Describe your overall leadership characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses
NURS4455 Describe your overall leadership characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses

NURS4455 Nursing Leadership and Management

Module 1 Assignment 1

Module 1 Assignment 1: Leadership Self-Assessment

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Overview: Leadership Self-Assessment

Do you view yourself as a leader?

You have, no doubt, served as a leader in some situations, but you may not yet envision yourself as a leader in the nursing environment. This course is designed to help you recognize the leadership and management qualities you bring to the profession, sharpen and enhance those skills, and to encourage you to seek out leadership and management opportunities.

Use the Professional Development Inventory to assess your leadership qualities and skills. Save your results and/or make notes of the conclusions.

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NURS4455 Describe your overall leadership characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses
NURS4455 Describe your overall leadership characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses

Objective

• Identify characteristics of leadership and management.

Conclusions and Reflections

Describe your overall leadership characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses. Comment on any characteristics that the tool did not address that you believe to be important.

Several leadership weaknesses can relate to specific skillsets while other weaknesses might relate to a leadership style. Traits like a lack of trust in their teams or being overly critical of their teams can be considered leadership weaknesses. In addition to these traits, the following can be symptomatic of leadership weaknesses:

Separating or standing apart from your team

Appearing to stand apart from your team in a way that places you above them can make you come across as arrogant and unconcerned for your team’s needs. Employees oftentimes like to know that their leaders are on their side, that they care and that they value the work of their teams. Separating yourself from your team in this way can run the risk of employee distress and lack of trust in you as their leader and can impact your relationships with your peers and subordinates.

Being overly criticalNURS4455 Describe your overall leadership characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses

Leaders who are overly critical of their teams and subordinates may always find some aspect of an employee’s performance, productivity or other quality that constantly needs criticism. This can lead to employee burn-out, disrespect for managers and a lack of motivation for achieving common goals. Leaders who use constant criticism may feel they are offering constructive feedback, however, constant criticism can be negative and risk employees feeling better off in a different workplace.

Micromanaging employees

Micromanaging refers to the process of constantly checking up on a team or employee to make sure they are doing what they should be doing, but in a way that demonstrates a lack of trust. Leaders who micromanage may be concerned with appearing authoritative or they may have a fear of losing control of the processes they manage. Leaders who micromanage their employees typically show a lack of confidence in their team’s abilities to stay on task and meet objectives. This can result in a decrease in employee motivation and trust.

Requiring constant contact

Requiring constant communication from team members can be another leadership weakness. Technology and online connectivity make it easier than ever to stay in contact, but when leaders use this route to constantly check up on their employees, it can indicate a need to stay in control of what everyone is doing. This can ultimately lead to resentment and anxiety in the workplace.