Self-Reflection: Leadership Skills in Healthcare Team Dynamics

This essay is a critical reflection on personal experiences in teamwork, focusing on leadership skills and roles, and demonstrating an understanding of leadership theories. The reflection uses Gibb’s reflection cycle (1988) to analyze a team-building exercise where the author's role, as defined by the Belbin personality scale, was team-worker and plant. The essay discusses a negative experience where the team divided, lacked cooperation and effective communication, and failed to complete the task. It reflects on the author's feelings of disappointment and missed opportunities to lead and problem-solve. The analysis connects these experiences to professional standards in healthcare, emphasizing shared leadership, effective communication, and the importance of teamwork for patient-centered care. The action plan focuses on developing leadership and communication skills to improve future teamwork and patient care, referencing a real-world example of the consequences of poor teamwork in healthcare.