NUR674 Week 5 Discussion Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum

NUR674 Week 5 Discussion Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum

NUR674 Week 5 Discussion Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum

DQ1 Mentoring is an essential leadership aspect. Describe a mentor that you have or have had in the past. What style of leadership did they use? What characteristics did they display that drew you to them as a mentor?

DQ2 Servant leaders must be internally consistent with their words and actions (credibility). A credible person will do what they say. Describe a time when you felt free in displaying your integrity at work. Conversely, describe a time when you felt fearful or wary of displaying your integrity at work. What was the determining factor(s) that allowed you to lead by example versus going against your heart? If you never felt free in displaying your integrity at work, describe what conditions would need to exist for you to do so?

What Is a Mentor?

A mentor is a person who provides you with the tools, guidance, support, and feedback you need to thrive in your career. They’re often someone who’s gone down the same road you’re on currently and is “there to advise you on what they’ve done and what’s worked for them” says Muse career coach .

Just about anyone can act as your career mentor—a friend, a friend of a friend, a family member, an alumnus of your school, a co-worker or peer, a current or former boss, someone you got to know through a networking event. A mentor isn’t someone you admire from afar. They should be able to play a consistent role in your life over some period of time.

Al Dea, founder of  and a  outlines several clear benefits of having a mentor in your career.

First, they’re knowledge and opportunity centers—they can “provide you with insights and context and experiences that either you may not necessarily have at all or you have limited visibility into,” he says. Plus, having a mentor “can help you get unstuck” when you’re struggling to come up with a solution to a problem or can’t seem to make a decision.

Having a mentor also helps you build your professional network because they may know or be connected with people who can help you down the road.

(Oh, and  provides plenty of benefits, too, including leadership training, access to new professional contacts and opportunities, and the satisfaction of being a part of someone else’s success. It’s really a two-way relationship!)