Leadership Self-Assessment
Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the assignment. Contact your course faculty if you have questions.
General instructions:
Complete this assignment following the steps below.
- Address the requirements above. Use theleadership self-assessment template (see attachment ). Submit as a .doc or .docx file with your name included in the file name.
 - Write 2-4 total pages (excluding title and reference pages). At least 4 references including one scholarly article.
 - Correctly cite and reference ideas and information that come from scholarly sources of information using APA current edition.
 - Follow rules for grammar, spelling, word usage, and punctuation consistent with formal, scholarly writing.
 
Reflect on your leadership experience, philosophy, and self-leadership skills and include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the grading rubric): Leadership Self-Assessment
- Introduction (6%)
- Include at least three general statements about the value and importance of the master’s prepared nurse as a leader.
 - Identify the purpose of the paper.
 
 - Personal Leadership Experience (17%) 
- Describe your personal experience serving in formal and/or informal leadership roles. – answer as Nursing is my first healthcare job and I have been working for only four months, so I haven’t had any formal leadership experience yet. However, I previously worked as a floor manager in a restaurant, where I gained valuable leadership skills.
 - How effective do you feel you are as a leader? Provide a rationale for your self-assessment.,
 - How comfortable are you serving in leadership roles? Provide a rationale for your self-assessment.,
 
 - Leadership Style (17%)
- Describe the leadership style that aligns best with your philosophy and preferences. Provide a rationale for why the leadership style was selected.,
 - Describe the leadership style(s) that will best suit your future practice as a master’s prepared nurse.,
 - Provide support from at least one scholarly source.,
 
 - Leadership Competencies(20%)
Review the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) Nurse Leader Core CompetenciesLinks to an external site..- Describe the value and importance of the AONL Nurse Leader Core Competencies and how these competencies are relevant to your future practice as a master’s prepared nurse.
 
 
Describe two AONL competency areas you believe to be personal strengths. Provide a rationale for your self-assessment.
Describe two AONL competency areas in which you have growth opportunities. Provide a rationale for your self-assessment.
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- Provide support from at least one scholarly source. The source may be the AONL Nurse Leader Core Competencies.
 
 - Strategies (23%)
 
Discuss three evidence-based strategies to help you achieve the AONL competencies identified as opportunities for growth.
Provide support from at least one scholarly source for each strategy. Leadership Self-Assessment
Conclusion (6%)
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- Provide a conclusion.
 - Include a summary of what you discussed in the paper.
 
 



