Leadership Development Plan for Nursing Management

The assignment content is about a leadership development plan for a nursing management professional in Saudi Arabia. The goal is to build overall leadership capability, with specific goals including improvement in team management and decision-making, career development, and enhanced capabilities towards attainment of organizational objectives. The plan outlines the desired outcomes, strengths, and development needs, as well as challenges in the administration context. The actions include gaining personal insight, developing a personal brand, learning from new environments, and building confidence and passion. The success factors include timeline, support needed from faculty members and team members, and indicators of success such as feedback from colleagues.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Higher Education
Majmaah University
College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS)
Department of Nursing
Leadership Development Plan Template
Development Goal
Goal The primary goal is overall leadership capability building.
 Improvement in team management and decision making capabilities in
the next two weeks
 Enhanced capabilities towards attainment of organizational objectives
by the end of the program
 Career development in nursing management by the end of the leadership
development program
Desired Outcomes – results I want to see from developing this skill
Self The results which I want to see in me from building this skill is development of
competence in overall leadership abilities in nursing and medical.
 Gaining expertise in team building
 Able to motivate and encourage others to follow the right path towards
the desired predetermined outcomes
 Enhance my creativity in this field
 Able to take up responsibilities on my own
 Improve my communication skills with active listening
 Improve risk taking capacity
Team The results which I want to see in my team from building this skill are:
 Able to follow the right path
 Improved vision of success
 Encourage contributions from the entire team
 Driven towards the unified goal
Organization The results which I want to see in organization from building this skill are:
 Encourage contributions from the organization
 Driven towards the cohesive objective
 Improved level of expertise management

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Higher Education
Majmaah University
College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS)
Department of Nursing
 Improved vision of success
 Improved stakeholder relationship management
Self-Understanding – strengths that I can build on and development needs I can address
Strengths  Improved productivity and performance level
 Develop and support the future leaders
 Better decision making skills
 Implement improved leadership style
 Motivating team towards a common goal
Development Needs The development needs that could be addressed in future are:
 Instant decision making skills
 Handling situations of dilemma
 Act promptly in accordance with the circumstances
 Develop risk taking capacity at a higher level
 Convert theoretical knowledge to mental, psychological, as well as
psychomotor skills for patient care
Administration Context – challenges in my nursing management environment that require this skill
Administration
Context
In the administration context the number of challenges that ascends during the
course would be requiring these skills largely. The level of competition that
would arise in the nursing environment include long working hours, short
staffing, unaccommodating clinical environments, working in the practical field
involving patient care, particularly mentally ill patients. In order to handle them,
the above skills would be necessary in the administrative context.
Development Actions
Awaken Skills for gaining personal insight into my impact as a leader
 Step outside the comfort zone for task management
 Developing personal brand
 Learn from new environments
 Build confidence and passion in career development in nursing
 Connecting with others so as to establish long term relationship
 Gaining flexibility in participating and handling adverse circumstance

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Higher Education
Majmaah University
College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS)
Department of Nursing
while caring for patients.
Align To connect my leadership development goals with management outcomes the
following actions must be taken:
 Enhancing end-to-end business insight that surrounds the issues having
an impact on the divisions as well as on the organization as a whole
 Conversion to an organizational leadership mindset, thereby encourage
widening of both behaviors and perspectives as well
 Accelerating the establishment and development of strategic network
all across the organization
 Broadening the management practices with the help of leadership skills
aimed towards motivating and encouraging others to get the tasks done
by means of implementing the appropriate procedure
Accelerate  Experiences- Experiences matters the most in handling adverse
situations that might arise in nursing practices, particularly in patient
handling. Staffs who have gained experience in handling the patients,
particularly mentally ill patients as well as those with experience in the
past with specialized skill in providing quality and safe care to people
would be helpful.
 People- Highly skilled or semi-skilled members would be required in the
nursing environment
 Education- The education level would decide the level of acceleration of
any project. In this case, education background in nursing and medical
practices would be relevant

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Higher Education
Majmaah University
College of Applied Medical Sciences (CAMS)
Department of Nursing
Development Success Factors
Timeline Within the next six months the following activities would be accomplished:
 Improvement in the nursing practices with improved risk taking capacity
 Enabling the team members for active participation in the first two
months
 Completion of around 30% of the proposed project within the first
month
Support Needed The support which I need to effectively implement my plan is from the faculty
members and the team members.
Support from Faculty Members:
 Funding needs for the proposed projects
 Support the messages which is highly aimed towards the organizational
benefit
 Support medical practices and ensure participation of every student
 Encouraging medical practices and support for taking risks
 Inform decision which might have an effect on
future program investments
Support from Team Members:
 Participation in every program
 Encourage themselves to take up risks
 Build risk taking capacity
 Improve management skills
Indicators of Success A better way to assess effectiveness in leadership development is through the
feedback from the colleagues. Therefore, a proper feedback sheet would be sent
to all the colleagues for their responses. The positive responses would determine
the effectiveness of leading capacity.
Improved capability to handle patients
Gaining maximum percentage of positive response from colleagues
Accomplishing maximum number of tasks within the given timeline