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, appointment does not guarantee leadership skills.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 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\u2019s StrengthsFinder assessment. This assessment will identify your personal strengths, which have been shown to improve motivation, engagement, and academic self-conference. Through this assessment, you will discover your top five themes\u2014which you can reflect upon and use to leverage your talents for optimal success and examine how the results relate to your leadership traits.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Complete the\u202f<\/span>StrengthsFinder<\/span><\/b>\u202fassessment instrument, per the instructions found in this Module’s Learning Resources.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Please Note:<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u202fThis Assessment will take roughly 30 minutes to complete.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n NOTE: Please keep your report. You will need your results for future courses. Technical Issues with Gallup:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n If you have technical issues after registering, please contact the Gallup Education Support group by phone at +1.866-346-4408. Support is available 24 hours\/day from 6:00 p.m. Sunday U.S. Central Time through 5:00 p.m. Friday U.S. Central Time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Post<\/span><\/b>\u202fa 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.\u202f<\/span>Note: Be sure to attach your Signature Theme Report to your Discussion post.\u202f<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Respond<\/span><\/b>\u202fto at least\u202f<\/span>two<\/span><\/b>\u202fof your colleagues\u202f<\/span>on two different days<\/span><\/b>\u202fby making recommendations for how they might strengthen the leadership behaviors profiled in their StrengthsFinder assessment, or by commenting on lessons to be learned from the results that can be applied to personal leadership philosophies and behaviors.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Click on the\u202f<\/span>Reply<\/span><\/b>\u202fbutton below to reveal the textbox for entering your message. Then click on the\u202f<\/span>Submit<\/span><\/b>\u202fbutton to post your message.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In completing the Clifton Strengths Assessment and learning my top five dominant themes of talent, which include in the order learner, responsibility, achiever, relator, and belief (Gallup & Rath, 2007). I knew I had always loved learning but never related being a learner to strength in leadership or a theme of talent. Of course, nursing is where we never stop learning. To bring the most recent evidence-based care, we must continuously learn. Being responsible has always been a core value. I respect others that are responsible and demand responsibility in myself; I have always believed everyone should finish what they start. Being an achiever surprised me even though I love accomplishing things and feel I cannot do enough for my team, family, friends, and especially my patients. To me, this was just being myself. I have always wanted to be a nurse, and I believe that when you are responsible for others, you must give 100 plus percent. Overall, the Clifton Strengths Assessment surprised me with how well it fits the core values I have always believed in.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The strengths and core values I would like to continue to build on are responsibility and the learner. Being responsible is a characteristic every nurse and every leader should possess as nurse leaders must be able to empower our team to adapt quickly to changing protocols and procedures. Being responsible is a trait of a transformational leader who leads by example and sets the exact expectations for the team (Collins et al., 2020). \u202fI want to build on my strength as a learner. For one, I love learning, and as a leader, I would inspire my team to continue learning and growing. Transformational leaders inspire others to reach for their goals or to develop new goals by coaching and empowering the team members to grow (Collins et al., 2020). The transformational leadership style has increased job satisfaction and decreased organizational turnover. Recent studies have shown that employees are more involved and want to achieve, are willing to participate, and are more accepting of change and learning. (Martins Abelha et al., 2018). These are the same traits and characteristics I want my patients to see in me as a nurse practitioner in primary care. These core strengths would help my patients believe in me and know that I want the best care for them and my team.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Collins, E., Owen, P., Digan, J., & Dunn, F. (2020). Applying transformational leadership in nursing practice.\u202f<\/span>Nursing Standard<\/span><\/i>,\u202f<\/span>35<\/span><\/i>(5), 59\u201366.\u202f<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7748\/ns.2019.e11408<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Gallup, & Rath, T. (2007).\u202f<\/span>Strength Finders 2.0<\/span><\/i>. United States: Gallup Press.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Martins Abelha, D., C\u00e9sar da Costa Carneiro, P., & Cavazotte, F. (2018). Transformational leadership and job satisfaction: Assessing the influence of organizational contextual factors and individual characteristics.\u202f<\/span>Review of Business Management<\/span><\/i>,\u202f<\/span>20<\/span><\/i>(4), 516\u2013532.\u202f<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.7819\/rbgn.v0i0.3949<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u202f<\/span>\u202fsignature-theme-501-0-78153452-20220927182843873000000-pHrndm.pdf<\/span><\/a>\u202f(236.255 KB)\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Great job describing your top themes from the assessment. I noticed we share the achiever and learner themes. Something beneficial I read in Rath (2007) that can help strengthen the achiever theme is remembering to build celebration into our lives as we accomplish things because achievers tend to move right along to the next undertaking without acknowledging successes. I found myself reflecting on some significant accomplishments of mine and realizing that I had, in fact, not celebrated or taken the time to recognize the work I put into those victories.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The belief theme is one I do not share with you, but as I read the description and reflected on your discussion post, I thought it sounded pretty accurate. For example, you mentioned that you have always wanted to be a nurse. Being a nurse, while rewarding, can be challenging, and Rath (2007) notes that for those with the belief theme, their work must be meaningful and matter to them. With that in mind, one way to strengthen this leadership behavior is to ensure that you take time to balance your work with your home life. This is crucial because, as Lonska et al. (2021) point out, a work-life imbalance can negatively affect work sustainability and employees’ physical and mental health.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Lonska, J., Mietule, I., Litavniece, L., Arbidane, I., Vanadzins, I., Matisane, L., & Paegle, L. (2021). Work-life balance of the employed population during the emergency situation of COVID-19 in Latvia.\u202f<\/span>Frontiers in Psychology, 12<\/span><\/i>(1), Article e682459.\u202f<\/span>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2021.682459<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Rath, T. (2007).\u202f<\/span>Strengthsfinder 2.0.\u202f<\/span><\/i>Gallup Press.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It was interesting to read about your talent for learning. Learning is definitely a talent that I would love to cultivate within myself. I probably should\u2019ve written about learning in my discussion, but instead chose to touch on two other areas I would like to see improved. Learning involves discovery and the problem I have is that I don\u2019t want to discover anything I am not interested in. \u201cNurses entering practice today must be prepared to meet continually increasing demands for rapid-cycle improvement within a turbulent environment of shifting demographics, advancing technology, and diminishing resources.\u201d (Fischer, S. 2017) There is no way a nurse can prepare for these demands unless they are open to the never-ending process of learning. \u201cHealth care professionals need to update their skills regularly and continuing education, or continued professional development (CPD) enables the renewal and updating of skills in health care settings.\u201d (Mlambo et al., 2021)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"NURS](\"http:\/\/nursingassignmentcrackers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Capture-3-4-300x92.png\")
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