Professional Leadership Journal – Proactivity

Assignment: Professional Leadership Journal – "Proactivity"
The locus of control govern the degree of confidence people have in their fate. The
“Proactivity” assessment that I undertook revealed that I am proactive and possess an internal
locus of control. I take control of the situation I am in and possess a “can do” approach to
life. The field of healthcare is highly unpredictable and a practitioner requires to work in
adverse situation. As an internal-oriented person, I am highly motivated in my life, and the
adverse situation in the external environment will not hinder my enthusiasm. As a health
practitioner, I will have to make some spontaneous decisions based on the criticality of the
patient. The result reveals that I believe that I am responsible for who I am and the choices I
make will govern the outcome. Hence, I will not deter from taking some tough actions. Rotter
(1990) has claimed that the outcome of any situation is based on the conduct of the person.
Thus, as a proactive person, I take the responsibility of my actions or behaviour and do my
job with full conviction. I am good at my job and perform every task efficiently, leaving no
stone unturned to accomplish the desired goal. I identify opportunity in any situation and do
not detest any change. In fact, I see a change as an opportunity (Neill, 2006).
The assessment has given me great insights about the role of a leader in managing the
team and accomplishing the objectives of the department or organisation. As a leader, I am in
advantageous situation that I have internal locus of control. As per a research conducted by
Dine, Kahn, Abella, Asch and Shea (2011), a leader in the field of public healthcare should
have the capability to rapidly adjust to any new circumstances and in a completely different
department, where they do not have prior experience. Being an internal-oriented leader, I
have the capability to not only adjust to an adverse situation and but also have the power to
change it to favourable. (Dubrin, 2010) As a proactive leader, I will take new initiatives and
motivate people to participate in the decision-making process or exhibit autonomy in their
sphere of work.
As a proactive person, I am bound to exhibit confidence and self-efficacy in my work
and not shy away from commencing actions and taking new steps to overcome difficulties,
and take the onus of failures (Yukl, 2006, pp. 185-186). This implies that I will not turn away
from my duty in my future role as a health practitioner and fulfil my obligations to the best if
my ability in the serving of mankind. However, being self-confident might also create a
perception about me being an arrogant person. I will be cautious to not form this belief about
myself and make effort to keep communication channel open and be approachable to people.