NUR674 Week 8 Discussion Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum

NUR674 Week 8 Discussion Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum

NUR674 Week 8 Discussion Leadership in Health Care Systems Practicum

DQ1 Summarize your leadership practicum in relation to the seven distinct characteristics outlined in the textbook. How will you change your behavior based on this new understanding of servant leadership? What strategies did you learn that, if implemented, would allow you to actualize the servant leadership principles in a leadership role?

What would you say to yourself if you could go back and talk to the Art just starting his career?

I would tell the Art just starting his career to respect authority, find his “why” and not let others define him. And I would tell him to find a mentor who practiced servant leadership. With that kind of attitude, I would have looked for the significance in my career, not just success, at a much earlier age. I wish I had realized the importance of serving first and knowing the joy that comes from helping your employees thrive.

What are some of the servant leadership behaviors that aspiring leaders should cultivate?

I would say Serve First, Build Trust, Live your Values, Listen to Understand, Think About Your Thinking, Demonstrate Courage, Add Value to Others, Increase your Influence and Live your Transformation. These are the servant leader behaviors developed and taught by the Servant Leadership Institute. When we transformed the culture of our radio company, Datron World Communications, these were the behaviors we found most effective, and they are a part of our foundational training curriculum.

Why is learning to serve others so counterintuitive, deceptively easy-sounding but actually quite difficult to master? 

We live in a world of, “What’s in it for me?” So it’s very difficult to think of serving others first.

Because we are human and humans do not all serve naturally, we have an ego to keep in check constantly. Serving can be a learned behavior. It’s a matter of changing our mindset, always looking at our motives. Since we are imperfect people, it’s a never-ending process.

DQ2 Looking back on your time with your mentor, would you consider your mentor a servant leader as described by in the textbook? If not, what type of leader is your mentor? Explain your answer. Elaborate on what characteristics your mentor displayed most consistently. Share examples from your experience to support your response.