Leadership plan

  

In this assignment you will describe your leadership plan for the next five to ten years. Your plan should conceptualize how you see yourself in the next 5-10 years. As you explore your current role(s), discuss what your goals are as they pertain to your home, work, and school environment. Describe specific strategies you plan to apply based on the Five Practices and Commitments.Headings should include the following:IntroductionDetail each of the Five practices and incorporate the CommitmentsPlan (timeline) I am ok with you making up a very nice plan.SummaryPaper should be up to 4-5 pages in length, NOT including cover page and reference page.This is an assignment that I received a horrible grade on and need to redo. I purchased in notes on studypool and did not change enough. Can you add an intro and reword everything. I am ok with made up scenarios. I also need a nice time line. I plan on continuing with teaching for the next 5 to 10 years if that helps. I teach in an Occupational therapy assistant program. I am currently getting my Masters in Occupational Therapy. Please use at least 4 different leadership peer reviewed journal articles or leadership in education articles from the last 10 years, the only reference I still need is the Dunbar & Winston one because it is where the 5 practices of exemplary leadership and 10 commitments come from. Do not use the references from the old assignment.I am also adding a paper that explains the 5 commitments that I received an excellent grade on and I did that one myself. Hope it helps.
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Leadership Plan
Alexandra Timmer
Keiser University
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Introduction
Being a leader of an organization is never easy. To be able to gauge a leader’s ability, it
is important to observe the responses of his/her followers. A good leader is required to impact his
influence on the team by setting a good example and instilling confidence in them. To know how
great a leader is, the success of the team tells it all. There is no standard definition of a leader
but, a leader can a person who uses skills, knowledge and good relations to motivate, encourage
and give ideas to people with the goal of attaining a common objective.
For a leader to be great, they need to have a plan that will help them bring together a
good team. Defining a mission statement, and effectively communicating with colleagues of
what is expected of them are some of the characteristics of a great leader. A leader is also
expected to give respect, offer resources and education.
My leadership strengths: Five practices and commitment
According to Garbarini and Winston (2015), successful leaders use five practices of
leadership in the worlds which are exemplary. They note that these include; modelling the way,
inspire through sharing a vision, challenging the process, empower others to act and encouraging
the heart. During my years at Concorde Career College, I am proud to have participated in a
number of responsibilities that have helped strengthen my leadership skills. At the college, I was
tasked with leadership roles and I successfully showcased the five practices. As one of the OTA
instructors that have graduated 6 cohorts, I have demonstrated credible leadership skills such as
training other instructors to prepare for their classes using an online program called Canvas. I
clearly explained the goals and objectives to the new fieldwork coordinator, preceptor and
instructors.
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As part of the training I formulated, the instructors were to incorporate new curriculum
into the online program so that students that were in the distance learning cohort could have easy
access to materials. Through my good relation and leadership with the instructors that were new
to this type of distance teaching skill, our credibility as a successful distance learning program
was recognized. I demonstrated the ability to inspire others (Garbarini and Winston, 2015) by
sharing the OTA programs vision to the new instructors, preceptor and fieldwork coordinator. I
had the belief that through its introduction, the occupational therapy assistance program would
be of importance to the instructors as it was to me.
I came across many challenges as an instructor and interim fieldwork coordinator in a
live distance learning program at Concorde Career College. I vividly remember one such
challenge when our program was unable to attain enough clinical sites in Fresno, California for 8
students. I was faced with the task of having to go to Fresno to get affiliation agreements signed
and reservation forms filled out in order to get those students in clinical sites. I had two weeks to
complete this task. It was a daunting task since I was still teaching my courses and these sites
were familiar with another fieldwork coordinator who had started the process before she left. I
came up with a strategy to get the affiliation agreements signed and secure reservations for the
Fresno cohorts. Since I had a food stipend of 50 dollars a day, I decided to use a portion of it to
buy treats for every site I had an appointment with along with the usual Concorde Career College
gifts already put together. This took some planning because I called in advanced to find out what
each sites favorite treat was and created personalized baskets for each site. Each basket had a
thank you card prominently placed. As it turns out, it’s very hard to say no to someone when
they bring gifts and a thank you card. This gesture, was well received and appreciated and since
Fresno has a small therapy community, word got out and it did not take long for clinics to call
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and show interest in our program. I was able to secure sites for our students and generate interest
in our distance learning program, especially since Fresno does not have any OTA programs. To
my surprise, we got many referrals from our sites and the number of potential students grew
tremendously, that we were able to start a second Fresno cohort bigger than the one we had
before.
As a leader, I was able to demonstrate my ability to coordinate with other therapist and
enable others to work in a number of ways. Firstly, I partnered with other therapist who are
leaders and managed to convince them to take Concorde students. Secondly, I delegated roles
and duties to the other instructors and together we worked as a team something that enabled the
OTA program to run smoothly. This practice fostered teamwork and this led to the achievement
of many goals I had set.
In completing the LPI in this course I discovered my leadership strengths. I realized that
they laid in the category of belief, connection and positivity. Comparing these results to the
leadership requirement practices I noticed some similarities that included my ability to establish
a connection, good communication and relation skills. Further, I found out that I am an active
listener who is comfortable to meet new people. However, from the results, I noticed I have
another strength in beliefs. The results meant that I am an individual whose actions are directed
by his beliefs. Through these strengths and skills I am sure that I will be able to establish a good
relationship with my superiors and peers alike.
I also noted that there are some areas that I need to work on. They involve working on
and improving my organizational skills. Good organizational skills are critical as they enable one
to become a good manager (Grisaffe, VanMeter & Chonko, 2016). I also need to work on
providing motivation and encouragement. It will ensure that I promote people’s growth as well
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as inspiring them to work (Gini, A., & Green, 2014). Finally, I noticed that I need to stop being
afraid of being wrong. As a leader I have to take risks and experiment. As Dahlvig and
Longman, (2010) observe in their journal, I will be able to better my roles as a leader by being
confident in risk taking.
In the future, I would like to undertake another important role of leadership and it is that
of being an initiator. Javitch, (2009; Ward, Yates & Joon Young, (2015) states that it is vital for a
leader to have the ability to initiate a task, a responsibility or a project. Despite the fact that I
have shown this ability as an instructor, I desire to take more responsibility. Obtaining the role of
an initiator will enable me to critically think and take on more risks.
Being a motivator is also a role that great leaders should have (Ward, Yates & Joon
Young, 2015). From the LPI I noticed that I have the ability to connect with individuals and am a
positive person. As a result, being a motivator is a role I highly desire to grow and develop. After
my school life, I will work in different environment settings where I plan to continue with the
leadership. Since I will be interacting with different people, it will call for my motivator role.
Through this role I will be able to motivate my colleagues to work hard and attain their personal
goals.
Leadership Plan
My plan for the next five to ten years is to improve my roles and skills as a leader. For
the first 5 years, I intend to work on how I will improve my role as a motivator and my skills of
providing encouragement to the people who will work under me. I plan to achieve it by
encouraging colleagues to take positive risks in the clinical setting. To effectively achieve this I
will observe their work ethics and educate them on how to make their work ethics better. As a
leader in the following years, I also plan to encourage and motivate my colleagues to attain their
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goals through the use of incentives and rewards. An example of this, will be fully paid continued
education seminars, awarding bonuses to all the employees, and giving prizes to good performers
at the end of the year. These incentives will motivate workers to put in more effort and lead to
the realization of the set goals. Further, I plan to better my motivator role by taking professional
courses. These courses will equip me with good clinical and functional skills that will lead to
better productivity. In the next 10 years, I plan to address my organizational skills in order to
better my role as a leader. I will do this by attending courses on time management skills, this
will enable me to be a better manager and a role model as time goes by.
Finally, my plan will be centered on working towards gaining skills that will make me an
initiator. Through proper education and learning I will become a good leader and be able to
initiate a project, by making sure it runs efficiently to completion. Learning initiator skills will
also help me develop into a risk taker. I also plan to work with experienced leaders in the field
that will guide and mentor me, and share their experiences with me, something that will give me
more insight as a leader. I believe this strategy will help me to acquire experience on initiator
skills.
Summary
According to Maxwell (2007), leadership is a developmental process that steadily grows
on a daily basis. I think that I have my whole life to develop my leadership skills. The first steps
towards becoming a good leader are vital and essential. I have designed a precise blueprint, and a
clear path. I will make sure that the process will start small, and gradually progress. I will use
available resources towards learning the five aspects of an efficient leader. Finally, I will make
integrity and respect a key aspect, which will include the observation of small things like
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thanking a colleague and appreciating my colleagues on small matters. Putting all these together,
will produce a growing leadership development process, making me an effective leader.
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References
Biro, M. M. (2012). 5 Leadership Behaviors Loyal Employees Trust. Retrieved from.
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Dahlvig, J. E. & Longman, K. A. (2010). Women’s Leadership Development: A Study of
Defining Moments, Christian Higher Education, July-August 2010, 9(3), 238-258.
Dunbar, S. B., & Winston, K. (2015). An occupational perspective on leadership: theoretical and
practical dimensions. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK.
Gini, A., & Green, R. M. (2014). Three Critical Characteristics of Leadership: Character,
Stewardship, Experience. Business & Society Review (00453609), 119(4), 435-446.
doi:10.1111/basr.12040
Grisaffe, D. B., Van Meter, R., & Chonko, L. B. (2016). Serving first for the benefit of others:
preliminary evidence for a hierarchical conceptualization of servant leadership. Journal
Of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 36(1), 40-58.
doi:10.1080/08853134.2016.1151303
Javitch, D. G. (2009). Ten Characteristics of Superior Leaders, Entrepreneur. Retrieved from
< https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/204248 >.
Maxwell, J. C. (2007). The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will
Follow You. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishing.
Ward, C., Yates, D., & Joon Young, S. (2015). Leadership and Undergraduate Students: A Study
across Disciplines and a Plan for the Future. Business Education Innovation Journal,
7(2), 122-126.
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5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership
Alexandra Timmer
Keiser University
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5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership
Completing the Leadership Practice Inventory questionnaire, has given me some insight
into my leadership behaviors in both home and work. This insight will help me use the results of
the questionnaire by applying from out textbook, Table 6-2 in the Dunbar and Winston (2015)
Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership as it relates to my work and home life.
Model the Way
The first practice, Model the way, involves a leader clarifying values and beliefs
(Garbarini and Winston, 2015). I practice this with my children by making sure my children
understand the value in treating others as they would like to be treated. Going to church, giving
to charity and volunteering services to those in need is how I try to model the way for my family.
Model the way aligns with statement number 4 of the LPI “I set a personal example of
what I expect from others”. The number that best applied to this statement for me was 9 (very
frequently).
Inspire a Shared Vision
The second practice, inspire a shared vision, is when a leader gathers information for a
shared vision and comes up with goals to achieve this (Garbarini and Winston, 2015). I
personally have not had the opportunity to practice this, but I have been a part of a shared vision
at my job. The president of the school I work for, with realizing education was moving towards
computer based delivery, set a goal of having all instructors at Concorde Career College
proficient in online course delivery systems in 1 year. This required foresight and planning on
the president’s part, but the whole campus had to work on taking the appropriate training to meet
this shared vision within 1 year.
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Inspire a shared vision aligns with statement number 2 and 12 of the LPI “I talk about
future trends that will influence how our work gets done” and “I appeal to others to share an
exciting dream for the future. For both those statements, the number that best applied for me was
6 (sometimes).
Challenge the Process
The third practice, challenge the process, involves promoting an environment that
welcomes taking risks, opportunities and confronting challenges that enabled creative strategies
for improvement (Garbarini and Winston, 2015). I practice this with my students at work by
allowing them the opportunities in lab classes to practice treatment interventions. I noticed that
giving them the freedom to practice, enables them to take risk and improve on their skills.
Challenge the process aligns with statement number six of the LPI “I challenge people to
try out new and innovative approaches to their work”. For this statement the number that best
applied for me was 10 (almost always).
Enable Others to Act
The fourth practice, enabled others to act, involves a leader who encourages collaborative
efforts by instilling confidence and trust in others that foster capabilities (Garbarini and Winston,
2015). My job uses this practice, by having the employees participate and lead one community
service activity per year. This requires all the instructors to work collaboratively and encourages
us to find ways to involve ourselves in our community, for example raising money for the AIDS
walk in Fort Lauderdale. We are rewarded for this and it allows us to share the company efforts
of promoting our school and helping the community. In doing this, I lead our students to do the
same.
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This statement, “I search outside the formal boundaries of my organization for
innovative ways to improve what we do” is number 11 on the LPI and I feel that it aligns with
enable others to act. The number that best applied to this statement for me was 7 (fairly often).
Encourage the Heart
The fifth practice, encourage the heart, is facilitating a collaborative team that welcomes
challenges, by acknowledging accomplishments. (Garbarini and Winston, 2015). I do this at
home with my children and at work with the students. My children are rewarded for good grades
and behavior which encourages them to continue to do well. My students get acknowledgment
for perfect attendance and top grades. This challenges other students to try harder and get
acknowledgements of their own.
The statement in the LPI that aligns with this is number 25 “I find ways to celebrate
accomplishments”, and number 5 “I praised people for a job well done”. The number that best
applied to the statements for me was number 9 (very frequently).
In conclusion, although there were many other statements from the LPI that aligned with
the 5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership, I chose the ones that stood out to me. In doing this
assignment, I was able to relate the LPI and 5 practices to my work and family life.
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References
Barker Dunbar S, Winston K. An occupational perspective on leadership: Theoretical and
practical dimension, second edition (pp. 61-74). 2015 SLACK Incorporated
Sanford, C. (2017). Leadership practices inventory [Handout]. Retrieved from
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