NURS 6053 Assignment: Personal Leadership Philosophies
A Description of my Core Values
One of the core values that I cherish deeply is integrity. Integrity is characterized by a high level of trustworthiness, high ethics, moral courage, and fulfilling promises and expectations. I value integrity because it helps to create a good relationship between myself and the people I interact with within the society. Another core value that I practice is humility. Humility helps allows one to conduct self with dignity while being open to other people’s ideas/perspectives (Marshall, 2021). Humility helps me to be a good judge of character by listening to other people. Furthermore, through humility, I can maintain a good relationship with all members of my community.
Personal Mission and Vision
My vision is to become a person of integrity, one the society can look up to for inspiration and to emulate. My mission is to ‘positively impact on the lives of every person I interact with’. My vision statement is to become a person of integrity and a respected leader in the community. Through my mission and vision, I wish to become a responsible individual and a good leader that people in society look up to for inspiration and direction.
A description of two key behaviors to strengthen
One of the critical areas of behavior that I wish to strengthen is courage. I find that I lack the courage to face some challenges. In many cases, I find myself procrastinating or withdrawing from a challenge at the slightest opportunity. As an aspiring leader, it is paramount that one overcomes such fear and be able to act boldly to face the challenges/adversities (Duggan et al., 2015). Courage will help me to accomplish my mission of serving people with integrity and justice.
The second area of behavior that I wish to strengthen is authenticity. Authenticity is characterized by having transparency in core values, actions, and beliefs. Through authenticity, I can use my core values and principles to develop a purposeful life while positively contributing to the growth of other people. Through authenticity, I can consistently practice integrity and make others adopt the practice for a better society.
A Development Plan on How I Will Improve the Two Key Behaviors
To improve on my courage, I have begun to attend conferences and lectures by courageous leaders in society with a view of observing how they achieve courage. I try to get hold of these courageous leaders and ask them how I can perform at their level of courage. My aim here is to find out from these leaders if there are specific things one needs to do to become courageous.
Another action plan I have chosen to pursue is researching courageous people in our society, country, and even beyond our borders. I have done extensive research on the late iconic leader Nelson Mandela to research on how he was able to remain courageous even when he faced tremendous adversity.
As observed by Howard and Cogswell (2017), such tenets as grit, proactive personality, and empowering leadership, among others, are crucial for behavioral social courage. I research a lot of information from past and present leaders known to exhibit or had exhibited behavioral social courage. Through such research, I hope to gather adequate information that can teach me how to become courageous.
How I will achieve my Mission and Visions Statement
Consistency in practicing integrity, working with communities, giving a helping hand where needed, and observing my core values is the best way to achieve my mission and vision. Through positive behavior, I hope to positively impact people from my community combined with good behavior, and good works. Similarly, I intend to achieve my vision of becoming a respected leader in society by participating in many activities within the college and the wider community. Such fora allow me to practice my leadership skills. Besides, I will work closely with community leaders to horn my leadership skills.
Great leaders have a clear vision, integrity, humility, integrity, and focus. Such leaders inspire other people to become great achievers and are not afraid to venture. The best part about great leaders is that they have great pride in those who help them to accomplish their goals (Lopez et al., 2021). I aspire to become a great leader because one of my focus areas is to help myself and others become people of integrity, humility, and great leaders.
Clifton Strengths Assessment
After taking the Clifton Strength Assessment test, I learned numerous things about my personality and how I can achieve my core values. One of the things I learned from the Clifton Assessment test is that I am a person who likes to observe values (Rath, 2007). From Clifton’s Assessment test, I gathered that this trait is both a blessing and a curse. For instance, sometimes I get very frustrated when I see others deviating from my core values or when I observe things that insult my talent and themes.
I learned from the test that I am a person that values other people’s views and perceptions. Individuals who exhibit this aspect tend to incorporate good views and ideas from other people for self-development (Niemiec, 2017). Based on the Clifton Assessment test, I am a person who is proud of the strong values such as integrity, humility, and a team player.
References
- Duggan, K., Aisaka, K., Tabak, R. G., Smith, C., Erwin, P., & Brownson, R. C. (2015). Implementing administrative evidence based practices: lessons from the field in six local health departments across the United States. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0891-3
- Howard, M. C. & Cogswell, J. E. (2018). The left side of courage: Three exploratory studies on the antecedents of social courage. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 14(3), 324-340. doi:10.1080/17439760.2018.1426780
- Lopez, S. J., Snyder, C. R., Rasmussen, H. N., & Cole, B. P. (2019). Striking a vital balance: Developing a complementary focus on human weakness and strength. In M. W. Gallagher & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Positive psychological assessment: A handbook of models and measures (p. 11–28). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000138-002
- Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader. Springer Publishing Company.
- Niemiec, R. M. (2017). Character strengths interventions: A field guide for practitioners. Hogrefe Publishing.
Rath, T. (2007). StrengthsFinder 2.0. Simon and Schuster