After completing the “Leadership Style Questionnaire” and analyzing my results, I have learned what my preferred leadership style is and how that influences how I lead and may be perceived from members of the group. From the results attained from the questionnaire, my preferred style of leadership is directing. This type of leadership style is best for individuals who have a low competency and high commitment level. These types of leaders are highly focused on tasks and less focused on relationships. They make decisions without consulting with the group and communicate without regarding the group’s concerns or suggestions. This type of leader also supervises the followers intently. They are very successful in creating objectives for each follower and the group as a whole to guide the group in reaching a certain goal.
Though I am highly focused on completing tasks as a student nurse, I do not believe that my preferred leadership style is a close resemblance of my current practice as a leader and nursing student. As a nursing student, I am focused on getting each task completed, but I believe I am equally supportive to my patients, my patient’s family, and my colleagues. I believe that I use the leadership style of coaching as a nursing student, especially while teaching the patient. I consult with the patient when making decisions about planning their care and provide a lot of support when they are attempting to complete the tasks. In this situation, I am equally focused on having my patients complete the tasks and being supportive of my patients as they complete those tasks. I am also an emotional support for my patients’ family and my colleagues as they perform tasks, such as making a difficult medical decision about their lo...
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...s a charge nurse or nurse manager, I can directly lead the nursing staff and the entire unit to reach it’s potential. Though I know I will not be an expert from completing this analysis, I know that “student development toward true leadership expertise takes place over a long period and should not be expected during the first year or two of nursing school or nursing practice” (Yoder-Wise, 2014, p. 50). With this in mind, I plan to continue building on my leadership skills until I become a highly experienced, competent leader.
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As an officer in the United States Army, it has been imperative for me to understand every facet of leadership and why it remains important to be an effective leader. During this course, I have learned some valuable lessons about myself as a leader and how I can improve on my leadership ability in the future. The journal entries along with the understanding of available leadership theories have been an integral part of my learning during this course. For all of the journals and assessments that I completed, I feel it has given me a good understanding of my current leadership status and my future potential as a leader. All of the specific assessments looked at several areas in regards to leadership; these assessments covered several separate focus areas and identified my overall strengths and weaknesses as a leader. Over the course of this paper I will briefly discuss each one of these assessments and journal entries as they pertained to me and my leadership.
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