Many of us can think of leaders we have come to admire, be they historical figures, pillars of the industry we work in, or leaders we know personally. The leadership of individuals such as Abraham Lin
Discussion
Top 5 Signature Themes of Talent
I found my signature theme report very informative. I think it is great that after completing short questionnaire its is possible to find out so many useful information about yourself. I think it is useful because it gives a list of strengths and it can help you to choose your career path based on that.
After completing strengths finder I found out that my top five themes of talent are: Ideation, Intellection, Input, Competition and Significance. I think that it is pretty relevant and u can see myself having all these strengths. I also liked learning about each of the strength by reading the report. For example I really like how authors described competition “Competition is rooted in comparison. When you look at the world, you are instinctively aware of other people’s performance. Their performance is the ultimate yardstick. No matter how hard you tried, no matter how worthy your intentions, if you reached your goal but did not outperform your peers, the achievement feels hollow” (Gallup Inc., 2020).
Two Core Values, Strengths, Characteristics to Strengthen
Two core values I would like to improve are self-awareness and open-mindedness. I believe that it is very important to be self-aware, this will help to improve my weaknesses and be aware of them. Open mindedness is another characteristic that I think needs some improvement. I noticed that sometimes I tend to be close-minded and at times it is difficult to see all of the factors that contribute to problems or come up with effective solutions.
References
Gallup.com. (n.d.) CliftonStrengths Assessment. https://gallup.com
Rath, T. (2007). Strengths Finder 2.0. NY: Gallup, Inc.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2014). Leadership [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Assignment
Our decision making is built on a belief system which is essentially becomes a leadership philosophy and consists of main principles, perspectives and values. I believe that leadership philosophies are deeply personal and very specific to our surroundings, work environment and circumstances.
Description of core values.
Core values that are very important to me are respect, making difference, integrity and humility.
Respect- being able to respect others regardless of differences, ability gain respect of others.
Making difference – promoting welfare or doing good, every one of us makes a difference in a very unique way. Something you do with intention of “doing good”.
Integrity – most employees agreed that integrity is a top quality in leader. Most people want to work for those who are most ethical.
Humiity - sense of humbleness, dignity and an awareness of one’s own limitations; open to perspectives different from one’s own.
A personal mission/vision statement
Becoming a good leader is a long and painful process, we learn on our mistakes and evolve into something better with lime, but some people are natural and serve us as examples of leadership. Such leaders as Winston Churchill, Marin Luter King, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln and so on, they all are great examples of leaders, but all have different styles and types of leadership.
For my personal statement I asked myself what is the inside portrait of good leader? How I can describe a good leader to a person who is not in a medical field?
My personal Mission/Vision Statement will be: Leadership as a form of serving in order to make a difference in a team.
In my opinion leader should be always available for the team in order to help and make the flow easier. For example, in nursing world good leader will always stepdown from his/her role and help in cases of emergency, or if unit is short staffed manager will fill in the position. I think it is very important to be able to rely on your leader this way.
An analysis of CliftonStregnths Assessment
I found the assignment to complete CliftonStregnths very thoughtful and very useful for our future careers. According to CliftonStregnths "research indicates that your greatest room for overall personal improvement isn't where you're weakest, but rather where you're strongest” (Gallup, 2020). I completele agree with this research findings, I think it is highly important for us to improve our
References
Gallup, I. (2020, June 10). How the CliftonStrengths Assessment Works. Retrieved July 11, 2020, from https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/253676/how-cliftonstrengths-works.aspx
