis on leadership skills. Leadership is such an essential part of our health care system, which can greatly impact the quality, accessibility and affordability of health care. Leadership establishes an environment that foster personal and professional growth. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the leadership skills in the nursing field exemplified through Mr. FG, a nurse manager in one of the best south

After watching this interview, I feel that a well defined leadership purpose statement is the distinction between a good leader and a great leader. Carolyn McKnight’s interview on leadership purpose statements really opened my eyes to the power of these statements, and the time and energy one needs to put into creating a leadership purpose statement. At first it seemed that completing a statement this powerful would be a very daunting task. After watching Mrs. McKnight’s interview, I am confident in my ability to come up with a statement, and that I will have the courage to follow through with it.

The purpose of this essay is to examine theories of leadership using a reflective account. The author intends to discuss how the identified theories and/or models influence clinical practice in healthcare settings. Additionally, the essay will include discussions on the ways of measuring the effectiveness of these models. Finally, recommendations for the improvement of patient and staff experiences will be provided. The essay first defines leadership in general terms, and then focuses on leadership in the health care system.

For the last 8 years of my career I have been in leadership positions within financial service organisations. I have lead team of up to 30 people, across multiple regions and locations, and I have been in leadership positions that have no direct report and required a high level of stakeholder management and influencing skills to achieve outcomes. My first leadership position was with QBE Insurance were I was a team leader for 18 people in the Property and Casualty Insurance claims department. IN this role I was responsible for leading, coaching and developing my team to ensure we maintained required service levels and financial results. From this role I moved into a National role with the Commonwealth Bank, were I lead a support function team

First of all, nursing practice is so systematic and everything has definite practice guidelines and well-structured in nature. For instance the practice guidelines published by College of Nursing Ontario (CNO) is an effective document that anyone can rely whenever a confusion arises about safe nursing practice. It is scientific, evidence based and easily accessible. Secondly, this course helped me a lot to develop my critical thinking ability, which is a key element in nursing practice. I learned the techniques of assessment and process of communicating especially with senior clients. For example during my initial days I faced some issues while communicating with patients, but now I feel more confident while initiating a conversation. Finally, nursing practice in Canada is safe and sound and nurses are so knowledgeable about the process of implementing safe nursing practice and ensuring patient safety in various healthcare settings. For instance, the method of three safety check before drug administration and the practice of using hand sanitizers each time before patient contact etc. will safeguard the patient from several health hazards and cross infections. A resourceful, competent and self-disciplined nurse always hold the key to succeed in Canadian healthcare nursing

I feel that I am a leader, but I believe that I have different leadership styles for the different occasions. For instance, when playing sports, I was a captain and had to lead to more or less just set an example for the rest of the team. In that scenario, I feel I was both a democratic leader and an expressive leader. When deciding what drills to run, and the order of things such as practices, I would give the team the best options that I thought were fit, but I would want the majority vote. I had to be an expressive leader because if we were down in a game, or things were not going well on the team, there has to be one or two leaders who can step up and change the mood. I have learned that when the typical expressive leader fails to encourage

My name is Romane Talleyrand. This post is to confirm that I have read the syllabus and the gradebook for the advantage of learning. Throughout the syllabus, it highlighted in detail all the necessary information about the class policies, the student etiquette, and much more. With these details in which I have read that will prepare me to be success not only in this course, but through the entire nurse practitioner program. As you all knew, it is easy to have some sort of anxiety at the beginning of each term because no one knows what to be expected from the instructor, the assignments, and the quizzes. As the previous classes were smooth, nice, and easy, hopefully, this class will have no difference than the

If one has no leadership ability, one cannot be a leader. If one does not make what his or her followers consider the correct decisions to achieve their goals, no one will have faith in the leader's abilities and, consequently, no one will follow and without followers, there can be no leader. Another important criterion which one must have in order to be a leader is a person who leads a crowd in the direction where the goal can be accomplish as well as someone who acknowledges a problem and finds solutions to it.

During this course I was challenged but also rewarded with all the growth I gained. Before entering this course I was terrified and instantly set myself up for failure from all the rumors I heard from other peers who had this class prior to me. When attending the first class, it was overwhelming with all the work I heard I had to complete over the course of the semester. To make it even worse I had to tell you that I was going to work at the Super Bowl and was not able to attend the second class session. I thought I was going to leave a bad first impression and mess everything up for myself. You were very understanding and just told me get all my work in and have fun. I am glad you understood and said it was okay if I had to miss class.

As I felt my hands getting sweaty and my heart beating faster, I took a deep breath and entered discussion hall where I had three students waiting for me. I had been assigned to help them in geometry because they were struggling in the course and were not growing on the ACT. I’ve never been in charge of any student’s growth until I was told by my principal who taught my leadership seminar class to help these students. When I was asked to complete this task, I initially thought it was not for me. I struggled tremendously in math freshman year and I had never been a leader of a group. I tended to shy away and stay in the back while someone else took the lead. My principal thought otherwise; she believed that I displayed leadership qualities in class, and she noticed my growth in math. She saw the way I interacted with my peers, gave helpful feedback, and motivated those around me. I began to notice the qualities she saw in me, and I decided to take a risk and help these students.

This time I tried focusing on improving my empathy skills by not trying to always provide positive responses to the members when they were telling me the challenges they were facing as I have done and received feedback from past group members. For instance, when members were saying how people did not understand them or they felt like an outsider, I tried to address how they were feeling and how maybe the veterans could educate those who do not understand. I especially wanted to work on my empathy skills with this population of veterans because I wanted to build rapport with them and show them that their feelings about the war and role transition to student was validated and not something that they should just easily forget about. My heart goes out to clients with PTSD because no one should have to experience the trauma they have seen, especially while trying to protect our country. From this group I learned that I need to take a step back and give myself a pause when I am feeling overwhelmed, so the questions do not appear forced. My main weakness as a leader is doubting my self as seen through the forced questions. I want the best for my clients, but I let my emotions and anxiety that I am not providing the members with the best ability to succeed, get the best of me.

As an educational leader, I have encountered several new and existing school policies. I never thought deeply about the various processes and the stakeholders involved in policy formulation and implementation. This semester I am engaged in the course Managing Educational Policy as School Leaders (EDLM 6005). This is Semester III, 2016/2017. My course coordinator is Dr. Timar Stephenson. Dr Stephenson was my course coordinator once before and was very helpful whenever I needed clarification or when I had a difficulty. I am thrilled to embrace the new ideas and learning opportunities embedded in this course since it teaches issues which I experience at work. Dr Stephenson, during his introduction reminded his entire class that success in this course would only be realized through hard work, dedication, and commitment. Therefore, it is imperative that I have the right attitude as I navigate this course. The course involves seven weeks of intense work. I am pleased to have a wonderful group facilitator by the name of Rhonda Joseph who has already given us a BBC to explain the requirements of the course and our first two modules.