NUR 674 Benchmark – Personal Worldview Paper

Benchmark – Personal Worldview Paper

Nurse leaders should understand various leadership models and styles to adapt to different settings and also apply relevant strategies in supporting and inspiring subordinates. Again, applying leadership models is essential for utilization in professional settings to meet certification requirements. Nurse leaders practice various leadership styles since no one-size-fits-all approach is practical for any leader (Stanley et al., 2022). Articulating one’s leadership style is critical in building trust with the team and ensuring all have a common and shared goal or vision. Further, worldviews demonstrate one’s perception and approach to issues and their core understanding of the world. The purpose of this paper is to discuss my leadership model and personal worldview and their influence on my leadership style as well as their impact and inspiration on others.

Model of Leadership: Part 1

i). Personal Model of Leadership

Everyone has their version of leadership, usually a combination of leadership styles or the application of purely a certain leadership model like servant or transformational. The personal model of leadership mirrors one’s values and beliefs which affects their interactions in communities, organizations, and others. My leadership model is founded on developing a robust and honest approach to people and associated activities in life. My leadership model embodies the values that I hold dear and the beliefs that I practice. These values include integrity, honesty, transparency, resilience, humility, and diligence. Further, having a wider perspective of the world and the health system, a working knowledge of all aspects that affect nursing, a collaborative perspective and mindset as well as prioritizing quality patient care define my leadership model.

I encourage innovation and new ways of approaching healthcare delivery by integrating new trends and technologies aimed at improving patient care quality, safety, and outcomes. I believe in delegation, collaboration, and teamwork to develop better initiatives and approaches to addressing patient care challenges and advancing the nursing profession. Nurses practice in dynamic and diverse environments that implore them to develop dynamic leadership models to attain shared goals and objectives (Canavesi et al., 2022). Nursing leaders who possess certain skill sets and personality traits that enable them to manage high stress levels and navigate communication situations demonstrate dynamic leadership models and not a one-size-fits-all approach.

ii). Leadership Model Comparison

Servant leadership style, transformational leadership style, and charismatic leadership style are considered some of the best approaches to leadership for better organizational performance and influencing as well as inspiring employees to attain set goals. At the core of servant leadership is prioritizing the needs of others and serving them. Servant leaders enhance the growth and progress of their subordinates (Butts et al., 2022). Based on its seven characteristics, servant leaders possess strong mentorship abilities and commit to building teams as opposed to individual effort. At its core, servant leadership advances ethical decision-making and focuses on understanding the people in the team and developing their abilities while role modeling.

Transformational leadership entails creating and communicating a shared vision.

Transformational leaders create unity, develop bonds, and establish and sustain energy while instilling passion. Transformational leaders emphasize change and transformation by inspiring their followers to attain more than they ever thought possible by using their potential (Goens et al., 2024). Transformational leaders focus on the future, change, and people because they see the potential in all followers. On its part, charismatic leadership style entails using one’s communication skills, persuasiveness, and personality or charm to influence others. Charismatic leaders are forward-thinking in setting goals, have strong articulation attributes, the ability to tap into people’s emotions and demonstrate a clear vision or purpose. Charismatic leaders also possess strong engagement skills and are sensitive to their environment and the needs of their members.

These leadership approaches or styles are similar to my leadership model as they contain attributes that align with my abilities. For instance, servant leadership and transformational leadership styles all implore one to demonstrate dynamism and focus on innovative initiatives to enhance care delivery. Similarly, charismatic leaders have strong communication skills and understand people’s emotions through inherent values and beliefs (Samul, 2020).  The three leadership styles share similarities with my leadership model as it combine all the attributes from the models since no one-size-fits-all situations when handling diverse stakeholders like in healthcare settings.

iii). Diverse Teams and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

The healthcare environment is diverse because of different people from various sociocultural backgrounds. In their article, Bornman et al. (2023) emphasize the importance of developing effective leadership strategies in inter-professional collaboration in healthcare settings to help leaders meet various needs and cultivate appropriate skills. The two strategies to lead diverse teams and foster interdisciplinary collaboration include effective communication and promoting inclusion and participation. For instance, the participative leadership style encourages leaders to listen to their employees and involve them in making decisions. Participative leadership approach implores leaders to be inclusive, apply effective and appropriate communication skills, and share power and responsibilities by delegating (Butts et al., 2022). A participative leadership style encourages effective communication and collaboration in the interdisciplinary team as all members can share their perspectives on the issues at hand. Utilizing these two strategies embedded in the participative leadership model leads to the collective team effort in identifying issues, completing set projects, and creating solutions as opposed to the blame game (Bornman et al., 2023). Effective communication ensures that all understand the importance and need for change. Inclusion is essential in diverse teams to create a sense of belonging and encourage team members to freely share ideas.

iv). Personal Leadership Models and Strategies

My leadership mode prepares me to use these strategies by encouraging the importance of engaging others and nurturing core beliefs. Being a combination of three different leadership models, my leadership model is emphatic on listening to followers, embracing change and shared vision, and building effective collaborations to realize better care and professional development (Grace et al., 2022). My leadership model emphasizes that no one-fits-all approach is appropriate in leadership and leaders can combine positive attributes of various leadership models. Through this approach, they can employ effective communication and inclusion as strategies to develop interdisciplinary teams and collaboration.

Personal Worldview: Part B

i). Personal Worldview

Nurse leaders should lead from the front, support their subordinates and organizations, and attain their legacy by implementing set goals and objectives. A personal worldview emanates past experiences, thoughts, interactions, cultural, spiritual, and religious beliefs as well as teachings and upbringing. My worldview beliefs entail embracing diversity, celebrating our differences, showing genuine concern for others, and practicing core values as taught leading to better communities. Founded on Christian values and teachings, my worldview advances that all people are equal and possess inherent dignity because God created us in His image (Yoder-Wise et al., 2022). We must demonstrate the common good through virtues and moral values like love, service to others, integrity, honesty, and humility. As healthcare workers, our priority should be loving our patients and their families, and promoting a healing environment through evidence-based practice (EBP) interventions.

ii). Personal Worldview and Leadership Styles

My worldview influences my leadership style in various ways. Firstly, the Christian values in my worldview imply that I consider others as critical with inherent dignity because God created all equal and in His image. Therefore, leaders should utilize the most appropriate approach that entails a participative style for people to share their views and ideas in team development. My worldview implores me to serve others irrespective of their diversity and mentor them based on servant leadership style while also seeking their progress as advanced by the transformational leadership model. Being charismatic means inspiring others based on their communication abilities to attain change and progress in their endeavors, especially in nursing and healthcare settings (Stanley et al., 2022).  As observed by Greenleaf, servant leaders seek the best of their followers and focus on addressing their needs at the expense of their interests and personal desires (Salum et al., 2020). My worldview influences my leadership approach by combining all attributes of the three leadership models.

iii). Personal Worldview, Leadership, and Inspiration

Personal worldview and professional leadership behaviors like being authentic, and charismatic, and upholding values like transparency, humility, integrity, and honesty inspire others to follow a leader and his or her vision. My worldview focuses on serving others and upholding effective and critical ethical values and practices. Professional leadership behaviors like honesty, integrity, and transparency influence employees as they seek to emulate such values in their interactions with patients and other stakeholders. Modeling these behaviors through a dynamic leadership style that includes all positive leadership attributes from various leadership models inspires others to improve and be their best (Stanley et al., 2022). The implication is that a dynamic leadership approach ensures that a leader can integrity a particular style based on the situation, value system, and goals.

Conclusion

Nurse leaders should know and apply various leadership styles and models in their professional practice despite existing differences in cultures and settings. Nurse leaders should leverage appropriate leadership models and associated strategies to support and inspire nurses and other healthcare workers to attain a common or shared vision and organizational goals. Further, by leveraging their worldview, nurses can influence change, inspire others, and develop practice philosophy for effective care delivery in diverse healthcare settings.

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Assessment Description

It is important for nurse leaders to understand a variety of leadership models and styles. This will help you adapt to different settings and apply strategies to support and inspire others. It may also be necessary to apply models in different professional settings to satisfy certification requirements. Write a 1,250-1,500-word paper about your personal leadership model, including the following:

Model of Leadership: Part A

• Describe your personal leadership model.
• Compare your personal leadership model to servant leadership, transformational leadership, and at least one other model of leadership.
• Describe at least two strategies for effectively leading diverse teams and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration as you implement your leadership project.
• How does your personal leadership model prepare you to employ these strategies?

Personal Worldview: Part B

• Describe your personal worldview. Include the religious, spiritual, and cultural elements that you think most influence your personal philosophy of practice.
• Describe how your personal worldview influences your leadership style.
• Describe how your personal worldview and professional leadership behaviors influence and inspire others.

Use a minimum of three peer-reviewed resources (published within the last 5 years) as evidence to support your views.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Benchmark Information

This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

MSN Leadership in Health Care Systems

6.3: Employ strategies for effectively leading diverse teams and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration.

6.7: Model professional leadership behaviors to motivate and inspire others.

Benchmark – Personal Worldview Paper – Rubric

Rubric Criteria

Total 80 points

Criterion	1. Unsatisfactory	2. Insufficient	3. Approaching	4. Acceptable	5. Target
Personal Model of Leadership	0 points A description of the personal model of leadership is not present.	6.4 points A description of the personal model of leadership is incomplete or incorrect.	7.04 points A description of the personal model of leadership is included but lacks supporting details.	7.36 points A description of the personal model of leadership is complete and includes supporting details.	8 points A description of the personal model of leadership is extremely thorough and includes substantial supporting details.
Leadership Model Comparison	0 points A comparison of personal leadership style to servant leadership, transformational leadership, and at least one other leadership style is not included.	6.4 points A comparison of personal leadership style to servant leadership, transformational leadership, and at least one other leadership style is incomplete or incorrect.	7.04 points A comparison of personal leadership style to servant leadership, transformational leadership, and at least one other leadership style is included but lacks relevant supporting details.	7.36 points A comparison of personal leadership style to servant leadership, transformational leadership, and at least one other leadership style is complete and includes relevant supporting details.	8 points A comparison of personal leadership style to servant leadership, transformational leadership, and at least one other leadership style is thorough and includes substantial supporting details.
Diverse Teams and Interdisciplinary Collaboration B (B) (C6.3) (C6.3)	0 points A description of at least two strategies for effectively leading diverse teams and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration as one implements the leadership project is not included.	6.4 points A description of at least two strategies for effectively leading diverse teams and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration as one implements the leadership project is incomplete or incorrect.	7.04 points A description of at least two strategies for effectively leading diverse teams and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration as one implements the leadership project is included but lacks relevant supporting details.	7.36 points A description of at least two strategies for effectively leading diverse teams and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration as one implements the leadership project is complete and includes relevant supporting details.	8 points A description of at least two strategies for effectively leading diverse teams and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration as one implements the leadership project is thorough and includes substantial supporting details.
Personal Leadership Models and Strategies	0 points An explanation of how personal leadership models prepares one to employ selected strategies is not included.	6.4 points An explanation of how personal leadership models prepares one to employ selected strategies is incomplete or incorrect.	7.04 points An explanation of how personal leadership models prepares one to employ selected strategies is included but lacks relevant supporting details.	7.36 points An explanation of how personal leadership models prepares one to employ selected strategies is complete and includes relevant supporting details.	8 points An explanation of how personal leadership models prepares one to employ selected strategies is thorough and includes substantial supporting details.
Personal Worldview	0 points A description of how personal worldview will influence the personal philosophy of practice is not included.	6.4 points A description of how personal worldview will influence the personal philosophy of practice is incomplete or incorrect.	7.04 points A description of how personal worldview will influence the personal philosophy of practice is included but lacks relevant supporting details.	7.36 points A description of how personal worldview will influence the personal philosophy of practice is complete and includes relevant supporting details.	8 points A description of how personal worldview will influence the personal philosophy of practice is thorough and includes substantial supporting detail, including religious, spiritual, and cultural elements.
Personal Worldview and Leadership Style	0 points A description of how your personal worldview influences your leadership style is not included.	6.4 points A description of how your personal worldview influences your leadership style is incomplete or incorrect.	7.04 points A description of how your personal worldview influences your leadership style is included but lacks relevant supporting details.	7.36 points A description of how your personal worldview influences your leadership style is thorough and includes substantial supporting details.	8 points A description of how your personal worldview influences your leadership style is thorough and includes substantial supporting details.
Personal Worldview, Leadership, and Inspiration (B) (B) (C6.7) (C6.7)	0 points A description of how the personal leadership behaviors can inspire others is not present.	6.4 points A description of how the personal leadership behaviors can inspire others is incomplete or incorrect.	7.04 points A description of how the personal leadership behaviors can inspire others is included but lacks supporting details.	7.36 points A description of how the personal leadership behaviors can inspire others is complete and includes supporting details.	8 points A description of how the personal leadership behaviors can inspire others is extremely thorough and includes substantial supporting details.
Thesis, Position, or Purpose Communicates reason for writing and demonstrates awareness of audience.	0 points The thesis, position, or purpose is not discernible. No awareness of the appropriate audience is evident.	4.48 points The thesis, position, or purpose is discernable in most aspects but is occasionally weak or unclear. There is limited awareness of the appropriate audience.	4.93 points The thesis, position, or purpose is adequately developed. An awareness of the appropriate audience is demonstrated.	5.15 points The thesis, position, or purpose is clearly communicated throughout and clearly directed to a specific audience.	5.6 points The thesis, position, or purpose is persuasively developed throughout and skillfully directed to a specific audience.
Development, Structure, and Conclusion Advances position or purpose throughout writing; conclusion aligns to and evolves from development.	0 points No advancement of the thesis, position, or purpose is evident. Connections between paragraphs are missing or inappropriate. No conclusion is offered.	5.12 points Limited advancement of thesis, position, or purpose is discernable. There are inconsistencies in organization or the relationship of ideas. Conclusion is simplistic and not fully aligned to the development of the purpose.	5.63 points The thesis, position, or purpose is advanced in most aspects. Ideas clearly build on each other. Conclusion aligns to the development of the purpose.	5.89 points The thesis, position, or purpose is logically advanced throughout. The progression of ideas is coherent and unified. A clear and plausible conclusion aligns to the development of the purpose.	6.4 points The thesis, position, or purpose is coherently and cohesively advanced throughout. The progression of ideas is coherent and unified. A convincing and unambiguous conclusion aligns to the development of the purpose.
Evidence Selects and integrates evidence to support and advance position/purpose; considers other perspectives.	0 points Evidence to support the thesis, position, or purpose is absent. The writing relies entirely on the perspective of the writer.	3.2 points Evidence is used but is insufficient or of limited relevance. Simplistic explanation or integration of other perspectives is present.	3.52 points Relevant evidence that includes other perspectives is used.	3.68 points Specific and appropriate evidence is included. Other perspectives are integrated.	4 points Comprehensive and compelling evidence is included. Multiple other perspectives are integrated effectively.
Mechanics of Writing Includes spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, language use, sentence structure, etc.	0 points Errors in grammar or syntax are pervasive and impede meaning. Incorrect language choice or sentence structure errors are found throughout.	3.2 points Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors are present. Inconsistencies in language choice or sentence structure are recurrent.	3.52 points Occasional mechanical errors are present. Language choice is generally appropriate. Varied sentence structure is attempted.	3.68 points Few mechanical errors are present. Suitable language choice and sentence structure are used.	4 points No mechanical errors are present. Skilled control of language choice and sentence structure are used throughout.
Format/Documentation Uses appropriate style, such as APA, MLA, etc., for college, subject, and level; documents sources using citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., appropriate to assignment and discipline.	0 points Appropriate format is not used. No documentation of sources is provided.	3.2 points Appropriate format is attempted, but some elements are missing. Frequent errors in documentation of sources are evident.	3.52 points Appropriate format and documentation are used, although there are some obvious errors.	3.68 points Appropriate format and documentation are used with only minor errors.	4 points No errors in formatting or documentation are present. Selectivity in the use of direct quotations and synthesis of sources is demonstrated.

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