Rate yourself using the results from the “Nurse Manager Skills Inventory”:
http://www.aone.org/resources/nurse-manager-skills-inventory.pdf
Write a reflection of 750-1,000 words in which you identify your strengths and weaknesses related to the four content areas below:
- Personal and professional accountability (Personal growth and development (competent); Ethical behavior and practice (expert), Professional association involvement (novice); Certification (novice).)
- Career planning (Knowing your rule (expert); Knowing your future (competent), Positioning yourself (novice).)
- Personal journey disciplines (Shared leadership (novice), Action leading (competent), Reflective practice (competent).)
- Reflective practice reference behaviors/tenets (holding the truth (competent), Appreciation of ambiguity (competent), Diversity as a vehicle to wholeness (competent), Holding multiple perspectives without judgment (competent), Discovery of potential (competent), Quest for adventure towards knowing (competent), knowing something of life (competent), Nurturing the intellectual and emotional self (competent), Keeping commitments to oneself (competent).
Discuss how you will use your current leadership skill set to advocate for change in your workplace.
Identify one personal goal for your leadership growth and discuss your implementation plan to achieve that goal.