Leadership refers to a person who guides or directs a group of individuals (dictionary.com, 2012). Lewin (1939) suggests that leadership style refers to the characteristic behaviors of a leader when directing, motivating, guiding and managing a group of people. Listed below are a few of the most prominent leadership styles: Laissez –Faire (Delegative); Participative (Democratic); Authoritarian (Autocratic); Transformational and Transactional. The purpose of this paper is to report quiz results, discuss how they impact current beliefs and analyze personal leadership qualities I would like to develop. At the end of the paper will finish with a quote on nursing leadership.
Quiz Results (Participative)
The results of the quiz refer to my leadership style as Participative (Democratic). Bass and Bass, (2008) refer to this leadership style as being supportive, having concern with maintaining a good working relationship, facilitation interaction, and favoring of group decision making.
Attributes: Leadership for Graduate Level Nurses As implied by the America Association College of Nursing (2011), some of the essential attributes of a graduate level nurse is to be committed to the care of the patients and lead the team of professionals …show more content…
In order to get good participation from team members one has to have confidence in themselves in order to lead, direct and set tasks for others. As a Master’s prepared nurse, I feel that I process qualities to lead a department or organization. Through years of education, I have learned and adapted new skills as well as nursing technologies. It is important to have other employees in the organization who also have these skills and abilities to work together as a team to set and accomplish goals. This ensures quality improvement care is being provided in addition to organizational standards are best practicing standards are