In 2008, the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF) partnered with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to launch a two-year initiative to “assess and transform the nursing profession”. A report titled “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” was produced that is to serve as a “blue-print” for nursing’s future. Through this committee, four key messages were developed to structure the recommendations of the report. Three of these messages will be discussed here. (The future,
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connecting with friends, shopping, and even booking hotels and vacations are done online. With these advancements site like Facebook and Twitter have been created to connect and meet new people. A site has even been created, Linkedin, for business professionals to connect and is even a walking resume. Along with social media sites like these there have been travel sites created as well to make vacation booking easier, more efficient, and faster for today’s people. Consumers rely on websites like this
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------------------------------------------------- Professional Presence and Influence A brief synopses of the person I believe that I am at the present time and a look at the team member and leader that I aspire to become. ------------------------------------------------- Professional Presence and Influence A brief synopses of the person I believe that I am at the present time and a look at the team member and leader that I aspire to become. Catrina Coleman 000410159 GRAD 0714 Catrina
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Week Eight Assignment Tracey Petersen MAOL 545 June 2015 Mentoring is the “in” thing (Colley, 2000). It has become highly popular in professional settings in the last decade. According to The Center for Creative Leadership, “77 % of U.S. companies have implemented formal mentoring programs (Karasik, 2010). In the current global professional climate, it seems that our employees and team members are our greatest assets (www.mentoringtalent.com). Mentoring programs can enable team members to
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system is based on the idea that a professional should be evaluated by colleagues from all levels of hierarchy, be it superiors, peers or subordinates. This is an innovation, compared to the previous system, according to which the evaluation of a professional was performed by a group of professionals, superior to him/her in the hierarchy. The 360 degree title refers to the periphery of a circle that encompasses the individual, which is exactly the sum of professionals, of all ranks, who can provide
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do your best work and do you feel valued as an employee in the organization? A general definition of teamwork is the process of a group of people working together (often by dividing tasks among members based on relative skills) to reach a common goal, to solve a particular problem, or to achieve a specified set of results. Effective teamwork stems from the productivity of a group. A group consists of people working in the same room, or on a common project (Blair, 1991). Within this group, strong
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Lawrence O.W. Lingad OSCA No.: 4635 M5.31 Managing Own Continuing Professional Development __________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Be able to review personal and work-related development experiences, aims, objectives and priorities. 2.1 Evaluate prior learning and work-related experience to identify personal strength and weaknesses in self-development. Humans by nature never stop learning; we undertake learning at different stages of
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A strong Professional Development Plan is an essential asset to succeeding in any career, especially one as an educator. Such a plan not only improves initial employability but also works as a guide for motivation, direction, and self-improvement throughout one’s career. A well-designed plan includes specific career and education goals as well as an action plan for achieving those goals. For a Professional Development Plan to be effective, continual evaluation needs to be conducted to monitor personally
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A professional portfolio is a visual presentation about who you are and how qualified you are as an educator. It reflects all of an educator’s accomplishments, skills, and experiences over an extended time period. A professional portfolio is well-organized and it showcases your work and your abilities which include: a resume, quality of professional learning, training and experiences, artifacts demonstrating professional knowledge, and any other performances or dispositions you have attained. A professional
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it will be more geared towards explaining a more formal leadership role. Additionally a personal experience will be included to assist in this understanding. Management Defined Management is responsible for the communication with higher cooperate professionals on a regular basis, about the status of the companies goals and objectives. Management reports back to these individuals about the status of goals being met and any necessary issues or concerns that may have been presented throughout
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