Goal:
To assess own leadership skills.
Content Requirements:
- Analysis of leadership’s skills using Foundation of Nursing Leadership – What is your leadership styleLinks to an external site..
- Identification of strengths and opportunities for improvement based on self-assessment.
- Action plan to address self-assessment capitalizing on strengths and addressing opportunities for improvement.
To assess your leadership skills, you can follow these steps:
1. Analysis of Leadership Skills
Use the “Foundations of Nursing Leadership” framework and the resource “What is your leadership style” to analyze your leadership skills. This involves identifying your dominant leadership style, understanding how it affects your interactions with others, and evaluating its effectiveness in various situations.
Leadership Styles
- Transformational Leadership: Inspires and motivates team members to innovate and create change that will help grow and shape the future success of the organization.
- Transactional Leadership: Focuses on the role of supervision, organization, and group performance; rewards and punishments are used to motivate employees.
- Democratic Leadership: Involves team members in the decision-making process, ensuring that everyone feels valued and heard.
- Autocratic Leadership: Involves making decisions without input from others; a very hands-on approach where the leader has significant control.
- Laissez-Faire Leadership: Offers minimal supervision and allows team members to make most decisions; relies on the expertise and experience of the team.
2. Identification of Strengths and Opportunities for Improvement
Based on your self-assessment, identify your strengths and areas where you can improve.
Strengths
- Effective Communication: Ability to convey ideas clearly and concisely.
- Empathy: Understanding and being sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of others.
- Decisiveness: Ability to make quick and effective decisions.
- Inspirational: Ability to motivate and inspire team members towards a common goal.
Opportunities for Improvement
- Conflict Resolution: Enhancing skills to manage and resolve conflicts effectively.
- Delegation: Improving the ability to delegate tasks appropriately and effectively.
- Adaptability: Increasing flexibility and adaptability to change.
- Feedback: Providing constructive feedback that promotes growth and improvement.
3. Action Plan
Develop an action plan that capitalizes on your strengths and addresses the opportunities for improvement. This should include specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals.
Example Action Plan
- Goal 1: Improve conflict resolution skills
- Action Steps:
- Attend a workshop on conflict resolution.
- Practice active listening in meetings.
- Implement mediation techniques in team conflicts.
- Timeline: 3 months
- Action Steps:
- Goal 2: Enhance delegation abilities
- Action Steps:
- Identify tasks suitable for delegation.
- Train team members to handle delegated tasks.
- Monitor progress and provide feedback.
- Timeline: 2 months
- Action Steps:
- Goal 3: Increase adaptability to change
- Action Steps:
- Participate in change management training.
- Implement small changes in daily routines to build adaptability.
- Encourage a flexible mindset within the team.
- Timeline: 4 months
- Action Steps:
- Goal 4: Provide constructive feedback
- Action Steps:
- Learn techniques for giving constructive feedback.
- Practice giving feedback in a positive and encouraging manner.
- Seek feedback on your feedback style to improve.
- Timeline: 1 month
- Action Steps:
Conclusion
By analyzing your leadership style, identifying strengths and areas for improvement, and creating a detailed action plan, you can enhance your leadership skills and effectiveness. Regular self-assessment and adaptation will help you grow as a leader and contribute positively to your team’s success.