Leadership Self-Assessment and Bolman & Deal Framework Analysis

This report reflects on a student's self-assessment of their nursing leadership skills. It begins with a leadership style survey, evaluating attributes like decision-making, employee engagement, and strategic approach. The student identifies strengths in areas such as employee engagement and time for considering suggestions, while recognizing areas for improvement in decision-making and guiding team members. The report then explores the Bolman and Deal's Four Framework Approach, analyzing structural, human resource, political, and symbolic frameworks. The student concludes that the structural framework is beneficial for systematizing tasks. The summary also references the importance of the problem-solving cycle, experimentation, and evaluation in enhancing leadership capabilities, drawing on insights from Komives (2016), Murphy and Johnson (2016), Rubens et al. (2018), and Ay, Karakaya and Yilmaz (2015). The report provides a comprehensive overview of leadership skills, highlighting the importance of self-awareness and strategic thinking in nursing management.

Running head: MANAGEMENT
Reflection on nursing leadership
Name of the student:
Name of the university:
Author note:

1
MANAGEMENT
Table of contents
Assessment scores......................................................................................................................2
Summary of the findings............................................................................................................4
References..................................................................................................................................5
Appendices.................................................................................................................................6
Appendix 1.............................................................................................................................6
Leadership self-assessment questionnaire..........................................................................6
Appendix 2.............................................................................................................................7
Bolman and deal four frame model....................................................................................7

2
MANAGEMENT
Assessment scores
Questionnaires are one of the means, which helps in conducting self-assessment. This
self-assessment is assistance in terms of improvising on the leadership skills, competencies
and abilities (Nwlink.com, 2019). The scope and arena of the questionnaires is the leadership
style beliefs. After taking the survey, I found that my score were as follows:
Attribute Score
Decision-making 4
Employee engagement 5
Voting for major decisions 3
Time for considering the suggestions 5
Considering employees ideas and input for
upcoming projects and plan
4
Strategic approach 4
Guiding the team members 3
Total 28
After undertaking the test, I have found that the highest scores are in the fields of
voting for decision-making and time for considering the suggestions provided by others and
engaging the team members in the mainstream activities. I consider this to be my greatest
strengths in terms of enhancing the leadership skills, competencies and abilities (Nwlink.com,
2019). On the other hand, the fields where my scores are low are decision-making, guiding
and supporting the team members through the exposure of strategic approach. These are the
areas, where I think improvements are needed.
Allowance to the employees 3

3
MANAGEMENT
Setting priorities 4
Monitoring 5
Total 12
On the contrary, I would award the score of 3 to the aspect of allowing the employees
to determine what they need to determine and the process. This is one of the areas, which I
the need to improve for earning their respect, loyalty and dependence. In terms of setting
priorities, my score is 4, as I lack strategic approach towards guiding the team members
according to the priorities (Nwlink.com, 2019). Monitoring score is 5, which I think needs to
be improved in terms of standards and quality. Therefore, my overall score in the leadership
style survey is 40, which indicates my normal leadership style of Authoritarian, participative
and Delegative.
I can also make mention of the Bolman and Deal’s Four Framework Approach to
leadership, which assesses the appropriateness of behaviour, which is needed for
accomplishing the leadership skills, abilities and competencies. Within this, there are four
frameworks: structural, human resource, political and symbolic. Structural framework is
based on the analysis and design of the approach towards executing the tasks. Human
resource framework relates with the participative leadership style, where the focus is on
engaging the team members into the process and practice (Nwlink.com, 2019). Coalition is
the main component of political framework. In case of symbolic framework, inspiration helps
in modifying the approach towards making the performance according to the requirements.
As my score in the leadership style survey is 40, therefore, I think structural framework is
beneficial in terms of systematizing the tasks in accordance to their priority. In this
framework, the process, which I need to follow is that of identification of a problem-selecting
the processes for solving the problem-analysing the feasibility of the selected process and

4
MANAGEMENT
designing the ways in which the problem can be solved for accomplishing the identified and
the specified goals (Nwlink.com, 2019).
Summary of the findings
Affirming with the arguments of Komives, (2016), lLeadership style survey is one of
the means, which acted assistance for me in terms of conducting self-assessment. The scores,
which I awarded to the attributes reflects my self-confidence, which is necessary for attaining
the leadership skills, abilities and competencies. I also feel that 16 Personality Tests would
have helped me to gain an insight into my strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats.
Along with this, Bolman and Deals’ four framework approach has enhanced my learning
style. I can cite the relevance of problem solving cycle in this context. This is in terms of the
steps, which helps in improvising on the behaviour towards approaching the tasks. I feel
detecting the issues is an effective means for achieving effective solutions. Murphy and
Johnson, (2016) is of the view that experimenting with the available solutions would enhance
the thinking skills and judgmental capabilities. Explorative approach in this context is
beneficial for me in terms of upgrading the creativity and imaginative thinking. For this,
Rubens et al., (2018) proposes that indulging into different types of activities is needed.
Evaluation of the selected process would help me to assess whether it is appropriate
for solving the problems. Taking into consideration, checklists and templates would be
effective for me to measure the extent to which the operations align with the identified and
the specified objectives. Maintaining consistency in executing the evaluation would upgrade
the standards and quality of the performance. Ay, Karakaya and Yilmaz, (2015) is of the view
that this upgradation is needed for altering the personality to that of a leader.

5
MANAGEMENT
References
Ay, F. A., Karakaya, A., & Yilmaz, K. (2015). Relations between self-leadership and critical
thinking skills. Procedia-social and Behavioral sciences, 207, 29-41.
[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.10.147]
Komives, S. R. (2016). Leadership for a better world: Understanding the social change model
of leadership development. John Wiley & Sons.
Murphy, S. E., & Johnson, S. K. (2016). Leadership and leader developmental self‐efficacy:
Their role in enhancing leader development efforts. New directions for student
leadership, 2016(149), 73-84. [https://doi.org/10.1002/yd.20163]
Nwlink.com (2019). Leadership style survey. Retrieved 18th August 2019 from
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/survstyl.html
Nwlink.com (2019). Learning Activity for Bolman and Deal's Four Framework Approach to
Leadership. Retrieved 18th August 2019 from
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/framwork.html
Rubens, A., Schoenfeld, G. A., Schaffer, B. S., & Leah, J. S. (2018). Self-awareness and
leadership: Developing an individual strategic professional development plan in an
MBA leadership course. The International Journal of Management Education, 16(1),
1-13. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2017.11.001]

6
MANAGEMENT
Appendices
Appendix 1
Leadership self-assessment questionnaire
Fig: Questions for leadership self-assessment
(Source: created by the author)

7
MANAGEMENT
Appendix 2
Bolman and deal four frame model
Fig: Bolman and deal four frame model
(Source: Ay, Karakaya & Yilmaz, 2015)