Exemplary Leadership: Inspiring, Challenging, and Empowering

Learn about exemplary leadership practices and how they inspire, challenge, and empower individuals and teams. Explore the role and nature of effective leadership in healthcare organizations. Discover the importance of modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act, and encouraging the heart. Gain insights into personal leadership experiences and the impact of exemplary leadership in creating positive change.

EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP
Contents
EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP.......................................................................................................1
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
My Personal Leadership Experience...............................................................................................3
a. Model the way..............................................................................................................................4
B. Inspire a Shared Vision..............................................................................................................5
C. Challenge the process..................................................................................................................6
D. Enable Others To Act.................................................................................................................7
E. Encourage The Heart...................................................................................................................7
Role and nature of effective leadership in health.........................................................................9
Introduction
Leadership is a critical subject in today’s organizations. Leadership inspires, guide, and develop
individuals with experience to be led or to lead. Effective leadership is essential in nurturing and
managing team members to achieve the desired goals set by the organization. Transformational
leadership in healthcare organizations shape individuals as well as members towards to
appreciate the nature of their job and treat the patients with respect. Kouzes and Posner (2012)
articulate a model for developing leadership ability, providing a roadmap to becoming an
exemplary leader. They describe five practices: ‘modeling the way,’ ‘inspiring a shared vision,’
‘enabling others to act,’ ‘challenging the process’ and ‘encouraging the heart.’ Two
commitments support each practice.
Visual Representation of My Future Leadership Development.
Being a campus outreach leader rouses my vision of the type of leader I aspire to be. The
experience of leading a team with a grand vision of achieving drug-free universities shaped my
leadership development skills. I was confronted by many situations which strengthen my
character and ability to remain composed. The position shaped my character by reinforcing my
patience and resilience in dealing with drug addicts.

Using a creative piece, I have used cartoon pictures to explain the leadership development skills
that made the goals of drug-free society accomplish. In building the team leadership ability, we
shared a vision of a drug-free society, especially in universities. My leadership as a campus
outreach leader strengthen the unity of the team through the inspired spirit of liberating our
fellow being (Weberg, 2010).
Creative Representation
Step1: Model the Way Step 2: Inspire A shared vision
Step 3: Challenge the process
Step 4: Enable others to Act Step5: Encourage the Heart

Step1: Model the way
The picture in the drawing shows a person holding a lamb. The lamb is
lighting the way for the others as shown in the picture. In my personal
experience, holding the values of passionate living as well as quality lifestyle
for all, I led a group of youths in sensitizing university students towards
abstinence in drugs abuse. I model the way in achieving the goals of drug-
free universities. As a leader, I understood the need to share a common
vision with dreams, ambitions, and aspirations with the team members regarding drug abuse in
the country and especially in universities (Dewar, 2012).
Step 2: Inspire A Shared Vision
The drawings in step 2 shows a group on individuals watching a glowing light at a distance.
These scenes are symbolic of ‘inspiring a shared vision’ of my aim to build a comprehensive
rehabilitation service for the drug addict individuals. Our shared vision then opened the avenue
of reaching out to the affected individuals, no matter the challenges. In my leadership
development, I will reflect and seek feedback to ensure that I model a strong work ethic and
follow through on my commitments, therefore building trust within the team (Maiden, 2017).
Step 3: Challenge the process
The picture in the drawing shows a person walking on a hilly terrain. This shows a great
challenge to meet the goals of the group. In my experience, I took an opportunity to innovate and
learn on the mistakes of experience to help navigate to the future. In planning my leadership
development, I look to expose myself to challenges and risks through testing and refining new
models of care and ways of working, challenging the status quo and leading the team to build on
our new model of care. In moving through this process, I will undoubtedly meet resistance to
change, so for support and advice in my leadership development (Kouzes & Posner, 2012).
Step 4: Enable Others to Act
The drawing in the picture shows a person helping another person climb a mountain. This picture
represents the ability to enable others act as a leader. The picture above shows individuals with
power and confidence to Act. Through promotion of one’s confidence, capability, and

competency ensured that members are empowered to choose, make decisions, and be
accountable. Treating individuals in the organization with respect help promote a sense of
control of their own life (Zaharris et al., 2017). Leaders enable others to Act by building a
positive relationship based on trust and commitment towards the goals of the organization. When
leaders empower individuals in a team, the team is strengthened.
Step 5: Encourage the heart
Finally, in encouraging the heart, the picture above shows individuals celebrating their spirit of
the community after achieving their goals (Wang & Hsieh, 2013). In my leadership plan, I took a
chance of congratulating every team member acknowledging their achievements. I took the
members through a festive session where members celebrated the achievements.
PART 2.
My Leadership Experience
Youth outreach association for drug abuse awareness was created to provide solutions for young
adults battling with addiction in drug substances. During the 2018 election of leaders, I was
nominated by the board as the leader of campus outreach activities. However, this was not my
first time in the leadership position, but I found this nomination a challenging experience in the
leadership space.
Being the leader of campus outreach here is my analysis of the leadership challenges and using
five (5) exemplary leadership Practices as advocated by(Kouzes & Posner, 2012)
a. Model the way
One of the most significant setbacks of useful leadership qualities is the lack of functional
leadership skills. This leadership challenge focuses on the role of leaders in mobilizing followers
to actualize their goals. Model the way focuses on the transformation of values into actions
(LeBlanc, 2014). This practice amplifies the role of personal values in guiding followers by
leading the way. The values that leaders possess must be endorsed as part of the organization.
Consequently, the values must be part of the team as adopted by everyone. Modeling the way by
the leaders is equally important in creating a baseline of expectations, especially in portraying

clear organizational values. A clear set of values creates a solid basis for building the future
vision of the organization. Another importance of enhancing the communication process of the
organizational values through two-way dialogue. This practice also assists the leaders in setting
actions to reinforce those who are modeling the values and also lead in actions to confront those
who oppose the values (Manley, O'Keefe, Jackson, Pearce, & Smith, 2014).
Commitments by leadership
Find your voice by clarifying your personal values.
As a leader, finding out your personal values is essential in modeling the way. When leaders
prioritize their values, they can expand their values in involving others to create shared ideals.
Set the example by aligning actions with shared values.
Once leaders understand and share their values with the group members, they ought to speak and
lead the way. Good leaders act as a role model for their followers and inspire them to achieve the
desired goals (Kouzes & Posner, 2012).
My experience
Holding the values of passionate living as well as quality lifestyle for all, I led a group of youths
in sensitizing university students towards abstinence in drugs abuse. The passionate love towards
a drug-free university for the young adults encouraged the group. The vision of the group
become more evident as more youth were freed from the addiction of drugs.
B. Inspire a Shared Vision
The success of a team is based on shared dreams, hopes, aspirations, visions, and values. This
practice explains how leaders build on the shared values of the teams towards a long-term vision
of the organization. A shared vision is a guide towards a desirable future. It guides the team
molding their values, ambitions, and aspirations towards the goals of the organization through
desirable actions making those extraordinary things happen. Every organization creates a
vision as a guide towards the goals of the organization in the future (J. Martin, B.
McCormack, D. Fitzsimons, & R. Spirig, 2014).

Commitment to leadership
Envision the future by imagining exciting and ennobling possibilities.
Leaders committed to achieving their group goals are required to consider both the past and the
present in order to envision the future. Past lessons act as a learning experience in creating the
right vision. A leader’s vision should stir the group to forge ahead and meet their target goals (C.
Smith, 2015).
Enlist others in a common vision by appealing to shared aspirations.
A good leader ought to involve everyone in the process of deciding on the organization. This is
achieved through efficient communication strategies and participation by everyone. A shared
vision is ideal for compelling everyone to accomplish the intended goals (K. Smith, 2016).
My experience
Being the leader of the group, I began by understanding the dreams, ambitions, and aspirations of
the team members regarding drug abuse in the country and especially in universities. The
common goal among all the members was a drug abuse free society where young people do not
engage in drug abuse. Our shared vision then opened the avenue of reaching out to the affected
individuals, no matter the challenges.
C. Challenge the process
This exemplary practice in leadership requires leaders to guide members of a group to accept
changes in the organization. Organizational change is inevitable in today's business environment,
as much as change is desirable, often proposed change in an organization is often met with much
resistance (Edie, Marshall, Winters, & Mariani, 2016). Therefore, for change to be implemented
successfully, it requires a dynamic leader. Managing change requires effective communication,
ethical responsibility, conflict management, and involvement in the change process (Reardon,
Fite, Boone, & Sullivan, 2019). Therefore, exemplary leaders involve everyone in identifying
ways to improve through change. Moreover, this practice informs leaders to encourage team
members to speak up and challenge their status quo.
Commitment to leadership

Search for opportunities
Good leaders search for opportunities by encouraging others to speak up and challenge their
status quo. Through challenging the process, leaders to encourage their followers to look beyond
their current capability and set up new records.
Experiment and Take Risks
Good leaders encourage everyone to learn and experiment along the way to be most successful in
the long run. Exemplary leaders being involved in new challenges and risk-taking activities learn
from their mistakes and create solutions for future success (AbuAlRub & Nasrallah, 2017).
My experience
Being a leader in the scenario explained above, I was able to challenge the process by innovation
new ways of sensitizing the community against the abuse of drugs. To challenge skills and
capabilities requires an open mind to navigate the team members in achieving the goals. I also
follow through with my promises and accomplish my goal. My strength in leadership was also
evident inconsistent behavior of giving promises to the team and the people I interacted with.
This helped me increase my trust and confidence among the team members.
D. Enable Others To Act
Good leaders enable others to Act through the promotion of one’s confidence, capability, and
competency. This practice ensures that members are empowered to choose, make decisions, and
be accountable. Treating individuals in the organization with respect help promote a sense of
control of their own life (Zaharris et al., 2017). Leaders enable others to Act by building a
positive relationship based on trust and commitment towards the goals of the organization. When
leaders empower individuals in a team, the team is strengthened.
Commitment to leadership
Foster Collaboration
Leaders ought to build and strengthen trust throughout the organization. This is important in
creating a team spirit for realizing the goals of the organization. Leaders are required to build
around the team for collaborative roles and goals realization(Kouzes & Posner, 2012).
Strengthen Others

Leaders strengthen the team by ensuring that everyone feels competent, capable, and confident.
Leaders can strengthen others and ensure that they feel in control by providing choices within
their jobs and by designing jobs that offer them an opportunity to make decisions and foster
accountability.
My experience
My greatest strength is inspiring others, which is essential in creating a team spirit for realizing
the goals of the organization. Being a leader guiding a large group of individuals, I ensured that
my values, beliefs, and spirit of trust was evident. I realized that as a Leaders building and
strengthening trust throughout the organization was crucial for achieving the goals of the
organization. I created a team spirit which improved the competence, capability, and confidence
of the team members.
E. Encourage The Heart
Good leaders understand the need to appreciate individual or team efforts. Recognizing
individuals’ efforts is a crucial motivator which fosters the spirit of community. Team members
are not necessarily motivated by intrinsic rewards, but rather the recognition personally shown to
them. Leaders achieve this practice by setting individual or group goals that are expected to
measure the performance (Higgs & Dulewicz, 2016). Moreover, after meeting the set goals, good
leaders show appreciation for individual excellence and celebrate their victories, thus creating a
spirit of community. It is vital to encourage the heart in order to promote the spirit of teamwork
and improve productivity.
Commitments of Leadership:
Recognize Contributions
Exemplary leaders create a reward system that fosters recognition of team members who achieve
the desired goals. The set goals are expected to be clear and provide feedback as well as creating
a condition for success (Colwell, 2013).
Celebrate the Values and Victories
Exemplary leaders encourage a spirit of communism in celebrating the success, thereby
enhancing the productivity and the team members psychological well-being. Also, good leaders

recognize the need for celebrating the values and victories of the team members to reinforce core
values (J. S. Martin, B. McCormack, D. Fitzsimons, & R. Spirig, 2014).
My experience
Encouragement is but the other energy I own that allows me to turn out to be a higher leader.
followers gain their motivations and endurance from the leaders through common
Encouragement. Followers want to take into account that the leader is always with them and
ready to assist them. Some of the behaviors which have signified my possession of this strength
from my
experience is, publicly recognizing alignment with values, within the sense that a pacesetter
needs to pick out the values wished by the crew and inspire them to maximize on it. I have the
conduct of aligning those values with what is needed by using my followers to maximize the
opportunities that come along. Praising human beings is likewise not unusual conduct that I own.
To encourage the employees or fans, as a frontrunner, I need to well-known their contributions
and reward them for it. Praises make the followers feel like part of something significant than
themselves,
subsequently offers them the inducement to make more exceptional accomplishments and hence
productivity
Role and nature of effective leadership in health.
The health sector is a complex working environment which requires qualities of exemplary
leadership in almost all the departments. It is a quite busy environment which requires a specific
code of conduct in relating to the patients and other clients. Therefore, for successful
management of the health centers, the team members should work in a spirit of teamwork to
provide comfort to the clients and respond to any emergency issue (Miles & Scott, 2019).
Exemplary leadership in modeling the way is required to guide the vision of the health centers in
curing the patients (Scott, 2015). A high level of emotional intelligence and leadership ability is
demanded of every worker in dealing with both the patients and colleagues. Therefore, a need to
nurture these skills among the workforce is essential to promote a better working environment
with a rooted corporate culture.

Moreover, exemplary leadership in the health sector calls for leaders who can challenge the
process of providing care in emergencies. Team members who are ready to take any chances of
exceptional circumstances when called upon is an excellent example of exemplary leadership
(Phillips, Stalter, Dolansky, & Lopez, 2016). A spirit of self-determination and collaboration is
required to challenge processes in health care.
The exemplary leadership qualities of encouraging the heart are equally important in the health
care system of leadership. Transformation leaders understand the need to appreciate individuals
as well as teamwork (Ehsani, Sedaghati, & Ghanbari, 2013). By celebrating the achievements of
individuals and groups, their team spirit is elevated, which leads to improved performance.
Conclusion
In analyzing a leadership story from personal experience using Kouzes and Posner’s practices
and commitments and exploring my leadership development through analysis of my visual
representation, I can build on these principles to become not just a manager, but an exemplary
leader. Moreover, exemplary leadership in the health sector calls for leaders who can challenge
the process of providing care in emergencies.
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