Leadership

A. FOUNDATIONAL THINKING SKILLS
 Address ideas, beliefs or viewpoints that should be given serious consideration
 Recognize one’s own method of decision making and the role of beliefs, values and inferences
 Apply critical analysis to organizational issues after a review of the evidence
 Maintain curiosity and an eagerness to explore new knowledge and ideas
 Promote nursing leadership as both a science and an art
 Demonstrate reflective practice and an understanding that all leadership begins from within
 Provide visionary thinking on issues that impact the health care organization

B. PERSONAL JOURNEY DISCIPLINES
 Learn from setbacks and failures as well as successes

C. SYSTEMS THINKING
 Use knowledge of classic and contemporary systems thinking in problem solving and decision making
 Provide visionary thinking on issues that impact the healthcare organization
 Recognize the contribution of mental models on behavior
 Promote systems thinking as an expectation of leaders and staff
 Consider the impact of nursing decisions on the healthcare organization as a whole
 Use resources from other paradigms

D. SUCCESSION PLANNING
 Develop a leadership succession plan
 Promote nursing leadership as a desirable specialty
 Mentor current and future nurse leaders
 Establish mechanisms that provide for early identification and mentoring of staff with leadership potential
 Develop a workforce analysis plan and implement strategies to ensure an adequate and qualified workforce

E. CHANGE MANAGEMENT
 Adapt leadership style to situation needs
 Use change theory to implement change
 Serve as a change leader