Leadership Portfolio for Health Services - Desklib

Running head: MANAGEMENT
Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Leadership portfolio for health services
Introduction
The term leadership in business can be defined as the capacity of the management of a
company to set as well as achieve challenging goals, taking deceive as well as rapid action
whenever required, outperforming the competition and finally, inspiring the followers or
employees to perform at their highest capacity (Hargett et al., 2017). Efficient leaders possess
the potential to influence the behavior of their followers towards the realization of the
organizational goal. According to researchers, it is highly crucial or leaders to develop future
vision, develop efficient problem solving ability and communication skills to motivate the
employees and develop their loyalty towards the organization. When it comes to leadership in
the healthcare industry, it is considered to be highly essential to drive improvements in
healthcare quantity as well as patient safety (Bercaw, 2017). Effective leadership in healthcare
possesses the potential to lead to organizational and system transformation. As a student, I have
always aspired to be a Medical and health services manager. This leadership portfolio will
chiefly focus on my current journey, leadership approaches, styles, experiences as well as plans
for growth and development as a leader. This portfolio will contain brief theoretical analysis of
leadership on the basis of leadership philosophy, leadership styles and strategies, leadership
competencies and my experience associated with leadership. The portfolio will also include my
professional and personal development plan which will help me to develop my leadership skills
in future.
Discussion
Leadership philosophy

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According to researchers, one of the most crucial things that one needs to perform for becoming
an effective leader is to develop a personal leadership philosophy. Personal leadership
philosophy can be defined as a set of beliefs as well as principles that one uses for evaluating
information and respond to people and situations. When it comes to my personal leadership
philosophy it is completely based on the on what I have learned though the study of both strong
as well as weak leaders. My personal leadership philosophy statement includes ‘As a leader, I
believe that an effective leader is a leader who arrives at work with a sense of urgency and
a leader purpose in the mind. With a deep intention in the heart, a leader gives the most
and works the hardest.’
My personal leadership philosophy is highly influenced by popular healthcare leaders like Mae
Caro Jemison and Eric Goosby.
Fig 1: Mae Caro Jemison
Along wit being the first African American female astronaut, Jemison was the founder of the
Jemison Group Inc., the organization which gained popularity for the development of

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ALAFIYA, a satellite-based telecommunications systems intended to improve health care
delivery in developing nations (Janssens et al., 2018). Jemison as a leader had demonstrated
effective communication skills that had imposed positive impact o the performance of her
organization.
Fig 2: Eric Goosby
Another crucial leader in the global healthcare industry, Eric Goosby was the associate medical
director of the hospital’s AIDS clinic. As a leader he was popular for his efficient and rapid
understanding skills along with his commendable decision making properties.
I prefer to lead my making as well as maintaining commitments, integrity along with setting
goals while earning credibility as well as other leadership qualities. Not only this, I place great
value in trust, communication, honesty and quality. As a leader, I believe that trustworthy along
with demonstration of respect through words as well as performance and working as a team, are
three of the most crucial aspects that are needed to maintain by the leader in the contemporary