...My Leadership SMART Goal Leadership development is one of the many pertinent skills that nurses has to master in congruent with the dynamic and fast changing healthcare system, in order to provide an effective and safe patient care. Part of effective leadership is setting a goal that is achievable and realistic for the team or group in order to reach a desired outcome. Using a SMART-formatted goal ensures that the desired outcome is achievable, hence the meaning of SMART goal, Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time bound. To help with my leadership development in the care of my patients, I will focus my SMART goal on improving my leadership skills in patient education particularly with pain management on post-surgical patients since I take care of a lot of post-surgical patients. This goal is in line with one of the Institute of Medicine’s core competencies for health clinicians that states to provide patient-centered care. I will achieve my goal with some help from a team member at work. Nurses and other health care professionals are expected to provide care that is effective, safe, and patient-centered. One of the core competencies that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) set for healthcare professionals is to provide patient-centered care. Providing a care that is patient-centered focuses on including the patients in their plan of care, recognize, and respect their needs, values and preferences. Open communication with the patients and collaborative care is also...
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...Running head: PROFESSIONAL SMART GOAL PAPER Professional SMART Goal Paper Themdoung Tusitanonkul University of Phoenix Transition to Baccalaureate Studies NSG/301 Lynda White February 22, 2016 Professional SMART Goal Paper My Professional goal is to develop strong leadership skills when I graduate from the University of Phoenix. I want an opportunity to learn, grow and advance my knowledge and skills, and I believe this program will help me obtain this. Leadership skills are crucial to be successful in the ever-changing healthcare environment. To achieve this goal, and be successful in this program, I will keep up with all reading materials, participate in class activities, turn in assignments promptly and obtain a grade of C or higher in each class. Writing assignments are very tough for me. Therefore I might have to take extra writing classes to help me get through this program. However, I believe the more I read and write papers, the easier it will become. I plan on completing this program and obtain my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) by October 2017. Once I graduate with a BSN degree, I hope that I can advance my career and obtain a leadership positon at my current place of employment. Leadership skills play a critical role in decision making and assist in the development of quality improvement in various health care settings. To achieve effective Leadership practices, there should be a shift from hierarchical approaches to a leadership style that encourages...
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...Introduction The purpose of the paper is to perform an assessment of my leadership practices and skill. I will evaluate my strengths, weaknesses, and plan for improvement. I show my leadership style is situational leadership and show evidence of the leadership. In my evaluation I will use the Seven Habits Profile to determine my good habits and what habits need improvement. Self-Assessment of Leadership Practices Seven Habits Profile and Findings A step in determining what my leadership style is and how to improve on it was to take the Seven Habits Profile. After completed the Seven Habits Profile I discovered what areas I do well in and what areas I need work. I was surprised on some of the results noting what my strengths and weaknesses. After reviewing each habit it became clear why I score was high and low in an area. In reviewing my high scores it indicated that have a good emotional bank account, begin with the end in mind, and have life balance. In this section I will discuss what the results might indicate about my leadership practices today and in the future. One of the habits that I rated high on was that of emotional bank account. Scoring high in this area is shows that my positive attributes are understanding, keeping commitments, and show integrity. I believe this reflects my leadership style. I am empathic with staff who are learning new information. I am an empathic listener. When you do your best for the people that you lead they do the...
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...Describe and evaluate the leadership style and management activities of a nurse in leadership and management roles. OBJECTIVES: 1. Describe the structure of a health care organization. 2. Discuss the decision making process in the organization. 3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the leadership style and management activities of a nurse (your Nurse Manager Preceptor and your Charge Nurse preceptor) in a leadership or management role. 4. Discuss the effect of the changes in the health care environment locally and nationally on the health care organization. 5. Use at least five (5) sources. * Each source must be cited in the paper at least once. * At least 2 of the sources must be from the professional literature, e.g. refereed journals or management books. * Other sources may include your text, facility website, professional websites. Although much information will come from personal communication from your instructor and your preceptors, it does not count as one of the 5 sources since it cannot appear on your reference page (it is not retrievable information). * List sources on a separate page (“References”) at the end of the assignment. You must have at least 5 references. Student Name: Criteria Description | Points Received | Healthcare Organization –25 points 1. Facility Facts 2. Budget 3. Current Trends 4. Quality/Patient SafetyCompletes facts portion; completes budget facts & identifies development participants; discusses...
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...SMART Goals and Self Leadership Goals Thomas B. Joyce II Grand Canyon University: MGT-605 February 12th, 2013 As I get older and talk with more highly motived individuals, one thing I can recognize is they all have goals in life. Ken Blanchard stated, “All great performance starts with the setting of goals (GCU, 2013). With that being said, I thought deeper into what I wanted out of life, and what I needed to do to achieve this. In addition, I am now able to apply my knowledge of SMART goals, and identify my developmental level with each goal to reveal my motivation and competence (Blanchard, 2010). Applying this I am going to first explore my personal goal of spending more quality time with my eight year old daughter, discuss my educational goal of earning a 4.0 GPA in my graduate program, and my professional goal of becoming a University Development Manager for my company. As a single father, I’m continually noticing my quality time diminishing with my 8 year old daughter. Between my job that needs my attention in the day and night, being in Graduate school, cooking, cleaning, and helping her with her homework, I’m finding that there are not enough hours in the day to spend time with her on a personal level. I used to spend approximately 15 quality hours a week with her. Now I’m lucky to get 4 hours in a weeks’ time. She’s still a straight “A” student, but I can tell she is wanting more time with her daddy, and it hurts me not to have enough time to give...
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...Communication Development Plan Andrea Etchen LDR 5223 Dr. Angie Sokol April 30, 2016 Communication Development Plan Introduction The fundamental foundation in the Leadership Communication textbook is that “effective leadership depends on effective communication” (Barrett, 2014, p. 4). Without effective communication, leaders accomplish little (Barrett, 2014, p. 4). The lack of communication from a leader, makes him or her not a leader (Barrett, 2014, p. 4). Mastering communication for leadership allows for leaders to move into leadership positions and lead a group to a common goal (Barrett, 2014, p. 5). Effective leadership communication requires the leader to anticipate, transmit, appreciate, understand, and craft messages to reach the wanted recipient as intended (Barrett, 2014, p. 7). Current Assessment Leadership Communication Ethos/Image Based off of the Self-Assessment of Leadership Communication Capabilities, my leadership communication regarding ethos and image are acceptable, but could be worked on as I scored a 3.5/5.0 (Self-Assessment of Leadership Communication Capabilities). This result showed me that my strengths were in relation to my understanding of how people viewed me and my willingness to improve. I am aware of myself enough to see how me leadership style is and how it affects others. But my weaknesses could hinder this, as I do not like to ask for opinions of my style and I lack confidence (Self-Assessment of Leadership Communication Capabilities)...
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...Self-Assessment of Leadership Practices In this paper, you will be introduced to my leadership self-assessment based on seven habits profile. I will share with you more in detail regarding my strengths, weaknesses and recommendations for leadership development. In the end, I will present you with SMART goals in order to support my future goals. Seven Habits Profile and Findings Seven habits profile is a self-scoring statement form. Using the best judgment, reading each statement, I circled the number that indicated how well I perform in each of the eight listed categories. After completing the seven habits profile, I ranked as follows: OUSTANDING (17 points) Emotional Bank Account Think Win-Win Seek First to Understand Synergize VERY GOOD (15 points) Be Proactive Put First Things First Sharpen the Saw VERY GOOD (14 points) Life Balance Begin with the End in Mind I have chosen to group the results based on the number of points. My results of seven habits profile indicate that I am people-oriented person rather than task oriented person. Indeed, throughout my working life, I made individual decisions to step out of career path and instead serve others as a lay missionary or volunteer. Following the dream to explore and discover the world, I also dedicated one entire working year to just traveling, meeting with people from different cultures. The results of seven habits profile also shows the opportunities for my future...
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...Five keys to a Livable Future Will the leaders answer the call? Will we act for the children? Are we able to save the universe? Background Climate change is one of the greatest dangers facing the planet. Due to human made green house gas emissions, from a decade to another global average temperature is increasing, sea level is rising, world hunger is increasing and super-storms spawned putting our present and future under a serious threat decreasing the possibility for our children and grandchildren for living in livable cities. At World Economic forum 2014 held in Davos on the 24th & 25th of January 2014, the climate change was at the top of the agenda. “In corporate boardrooms and the offices of CEOs, climate change is a real and present danger. It threatens to disrupt the water supplies and supply chains of companies as diverse as Coca-Cola and ExxonMobil. Rising sea levels and more intense storms put their infrastructure at risk, and the costs will only get worse,” Jim Yong Kim the President of World Bank said. Jim Yong Kim, the 12th President of World Bank called on the government leaders and Institutional investors for a serious act toward the climate change danger and climate mitigation and adaptation projects before it’s too late. “The leaders here in Davos, both from the private sector and from governments, have in their power to act in substantive ways. Now is the time to act for future generations before it is too late.” (Jim Yong Kim, 2014) Kim...
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...Program Agenda Print Leadership Development: Building Your Personal Plan Lisa B. Horowitz Senior Manager of Professional Development ABA Commission on Women Women in Law Leadership Academy March 31, 2006 www.mwe.com Boston Brussels Chicago Düsseldorf London Los Angeles Miami Milan Munich New York Orange County Rome San Diego Silicon Valley Washington, D.C. © 2004 McDermott Will & Emery McDermott operates its practice through separate legal entities in each of the countries where it has offices. Introduction “Leadership means not only having a dream but claiming that dream and the role you want to play in it” » Bennis and Goldsmith, Learning to Lead p. 132 www.mwe.com Overview What is leadership planning and why do it? 6 Step Planning Process – Individual Preparation, Goal setting, Action planning and beyond! Getting started – Exercises – Initial plan www.mwe.com What is Leadership Planning? www.mwe.com Why Develop a Leadership Plan? Benefits Challenges www.mwe.com Why develop a Leadership Plan? Written leadership plan is the vehicle through which you: – Articulate your vision – Define specific annual goals – Commit to specific action steps to be achieved within a set time period www.mwe.com Planning Process Step 1—Individual preparation/self-assessment Step 2—Articulate vision Step 3—Got Goals! Step 4—Action plan your way to success Step 5—Communicate your plan Step 6—Monitor progress www.mwe.com Step 1: Individual...
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...Productivity frontier 1 mission, company 1 vision company 1 Strategic planning process 1 Leadership vs management 1 management vs leadership 1 Leadership definition 1 ethics and leadership 1 leadership and ethics 1 Friedman, 1 neoclassical economy 1 Sociioeconomic view of ethics 1 Stratetgy approaches 1 Appraoches to strategy 1 Rational approach, strategy 1 Ansoff 1 Processual approach 1 Loigcal incrementalism 1 planning vs crafting 1 crafting vs planning 1 Rational approach vs processual 1 evolutionary approach 1 Systemic approach 1 Startegic thinking 1 Strategic thinks vs planning 1 Startegic planning vs thinking 1 thinking vs planning 1 planning vs thinking 1 Fit vs stretch 1 Stretch vs fit 1 Levels of strategy 1 strategy level 1 Corporate strategy 1 Business strategy 1 functional strategy 1 global context of business 1 globalisation drivers 1 Competitive forces 1 technological forces 1 social forces 1 political forces 1 Globalisation challenges 1 Competition 1 distribution 1 macro-economic 1 socio-economic 1 financial 1 legal 1 Physical 1 Political 1 sociocultural 1 labour 1 technological forces 1 Globalisation benefits 1 costs benefits 1 timing benefits 1 learning benefits 1 arbitrage benefits 1 Role of accountant in strategy development 1 accountant role in startegic development 1 Comments 19 art of planning and conducting a war; "strategy is the art of using...
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...provides a deep focus on the product research. Apple Company has faced several challenges and also competition in the smart phones and tablets. The development strategies of Apple help the underlying company to become successful in the market place. Apple provides a deep focus on creativity and designing of the products because the consumers are more conscious about the design of the products. Also, the innovation in the products helps the underlying company in its success (Gómez Cruz et.al, 2012...
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...controlling. In the Organizing section, the organizational chart of ACMC QA is the one analyzed. In the Leading section, both Leadership and Motivation are analyzed. Strengths and weaknesses are identified in the analysis. To conclude the report, these strengths and weaknesses are prioritized and matched to optimize their usefulness. Before the analysis, it is important to note that there are actually five leadership positions the ACMC QA and that these positions, and not of the ACMC QA Manager alone is analyzed. The five leadership positions are: the QA Manager (QAM), the Out-going QA Supervisor (OQA), the In-Process Quality Control Supervisor (QCS), the Customer Quality Engineering Team Leader (QETL), and the Improvements Quality Engineering Team Leader (QITL). The supervisors and team leaders are direct reports of the QA manager. They are held by low to medium grade level staff and not by managers. And although, it does not seem fair to evaluate these staffs in terms of management, the author’s (the QAM) purpose of making the evaluation is not to appraise their individual performance but to know the weaknesses of the ACMC QA section so that the section may develop further, especially in terms of the first-line managing staff. B. Planning A graphical representation of the ACMC QA planning cycle is shown in Figure 1. The ideal case should be that goal and strategies effectively go down the chain-of-command and that feedback should also be given going up also effectively...
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...destination for a do the job and also to provide our own towns like a determined corporate citizen. Vision: The eye-sight would be to provide our own leadership stature, make a distinction all of us through our own rivals along with bolster explanation for retaining the actual travelling vehicle financially practical along with socially satisfactory. Goals: Objectives of Enterprise Rent-A-Car: Strategy: Capability: A strategy is the plan by which objectives will be put into action. An objective is a goal, it is what the business intends to achieve in the long-term and is consistent with its vision. Objectives might include targets such as increasing profit, increasing market share or reducing the company’s impact on the environment. A tried and tested tool when setting objectives is to try to make them SMART. The letters of the acronym ‘SMART’ stand for: Specific, Measurable, Agreed (or Achievable), Realistic and Time-specific. By setting SMART objectives, it’s easier to assess whether or not those objectives have been achieved, and, if not, enables changes to be made to bring the business back on track. Enterprise has many SMART objectives for the business as a whole, as well as within each of its branches. For instance, Enterprise set itself the aim of expansion by increasing its operations in Europe by 2012. SMART objectives associated with this were to acquire two leasing/rental businesses by 2012 in France and Spain. This led to Enterprise buying Citer SA and...
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...My Leadership Practices and Future C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People September 19th, 2014 My Leadership Practices and Future This following will outline my personal leadership practices and potential future leadership. To analyze my leadership qualities I will use the Seven Habits Profile and a leadership theory to determine my strengths, weaknesses, and areas of opportunity for improvement. In conclusion, I will determine the best recommendations for long-term improvement as well as SMART goals, or short-term courses of action, for leadership improvement. Seven Habits Profile The Seven Habits Profile revealed that I rank as outstanding in two categories, very good in six categories, and good in just one category. This seems to highlight what I am most exemplary at in terms of leadership, what I am just proficient at, and what presents itself as an opportunity for improvement. The main two strengths include having a work-life balance and being a proactive problem solver. An area of opportunity as indicated by the profile would be having the ability to synergize which is a combination of seeking the views of others and making creative decisions. The two strengths point to qualities I have constantly tried to improve upon. Earlier in my career, I was a bit of a workaholic and tended to bring work home with me. This resulted in a dismal personal life which eventually permeated negativity into my professional life as well. In light of...
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...management performance 1.1 Describe the goals and objectives of your organisation Every organisation that wishes to accomplish something has to set both aims and objectives. An aim is an expression of a long term purpose or goal which should take the organisation forward and give direction. Goals are general in nature and are more about everything that may be accomplished on that journey rather than just about reaching the final desired distant point. Objectives are the series of steps needed to achieve the goal. Objectives are more specific and can be short or long term. To be effective objectives need to be SMART. * Specific - Say who, what where how * Measurable - Say when, how many * Attainable - Are something your group can do * Realistic - Capable of being achieved * Time-bound - Can get done within a time limit. (As cited in the ILM Booklet 1.) The two concepts of goals and objectives are separate but related. My interpretation of the relationship between goals and objectives is that goals without objectives can never be accomplished while objectives without goals will never get you to where you want to be. The Vision for the direction of the Comprehensive School is set out using a strategic approach in the School Improvement Plan (SIP). Although the terminology used within the plan does not use the terms ‘goals’ and ‘objectives’ the purpose is the same with strategic intentions ( or long term goals) broken down into themes. Each theme...
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