Discussion: NURS 6053 Systems Leadership

Discussion: NURS 6053 Systems Leadership

Systems Leadership

Organizational leadership is an essential determinant of institutional progress and change management. According to Cakir & Adiguzel (2020), leadership entails “the process or facilitating individual and collective effects to understand and influence the people to realize what is to be done and how and to realize the shared objectives” (p. 2). The competence to influence follows and enhances their motivation to pursue collective efforts requires leaders to possess and demonstrate unique values, strengths, and characteristics. Specchia et al. (2021) contend that empathy, listening skills, charismatic influence, effective communication, and conveying a sense of loyalty through shared goals are among a good leader’s characteristics, strengths, and values. To determine personal leadership values, strengths, and characteristics, it is vital to conduct individual assessments and identify areas of improvement.

After conducting the StrenthsFinder assessment of my leadership strengths, core values, and strengths, the results revealed that I am self-assured (self-confident), commanding, able to establish connections, willing to learn, and an activator. Self-assurance is a strength that enables me to withstand many different pressures and maintain the course (Gallup, 2022). A commanding attribute allows me to impose views on others and be truthful to others. Thirdly, establishing connections facilitates interpersonal collaboration and competence in developing high-performing teams.

Equally, readiness to learn is a vital attribute that bolsters my confidence and enables me to engage in adult learning experiences. Also, it contributes to the ongoing enhancement of knowledge, awareness, and experience consistent with ever-changing organizational contexts. Finally, being an activator enables me to effectively initiate and facilitate organizational change by obtaining employees’ buy-in and role modeling.

Besides the top five themes of my leadership strengths, the Gallup assessment revealed various leadership values and characteristics. My leadership values include passion, commitment, respect, self-confidence, and resilience. On the other hand, my leadership characteristics are passion, integrity, honesty, strong convictions, and the determination to learn. Although I possess the attributes of a great leader, there are some areas for improvement and development. Firstly, I should emphasize effective communication with other professionals before initiating the change process.

Secondly, I should address the “impatient to change” characteristic because it may lead to hastened decisions and the implementation of counterproductive interventions. According to Broome & Marshall (2021), leaders should demonstrate various competencies, including communication and relationship-building, professionalism, business skills, situational awareness, compassion, reliability, and trustworthiness. As a result, improving the identified characteristics will bolster my leadership attributes and competencies.

While improving my communication skills and patience, adopting aspects of transformational leadership, including individualized consideration, inspirational motivation, intellectual motivation, and idealized influence, is essential. Equally, implementing various communication and relationship management strategies, including self-awareness, self-management of emotions, and empathy, will motivate others to participate and influence decisions. As a result, it will be possible to affect change effectively and avoid hastened, informed decisions and practices.

References

Cakir, F. S., & Adiguzel, Z. (2020). Analysis of leader effectiveness in organization and knowledge sharing behavior on employees and organization. SAGE Open, 10(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020914634

Gallup. (2022). The 34 Cliftonstrengths themes explain your talent DNA. https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/253715/34-cliftonstrengths-themes.aspx

Marshall, E. S., & Broome, M. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). Springer Publishing Company, LLC.

Specchia, M. L., Cozzolino, M. R., Carini, E., Di Pilla, A., Galletti, C., Ricciardi, W., & Damiani, G. (2021). Leadership styles and nurses’ job satisfaction. Results of a systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1552. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041552

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Your Leadership Profile
Do you believe you have the traits to be an effective leader? Perhaps you are already in a supervisory role, but as has been discussed previously, an appointment does not guarantee leadership skills.

How can you evaluate your own leadership skills and behaviors? You can start by analyzing your performance in specific areas of leadership. In this Discussion, you will complete Gallup’s StrengthsFinder assessment. This assessment will identify your personal strengths, which have improved motivation, engagement, and academic self-conference. Through this assessment, you will discover your top five themes—which you can reflect upon and use to leverage your talents for optimal success, and examine how the results relate to your leadership traits.

To Prepare:

Complete the StrengthsFinder assessment instrument, per the instructions found in this Module\’s Learning Resources.

Please Note: I will send the Assessment as an attachment. Thanks

Once you have completed your assessment, you will receive your “Top 5 Signature Themes of Talent” on your screen.

Click the Download button below Signature Theme Report, and then print and save the report. We also encourage you to select the Apply tab to review action items.
NOTE: Please keep your report. You will need your results for future courses.

Reflect on the results of your Assessment, and consider how the results relate to your leadership traits.
Download your Signature Theme Report to submit for this Discussion.

Post a brief description of your results from the StrengthsFinder assessment. Then, briefly describe two core values, two strengths, and two characteristics that you would like to strengthen based on the results of your StrengthsFinder assessment. Be specific. Note: Be sure to attach your Signature Theme Report to your Discussion post.