What a Leader Must Focus On -

Introduction
The focus of leadership in the field of nursing and administration of health facilities is now
moving towards the concept of “value-based services “while keeping an eye on the penetrative
reach of the medical facilities in the remote areas of any given country. The public sector
planners of the developed countries like Australia and others are introducing certain programs
and curriculums to introduce the medical staff with leadership traits. This training of the
leadership traits acts as an expansion of the personality of a person to handle responsibilities
independently with an ability to solve the problems with the help of a better understanding of the
situation from an objective point of view (Kavanagh, 2012).
The current course subjected me to a series of tests to know better about my standings in the field
of leadership. These tests along with the curriculum along with the external sources helped me in
finding out the right methods and procedures to cultivate leadership qualities. The reflective
assessments adjoined with the course materials helped me in figuring out the gaps in my
education and leadership personality. The current e-portfolio presents a reflective impression of
this journey where I am capturing the essence of the course learning that guided me on the path
of self-discovery while acting as an aspirant in the field of leadership.
Leadership Philosophy
An in-depth study of the Clinical Leadership Competency Framework (CLCF) and Medical
Leadership Competency Framework (MLCF) helped me in understanding the roles of a medical
professional in the domain of leadership (Shared Leadership, 2017). The concepts of the
delivery of the services and the components associated with the complete delivery helped me a

lot in forming a leadership philosophy for myself. The formation of philosophy was not an easy
task for me, however, the cumulative impact of the learning of this course helped me in figuring
out some broad terms that can be processed into a leadership philosophy and act as a guiding
light during tough times.
The study of the five core domains of the leadership helped me a lot in understanding the details
of qualities and disciplines that I need to imbibe as the core traits of my personality. In order to
connect my innate tendencies with the newly found wisdom, I decided to come up with a set of
core leadership qualities for myself. The first philosophy that I derived from this exercise can be
stated as under the heading of “theoretical wisdom facilitating a practical vision.”
Theoretical wisdom facilitating a practical vision
Any individual practicing leadership in a medical organization is dependent on the technical
knowledge of the subject along with a practical experience to try permutation and combinations.
This diverse need of my profession along with the need to develop a vision under the capacity of
a leader forced me to develop the first phase of my core leadership philosophy, the core
philosophy of “Theoretical wisdom facilitating a practical vision” drives me to keep a check on
the goals of treatment and delivery of the services while keeping a check on the resources from a
realistic point of view.
The fruits of the servitude are the biggest profit
In order to strengthen my philosophies in the field of leadership, I consulted many outside
sources to corroborate the lessons learned from the assessments prescribed by MLCF and CLCF.
The concepts related to the core competence of a leader subjected me to a cardinal problem that
most of the leaders faced. This cardinal problem is associated with a leadership style that is most

effective in the medical domains (Clinical Leadership Competency Development, 2011). This
leadership style is “leading with the help of an example.” When I consulted the literature related
to the management practices in the medical domains, I find that most of the experts are
advocating “technology-driven leadership.” It gave me a clear idea that until now most of the
setups are following the idea of treating “process knowledge” as the core competence of a leader.
While tracing down the timeline of the evolution of the managerial leadership theories, I realized
that technology or process-driven core competence is only a component, the domain of
managerial leadership has more to do with other practices where a leader can motivate the
subordinates and help them in developing leadership traits among them. I would like to mention
the name of the I-human technology, this technology presents an opportunity in front of a
nursing leader where can create a document to support the decision-making system of a
diagnostic expert. However, this system forces a lot of trial and error, under general conditions a
diagnostic expert can act as a transactional leader to support a regular nursing leader and this
shared leadership can support a self-leader to enhance his profile by adding more accuracy into
his job. This type of arrangement can ensure “on the job” training for the workers working in the
lower level of the organization to perform better and enhance their knowledge profiles
(Kamangah, 2019).
I realized that if I wish to change my leadership style for a while with an intention to motivate
the individuals then I need a different set of core competencies. The field of leadership
understands no boundaries. In the recent past, it has emerged as a separate faculty, in order to
expand my area of addressing the problems under the capacity of a leader, I decided to develop
“servitude” as a core competence. This is why my second leadership philosophy accounts to bear
words that say “fruits of servitude are the biggest profit.