Leadership Journal
Leadership as a practice is significant in nursing. Its basis goes beyond the belief that leadership occurs as a practice instead of individual character traits. In this case, a practice is an organized effort among those people concerned in achieving their distinctive outcome. Leadership, as a practice, focuses on what people can attain together rather than what an individual thinks. Therefore, through daily experiences, leadership emerges progressively. The leadership journal indicates all learning activities related to academic experiences. Therefore, this leadership journal entry focuses on observation and thoughts on practicum activities, personal values, and preparation of those who will be affected by its implementation.
Practicum Activities Reflection
Application of Leadership
The critical components of leadership include honesty, positivity, humility, and compassion. First, honest is the building block of strategic leadership. Being forthright about the strategies and goals one wants to achieve will earn respect from the members of the team. It generates trust within the organization. It is easy for one to be honest since it only requires one to communicate what is bad and good. To express honest in professional life, one needs to be transparent to win the trust of the team. With transparency, it will be easier to achieve set goals. Secondly, being positive makes the team members happy hence they will work harder. In the workplace, positivity may be in various forms. For instance, providing snacks in the communal kitchen creates a positive and supportive environment. Thirdly, humility is one of the most valued quality of strategic leadership. A humble leader is one who can admit mistakes, share credit, and apologize when necessary. Humility is not only essential for the planning process but also to practice with the people. Therefore, humility can be expressed by admitting mistakes and making an apology when necessary. Lastly is compassion, which is being kind to others. A leader needs to be thoughtful of other people. By assuming to be in someone else, shoes create a feeling for them. Thus in professional life, it is necessary to have these personal values to create a conducive working environment with other team members.
Practicum Project Preparation
Plans are in place for those who will be affected by the project implementation. For instance,