Create an 8-10-page personal leadership portrait that reflects an in-depth assessment of your leadership skills and abilities.
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Introduction
Leadership may be one of the defining factors in influencing organizational culture. Leadership impacts quality of care and addresses the well-being and development of employees and those served. In health care, successful leadership is aligned with ensuring access to care, safety and quality of care, affordability, ethical practice, and creating a culture of inclusion that honors diversity.
The research reports a link between type of leadership and outcomes such as patient satisfaction, organizational performance, staff well-being, engagement, longevity in the field, and quality of care (West, Armit, Loewenthal, Eckert, West, & Lee, 2015). Effective leaders and their organizations deliver high quality and compassionate care that meets the needs of the population served.
The health care environment is complex, requiring leadership that is collaborative and embraces interprofessional communication and ethical practices. Leaders in the field must have a good understanding of the emerging health care market, be passionate about meeting the needs of the population served, and act as change agents, inspiring and motivating others in an organization that provides quality services at an affordable cost.
It is essential for leaders to be well versed in a range of areas (practice, research, education) as a means of effective engagement with interprofessional communities. Effective leaders have heightened awareness of self and leadership styles, leading to professional growth, career advancement, and the ability to develop ethical leaders for the future across fields of practice (nursing, health administration, public health).
This assessment provides an opportunity for you to create a portrait of the effective health care professional and leader you aspire to be.
Reference
West, M., Armit, K., Loewenthal, L., Eckert, R., West, T., & Lee, A. (2015). Leadership and leadership development in healthcare: The evidence base. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/default/files/field/field_publication_file/leadership-leadership-development-health-care-feb-2015.pdf
Preparation
Complete the Leadership Self-Assessment. SEE COMPLETED ATTACHMENT
Note: As you revise your writing, check out the resources listed on the Writing Center’s Writing Support page.
Instructions
Create a personal leadership portrait.
Example Assessment: You MUST USE the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:
Assessment 3 Example [PDF] Download Assessment 3 Example [PDF].
Writing in the third person is customary in academic writing. However, for this assessment, you may write in the first person.
Document Format and Length
Format your leadership portrait using APA style.
Use the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] to help you in writing and formatting your leadership portrait. Be sure to include:
A title page and references page. An abstract is not required.
Appropriate topic section headings.
Your leadership portrait should be 8–10 pages in length, not including the title page and references page.
Supporting Evidence
Cite 4–5 credible sources published within the last five years from peer-reviewed journals, other scholarly resources, professional industry publications, and assigned readings to support your leadership portrait. You will cite sources when you refer to the characteristics of leadership styles, best practices for interprofessional communication, diversity and inclusion, and ethical standards for your discipline.
Assessment Grading
The assessment requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so be sure to address each of the five main tasks. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be evaluated.
Evaluate your personal approach to health care leadership.
Identify the leadership and emotional intelligence characteristics you already possess.
Analyze your strengths and limitations (areas for development).
Analyze your ability to apply emotional intelligence in your personal approach to health care leadership.
Compare your leadership characteristics with a predominant leadership style and its application to professional practice.
Assess other leadership styles you might integrate into your skills repertoire to enhance your effectiveness as a leader and manage change in health care.
Explain how your personal approach to health care leadership facilitates interprofessional relationships, community engagement, and change management.
Consider interprofessional relationships with staff, community agencies, organizations, and other stakeholders.
Identify your strengths and weaknesses related to interprofessional relationships, community engagement, and change management.
Evaluate best practices for interprofessional communications, and compare your communication skills and attributes to those best practices.
Explain how ethical leadership principles can be applied to professional practice.
Identify the relevant ethical leadership principles for your discipline (public health, health administration, or nursing).
Evaluate best practices for developing an ethical culture in the workplace.
Explain how health care leaders can address diversity and inclusion.
What do diversity and inclusion mean to you within the context of population health?
Explain the importance of diversity and inclusion to effective leadership.
For example, cultivating good employee and community relations.
How does an effective leader develop a diverse and inclusive workplace (strategies, best practices)?
How do diversity and inclusion contribute to health care quality and service to the community?
What best practices would you recommend to address issues of diversity and inclusion?
Explain how scholar-practitioners contribute to leadership and professional development in the field of health care.
Define scholar-practitioner, in your own words.
Explain the importance of critical thinking to scholar-practitioners.
Evaluate the influence of scholar-practitioners on health care leadership and professional development.
Explain the importance of scholar-practitioners to professional practice. Consider their value in:
Expanding the knowledge base.
Applying new and existing knowledge, research, and scholarship to solve real-world problems.
Improving health care quality and safety.
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
Proofread your writing to avoid errors that could distract readers and make it more difficult for them to focus on the substance of your evaluation.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Apply correct APA formatting to your document, including headers, headings, spacing, and margins.
Apply correct APA formatting to all source citations.
Portfolio Prompt: You may choose to save your personal leadership portrait to your ePortfolio.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Apply interprofessional collaboration, communication, and leadership best practices to advance population health.
Evaluate one’s personal approach to health care leadership.
Explain how a personal approach to health care leadership facilitates interprofessional relationships, community engagement, and change management.
Competency 2: Apply professional ethics and the principles of diversity and inclusion to advance population health.
Explain how ethical leadership principles can be applied to professional practice.
Explain how health care leaders can address diversity and inclusion.
Competency 3: Explain how scholar-practitioners function as leaders in the field of health care.
Explain how scholar-practitioners contribute to leadership and professional development in the field of health care.
Competency 4: Produce written work that demonstrates critical thinking and application of knowledge, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards.
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
