Leadership Journal Template
Name:
Weeks Covering:
Preceptor/Mentor:
Clinical/Practicum Site:
Hours Worked (past 2 weeks): ___
Total Hours: ____/150 total of all hours worked up to this point
Practicum Activities Reflection:
In my practicum practice, I will be working with nurses within our facility to improve patient educ
ation and develop a positive healthcare team. These projects have been significant in understanding my team and developing a structure that meets the needs of each person. In the past two weeks, I have been able to observe numerous things connected to leadership. The flow of activities from the nurse leaders to the nurses has been important in comprehending the importance of having better leadership skills in health (Sanchez, 2019). This is because the styles have a direct effect on the patient outcome.
Leadership has a critical function in a healthcare organization, and it requires a good leader who can balance their emotions and those of the subjects. Leaders’ qualities should bind the organization in one accord and rally all subjects toward meeting the desired goals (Lee, 2019). The goals designed in healthcare directly impact the lives of people. Therefore, leadership in healthcare is all about developing and utilizing positive leadership traits. The relationship that nurse leaders developed with us during the practicum was the main motivation that triggered most of us to meet the goals at the institution. The leaders created a sense of belonging to us, allowing us to develop a team geared toward learning and meeting the needs of the patients. Emotional intelligence makes an effective leader because it gives these leaders the ability to develop and maintain a positive, productive, and efficient workplace while motivating employees.
During these two weeks, I was able to appreciate the importance of emotional intelligence in developing power among the subjects. Power in leadership appears in different forms. For instance, leaders using their positional power to coerce
subjects to work creates fear among employees. On the other hand, a leader can create power through understanding and respect (Lone et al., 2018). In such power dispensations, the subjects feel whatever the leader is feeling and would be working to meet the goals as they feel connected to the work. The ultimate power in leadership is the power given to the subjects. The positive relationship developed between employees and the managers allows them to bond and form a sense of belonging to an institution.
The current leadership model felt within the last two weeks has been inclining towards tapping on the employees’ emotional intelligence compared to their intelligence quotient. The significance of emotional intelligence appears in various leadership roles required in an organization. For instance, emotionally incompetent nursing behaviors can result in adverse consequences and hinder the teams’ ability to accomplish a specific goal (Ahmad et al., 2021). Managing nurses in healthcare institutions entails developing a close relationship with them, as this would be important in understanding the strength and weaknesses of each nurse. I would see within the two weeks the nurse leader showing love and friendship to nurses. For instance, the leader would always correct nurses without shouting and encouraging us that mistakes are possible, but we are looking forward to reducing mistakes in this industry.
The transformational leadership style is one of the styles that I was able to depict from the nurse leader during the practicum. The leading style of my preceptor was founded upon the impression that all workers should work as a team towards achieving the prime goal of an organization. Collaborative and transformative leaders share several traits: visionary, team-centric, engaging, inclusive, inspiring, and emotionally intelligent (Stoker et al., 2019). She believed that the skilled nurses need to teach the new nurses and create positive change within the healthcare. The transformational leadership style in this institution has the innate capacity to appreciate personnel, define each member’s goals and aspirations, and include all team members in bringing change. These leaders are able to balance extrinsic and intrinsic motivational factors on employees to register performance.
Another observation made during the practicum was the way in which the nurse leaders motivated employees and met them at their points of need. These leaders do not have the need to prove to their subjects that they possess strength, courage, and dedication to their subordinates. Through these actions, I became certain that leadership is about directing a team or an organization toward a shared goal while serving as a role model. In healthcare, it entails motivating, inspiring, and coordinating health providers and other support staff toward improving patients’ experience and clinical outcomes (Stoker et al., 2019). The ability to rise to levels of leadership in healthcare is about adopting suitable strategies and skills to help one win the loyalty and trust of colleagues and senior management. Besides, health care leadership is pivoted on the capacity to recognize priorities, offer tactical direction to numerous players within the health organization, and fashion commitment across the health segment to attend the primacies to enhance health services.
Application of Leadership:
Leadership has an immense effect on healthcare. The success that I was able to learn from my practice relies on the effective management strategies of the nurses. The need to transform healthcare by empowering employees also is able to align organizational mission and values and professional and personal ethics (Ahmad et al., 2021). The ultimate power within the organization focuses on developing an organizational culture that rallies all employees to meet the organization’s needs. However, the success of leadership in healthcare relies on the communication skills developed by the leaders (Stoker et al., 2019). As a leader, good communication skills, in this case, is practical in developing an effective organizational culture. The language developed by a leader defines the power of the leader. A better language that focuses on the proper communication channel to the nurses’ limits nurses from errors. The communication skills also enable leaders to understand how the leaders perceive things, their ideas, and opinions on the issues within the healthcare.
Healthcare leadership requires open-mindedness and critical listening skills when addressing specific concerns. The approach makes the individual feel valued withHealthcare leadership in the organization (Sanchez, 2019). Nurses undergo various issues that limit their ability to increase their output. The healthcare leadership need to have the ability to maintain the welfare of healthcare professional because they also have social problems affecting their daily duties. The power to develop healthy negotiation with the subjects increases transparency and the ability of the nurses to achieve the desired goals.
Practicum Project Preparation:
In preparing for the practicum project, there is a need to understand personal leadership style and how it would have an impact on the practicum. I am an authentic leader because of the leadership tasks have been handling in the past. This style is one of the tools I will be carrying out my project. My personal leadership will be significant in defining the need and direction of an organization. I will be delighted to assist others in doing the right thing. I will always be innovative, a quality recognized via my ability to set direction and create creative ideas that inspire others (Stoker et al., 2019).
I will engage my assigned preceptor to understand more about my practicum facility. The information shared by my preceptor would be important in designing my project to meet the design goals. While I am looking forward to enhancing my leadership skills, I will be open to learning important things in nursing (Ahmad et al., 2021). Understanding leadership from a collaborative approach would be significant in designing the success of a team or an organization. Understanding the expectation of the project before starting the project is important in developing an effective plan that allows one to meet the needs of the practicum.
I will have to realize that the comfort and success of the practicum start with me. Practicum project will be coming for the first time, where I will be fighting my anxiety and nervousness. This implies I will be starting the project from what I know while moving and learning the new things I do not know in healthcare. The confidence to undertake complex responsibilities in healthcare will rely on the confidence developed from the activities that I know (Ahmad et al., 2021). Besides, interacting more with my team and the supervisor would as well play a significant role in undertaking my practicum practice. The association developed among my team would as well allow me to practice my leadership skills and lead my team to success.
Leadership Video Reflection:
Servant leadership augments the culture. This stems from the culture that the manager has developed in the company. A culture giving employees the need to achieve their set goals in the presence or absence of motivation is one of the best cultures he created in the organization. The relationship that my manager has made with the employees has developed a culture of love that has proved to be having a significant effect on the company’s performance (Farrington & Lillah, 2018). What always inspires me from the manager is the words that he always uses when assigning tasks or asking employees to perform some tasks. From the time I joined the company, the manager has been using the language of “we.” For instance, he could say, “can we please sit and discuss some of this week’s sales and project our value in the market.” This kind of inclusive talk has been an inspiring element in my life as a worker in the company. I always feel as working in the company becoming so easy because every person, including the manager, is leading by an example.
In servant leadership, the leader believes that all employees have the ability to perform better, and it is thus upon the leader to offer the best environment that would allow the employees to unleash their full potential in the institution (Subramon et al., 2018). The cultures of the harmonious relationship between employees and the manager in the company are the main driving force that has been leading to better results registered by the company. The top-notch performance registered by a company stems from the qualities of servant leadership that the manager has been using in leading the subjects. The presence of a good servant leader in the company explains the reason behind the extraordinary performance that the organization has been having in the recent past.
References
Lee, Y. H. (2019). Emotional intelligence, servant leadership, and development goal orientation in athletic directors. Sport Management Review, 22(3), 395-406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2018.05.003
Lone, M. A., & Lone, A. H. (2018). Does emotional intelligence predict leadership effectiveness? An exploration in non-Western context. South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management, 5(1), 28-39. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2322093718766806
Stoker, J. I., Garretsen, H., & Soudis, D. (2019). Tightening the leash after a threat: A multi-level event study on leadership behavior following the financial crisis. The Leadership Quarterly, 30(2), 199-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.08.004
Subramony, M., Segers, J., Chadwick, C., & Shyamsunder, A. (2018). Leadership development practice bundles and organizational performance: The mediating role of human capital and social capital. Journal of Business Research, 83, 120-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.09.044
Farrington, S. M., & Lillah, R. (2018). Servant leadership and job satisfaction within private healthcare practices. Leadership in Health Services. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHS-09-2017-0056
Ahmad, N., Scholz, M., Arshad, M. Z., Jafri, S. K. A., Sabir, R. I., Khan, W. A., & Han, H. (2021). The inter-relation of corporate social responsibility at employee level, servant leadership, and innovative work behavior in the time of crisis from the healthcare sector of pakistan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), 4608. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094608
Sanchez, E. C. (2019). The effect of servant leadership on healthcare employee psychological safety and employee behaviours that lead to job thriving and performance (Master’s thesis, University of Twente). http://purl.utwente.nl/essays/79656
| Excellent | Good | Fair | Poor | ||
| Main Posting | 45 (45%) – 50 (50%)
Answers all parts of the discussion question(s) expectations with reflective critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge gained from the course readings for the module and current credible sources.
Supported by at least three current, credible sources.
Written clearly and concisely with no grammatical or spelling errors and fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style. |
40 (40%) – 44 (44%)
Responds to the discussion question(s) and is reflective with critical analysis and synthesis of knowledge gained from the course readings for the module.
At least 75% of post has exceptional depth and breadth.
Supported by at least three credible sources.
Written clearly and concisely with one or no grammatical or spelling errors and fully adheres to current APA manual writing rules and style. |
35 (35%) – 39 (39%)
Responds to some of the discussion question(s).
One or two criteria are not addressed or are superficially addressed.
Is somewhat lacking reflection and critical analysis and synthesis.
Somewhat represents knowledge gained from the course readings for the module.
Post is cited with two credible sources.
Written somewhat concisely; may contain more than two spelling or grammatical errors.
Contains some APA formatting errors. |
0 (0%) – 34 (34%)
Does not respond to the discussion question(s) adequately.
Lacks depth or superficially addresses criteria.
Lacks reflection and critical analysis and synthesis.
Does not represent knowledge gained from the course readings for the module.
Contains only one or no credible sources.
Not written clearly or concisely.
Contains more than two spelling or grammatical errors.
Does not adhere to current APA manual writing rules and style. |
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| Main Post: Timeliness | 10 (10%) – 10 (10%)
Posts main post by day 3. |
0 (0%) – 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) – 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
Does not post by day 3. |
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| First Response | 17 (17%) – 18 (18%)
Response exhibits synthesis, critical thinking, and application to practice settings.
Responds fully to questions posed by faculty.
Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by at least two scholarly sources.
Demonstrates synthesis and understanding of learning objectives.
Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues.
Responses to faculty questions are fully answered, if posed.
Response is effectively written in standard, edited English. |
15 (15%) – 16 (16%)
Response exhibits critical thinking and application to practice settings.
Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues.
Responses to faculty questions are answered, if posed.
Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by two or more credible sources.
Response is effectively written in standard, edited English. |
13 (13%) – 14 (14%)
Response is on topic and may have some depth.
Responses posted in the discussion may lack effective professional communication.
Responses to faculty questions are somewhat answered, if posed.
Response may lack clear, concise opinions and ideas, and a few or no credible sources are cited. |
0 (0%) – 12 (12%)
Response may not be on topic and lacks depth.
Responses posted in the discussion lack effective professional communication.
Responses to faculty questions are missing.
No credible sources are cited. |
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| Second Response | 16 (16%) – 17 (17%)
Response exhibits synthesis, critical thinking, and application to practice settings.
Responds fully to questions posed by faculty.
Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by at least two scholarly sources.
Demonstrates synthesis and understanding of learning objectives.
Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues.
Responses to faculty questions are fully answered, if posed.
Response is effectively written in standard, edited English. |
14 (14%) – 15 (15%)
Response exhibits critical thinking and application to practice settings.
Communication is professional and respectful to colleagues.
Responses to faculty questions are answered, if posed.
Provides clear, concise opinions and ideas that are supported by two or more credible sources.
Response is effectively written in standard, edited English. |
12 (12%) – 13 (13%)
Response is on topic and may have some depth.
Responses posted in the discussion may lack effective professional communication.
Responses to faculty questions are somewhat answered, if posed.
Response may lack clear, concise opinions and ideas, and a few or no credible sources are cited. |
0 (0%) – 11 (11%)
Response may not be on topic and lacks depth.
Responses posted in the discussion lack effective professional communication.
Responses to faculty questions are missing.
No credible sources are cited. |
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| Participation | 5 (5%) – 5 (5%)
Meets requirements for participation by posting on three different days. |
0 (0%) – 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) – 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) – 0 (0%)
Does not meet requirements for participation by posting on 3 different days. |
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| Total Points: 100 | |||||
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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question
- Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
- There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
- Include in-text citations in your response
- Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
- Follow APA-7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor
- A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
- Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
- Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
- Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
- Follow APA 7th edition
- Points will be deducted if the above is not followed
- Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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