Leadership e-Portfolio: Reflecting on Leadership Journey & Growth

This leadership e-portfolio provides a comprehensive reflection on the author's leadership journey, encompassing their leadership philosophy, preferred styles, and identified competencies. The portfolio details the author's experiences in nursing leadership, highlighting strengths in communication, problem-solving, and motivation, as evidenced by self-assessment tools like the Gallup Strengths Test and Jung Typology test. It also acknowledges areas for development, such as strategic thinking and teamwork. The portfolio includes a detailed action plan with specific objectives for enhancing leadership skills and fostering professional growth. The author aims to cultivate focus, strategic thinking, negotiation skills, and teamwork abilities, aligning personal development with organizational goals. This document showcases a commitment to continuous improvement and a thoughtful approach to leadership development within a healthcare setting. Desklib offers a platform to explore similar solved assignments and resources for students.

Running head: LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT
Leadership Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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Contents
1. Introduction.........................................................................................................................2
2. Leadership Philosophy...........................................................................................................3
3. Leadership styles and Strategies............................................................................................5
4. Leadership Competencies......................................................................................................8
Results of self assessment tools:............................................................................................9
5. Leadership Experience.........................................................................................................11
Leadership Experiences to date:...........................................................................................11
Team Building Activity (professional skills development experience)...............................11
Presentation and Seminars...................................................................................................11
Managing Organizational Performance:..............................................................................12
Community Service Activity:..............................................................................................12
6. Working with and Leading Teams.......................................................................................14
7. Leadership Development and Action Plan...........................................................................17
Objective1: Developing focus on work:..............................................................................17
Objective 2: Developing strategic thinking ability..............................................................17
Objective 3: Developing negotiation skills..........................................................................18
Objective 4: Developing teamwork.....................................................................................18
8. Summary..............................................................................................................................20
References:...............................................................................................................................21

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1. Introduction
I am a veteran nurse with 25 years of professional experience in acute care and critical
care nursing. Currently I am working in a large private hospital with nursing staff strength on
200 registered nurses. I possess a strong aptitude for management and mentoring and have
undergone lean management training programs. I strongly believe that by proper nurturing
and training of the nurses, their skills and competencies can be enhanced and thus the quality
of care in the hospital can be improved. I have been actively engaged in managing a group of
nurses and have received the award of being one of the best nursing leaders in the
organization. My responsibilities also included conducting pandemic drills, developing
improvement programs, succession planning and grooming young leaders (Grille & Kauffeld,
2015).
I have also won several other awards and accolades due to my professional
competency such as the individual group CEO service award, best nurse leadership
development award, team performance excellence awards, service quality excellence award,
best quality improvement award, professional development award, best mentor award and
multiple customer satisfaction awards (Mishra, 2017).
My career goal is to achieve further success and professional growth in my field, take
on more roles and responsibilities in the administrative duties in the hospital and through my
hard work and professional competency, earn a promotion as the hospital’s chief
administrator (Chen, 2017).

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2. Leadership Philosophy
According to Hargett et al. (2017), leadership is an ability which allows an individual
to lead and guide people and organizations, provide them a vision of the future towards which
they can work to, inspire them to achieve success and facilitate their work by developing their
skills, competencies and improving access to necessary resources. I believe that the ability to
motivate and guide people are vital leadership skills that can help leaders to effectively lead
people towards a common goal or objective. Venkatesh (2016) points out that in a business
environment; effective leadership is also integrally related to organizational performance.
Therefore the ability to foster maintenance and improvement of organizational performance
is also an import leadership skill as well (Denis & van Gestel, 2016).
In order to lead people in an effective and efficient manner, leaders must possess
some vital qualities which can separate a good leader from a bad one (Weech-Maldonado et
al., 2018). According to to Hargett et al. (2017) and Venkatesh (2016) some of the most
important leadership qualities can include integrity and honesty, confidence, patience, ability
to inspire others, passionate and commitment towards a cause, strong in communication,
decisiveness, accountability, empowerment, creativity and innovativeness as well as
empathy. Additionally, Van Hala et al. (2018) also added that in order to effectively lead an
organization, a leader should also should have strong critical thinking, analytical, problem
solving, strategic planning and conflict management skills.
I believe that I am a confident, honest, motivated and creative person having a strong
emotional intelligence and managerial aptitudes. However I also believe that in order to
further develop my competencies as a leader, I need to emulate some vital leadership
qualities such as decisiveness, patience and conflict management. I believe that by

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developing these qualities, I would be able to make decisions faster and easier, become more
patient in my work and resolve workplace conflicts in a more effective manner.
My Leadership Philosophy is to be always consistent and fair in my principles and
values that guide my decisions. I have also made it a point to spend a significant amount of
time listening to people and their feedbacks while making decisions that can affect them. I
also value honesty, accountability and transparency, which I try to maintain in my work and
also instill those values among others. I am also always curious about acquiring new
knowledge that can help me to guide and lead people in a better manner. I respect cultural
diversity in the organization and individuality of each member of the team which helps me
identify their individual strengths and how they can contribute to team performance. I also
like to inspire others through my own performance, leading by examples that others can
follow (Du Plessis et al., 2016).

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3. Leadership styles and Strategies
The leadership style that I personally prefer is a democratic or participative
leadership style. This form of leadership provides importance to the views and opinions of
the followers or members of the team and involve them in the decision making process. The
democratic leaders provide guidance to the members as well as foster their engagement in the
organization (Lumbasi et al., 2016). According to Asmawi et al. (2015) democratic leaders
can help to effectively motivate the followers, give them a sense of importance as a member
of the team or organization and foster their commitment towards organizational or team
objectives as well as help to overcome resistance to change in the organization. I also believe
that a relationship oriented leadership style is an important aspect which can help to
develop effective interactions with the followers and motivate as well as inspire them to
achieve the organizational goals by developing effective professional relationship with them
(Ehrhart, 2015). According to Savelsbergh et al. (2015), a relationship oriented leadership is
developed upon effective communication between the leader and followers and a strong
interpersonal relation which fosters a two way sharing of ideas, opinions and feedback. A
leader with strong relations with the followers is more likely to be respected and followed,
thereby making them effective in an organization (Ehrhart, 2015).
I believe that flexibility in leadership style is an important consideration for any
leaders as it allows them to change or modify the leadership approaches based on situations.
According to Baron et al. (2018), a good and effective leader should be able to change their
plans in order to match reality of a situation. Such an approach can help the leaders to
maintain organizational productivity during periods of transitions, chaos or crisis. A flexible
leader is also open for changes, new ideas and working processes and therefore fosters
maintenance of best standards of practice (van Rossum et al., 2016). Such leaders also have
better success while working with a diverse team, deal better with uncertainty and ambiguity

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in a better way (Baron et al., 2018). A democratic and participatory leadership also helps to
implement flexibility in the leadership style by involving the members and their views and
opinions in the decision making process, improve preparedness for changes and new ideas
(Ehrhart, 2015). A relationship oriented leadership style also involves flexibility of the leader
as they have to develop an effective interpersonal relation with each member of the team,
often having to cross cultural barriers to communication (Savelsbergh et al.). Logrippo et al.
(2018) suggested that flexibility can help leaders to overcome challenging situations by
learning from the situations and implementing strategies to overcome or address them.
Flexibility also allows leaders to use different leadership styles based on the situation and
context and therefore ensure better chances of success (van Rossum et al., 2016). Burbank
(2018) further pointed out that flexibility also helps leaders to adapt to new situations,
circumstances and plans and thus maintain organizational performance. The Jung Typology
test showed that I have an EFNP personality exhibited by 94% Extraversion, 56%
Intuitiveness, 34% Feelings and 6% Perceptiveness. The score show that I prefer intuition
over sensing and feeling over thinking about situations which requires flexibility to assess
different situations (humanmetrics.com, 2019; Furnham, 2018). The Gallup Strengths Test
showed that my key strengths included problem solving (100%), Faith (94%),
Communication (94%), Innovation (94%) and visionary (88%). These scores support
flexibility in my professional work, helping me to solve various organizational problems,
innovate new ideas, use communication in an appropriate manner and lead people towards a
common vision (Busch et al., 2018).
I believe that motivation is an integral part of democratic leadership since it involves
involving people in the decision making process and orienting them towards organizational
goals and objectives. One of the biggest characteristics of a democratic and relation
based ;leadership styles is the presence of an effective communication between the leaders

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and followers where the views, opinions and feedbacks are shared both ways which
influences the decision making processes (Lumbasi et al., 2016). According to Asmawi et al.
(2015), involvement of the members in decision making process and valuing their
participation helps to instill a sense of belonging and loyalty to the organization and thus
motivate them to work towards organizational objectives. I also feel that motivating the
employee is vital to retain their loyalty and maintain quality and standards of practice. By
motivating the members in the right way, it can be possible to improve their performance,
foster job satisfaction, retain skilled employees, and overcome resistance to change and foster
better employee engagement in the organization (Lumbasi et al., 2016). Both the Gallup test
and Jung Typology test showed that I have strong abilities to motivate people in order to lead
them in an effective manner. The skills to motivate people was also shown in the Leadership
Self Assessment test which showed by competencies in communication and feedback,
leadership styles, motivating people, maintaining organizational culture, use performance
based management strategies and foster trust and fairness in my leadership approach
(business.govt.nz, 2019; Thompson & Glasø, 2018). According to Furnham (2018), these
values can significantly help to motivate people towards organizational objectives.

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4. Leadership Competencies
According to the ACHSM competency framework, four main domains of leadership
competency include professional and social responsibility, communication and relationship
management, business skills and health and healthcare environment. Each of this domain
address specific leadership aspects and by developing across these four domains and effective
leadership approach can be developed (achsm.org.au, 2019; Shannon & Sebastian, 2018).
Using the Gallup Strengths test, I was able to identify the leadership competencies in
which I am strong. These competencies include: problem solving abilities, faith,
communication, innovation and vision. The Leadership Self Assessment test further showed
that I have strong competencies in communicating with people and provide them effective
feedbacks, motivate people effectively, use various leadership approaches based on
situations, managing people’s performances and foster trust and fairness in the organization.
Moreover, the Gallup test also showed that I am an extravert and intuitive leader. I believe
that such competencies accurately describe my leadership qualities and abilities and help me
to be an effective and efficient leader in the organization. Moreover, these competencies also
help me to exhibit professional and social responsibility, manage professional relationships,
develop business skills and help to maintain a professional environment, which are the four
important domains of the ACHSM Leadership framework (Shannon & Sebastian, 2018).
The tests also helped me identify some leadership competencies in which I am weak
in such as strategic thinking, risk taking, teamwork, balance, salesmanship and optimism. I
also learnt that I lack strength while taking critical decisions and struggle while balancing
personal and professional life at times. Moreover, the Gallup test also showed that I need to
develop my focus as it was a significant weakness in my leadership abilities. This can be
supported by the challenges I face while working on multiple problems simultaneously as a

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result of which I find it difficult to focus on each problem individually. Furthermore, such
weaknesses also show that I need to further develop my competencies in the domains of
relationship management. I believe that I can overcome these weaknesses through constant
practice, training, education and self improvement programs. According to Fønhus et al.
(2018), professional practice not only helps to implement the knowledge in a practical way,
but also develop skills and competencies and thereby achieves professional growth.
Moreover, participating in training programs, self-paced learning and professional exposure
can help to identify and develop strategies that can be used to overcome the weaknesses
identified above (Shannon & Sebastian, 2018).
Negotiation can be understood as a process or action aimed towards reaching a
common consensus among people. In leadership, ability to negotiate is an important ability
according to Weiss (2018). Through effective negotiation, a leader is not only able to
motivate and guide people better, but also develop ground rules for practice and develop
organizational rules and policies that can address the organizational values and objectives.
Negotiation can also help to manage conflicts and solve problems in the organization and
therefore maintain organizational performance (Pattison et al., 2018). Therefore, in my
leadership approach, negotiation plays an important role and helps me to effectively use the
feedbacks and opinions from my team members to plan organization practices and policies.
Results of self assessment tools:
Jung Typology Test: ENFP (Extravert 94%, Intuitive 56%, Feeling 34%, Perceiving 6%

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Jung Typology Test
Source: (Humanmetrics.com, 2019)
Gallup Strengths test: Strengths- Problem Solving (100%), Faith (94%), Communication
(94%), Innovation (94%), Visionary (88%). Weakness: Focus (44%)
Leadership Self Assessment Test: Communication and feedback 3/5; Knowledge of
Leadership styles: 5/5; Performance management 5/5; Motivating people 5/5; Workplace
culture 5/5; Trust and Fairness 5/5.

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5. Leadership Experience
Leadership Experiences to date:
Activities Activity type Period Date
Team building activity Professional
development
Nursing training 2012-2013
Presentation and
Seminars
Course Nursing Training and
Management Training
2013-2014
Managing
Organizational
Performance
Professional
Development
Professional practice 2016-2017
Community service Community service Professional practice 2016-2017
Team Building Activity (professional skills development experience)
Professional Development Experience: During my academic discourse while training
as a professional nurse, I was involved in different seminar activities where I had to make
academic presentations on various topics and engage in workshops with a team. During such
activities, I was able to lead the team, giving them directions and guidance on how to proceed
with the presentations and workshops. My academic knowledge and communication skills
proved to be a significant strength that helped me provide guidance to others and develop
effective team coordination. These skills also helped me conduct the presentations in the
seminars in an eloquent way and involve better participation in the workshops (Shuffler et al.,
2018).
Presentation and Seminars