Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Julia and I am an undergrad student at the University of New Hampshire studying Health Management and Policy.
My initial interest in healthcare sparked when I got my first job in high school at a local physical therapy clinic as a part time office coordinator. Here I answered phone calls, scheduled appointments, and had many other office duties. At my job, I worked under strong leaders and this was my first exposure to the world of health management. This inspired me to maybe someday be in their shoes and hopefully be as successful as them in the years to come.
I would like to connect my experience to an article we read in class, 12 Principles of Servant Leadership. When going over this piece I immediately thought of some of the great people that I have worked under. Speaking from my previous experience I wanted to pull some of the top qualities that I have found to make a good leader.
There are so many important qualities in a leader but these are just some of the ones that I personally find to be important. For more on the 12 Principles of Servant Leadership see below.
My initial interest in healthcare sparked when I got my first job in high school at a local physical therapy clinic as a part time office coordinator. Here I answered phone calls, scheduled appointments, and had many other office duties. At my job, I worked under strong leaders and this was my first exposure to the world of health management. This inspired me to maybe someday be in their shoes and hopefully be as successful as them in the years to come.
I would like to connect my experience to an article we read in class, 12 Principles of Servant Leadership. When going over this piece I immediately thought of some of the great people that I have worked under. Speaking from my previous experience I wanted to pull some of the top qualities that I have found to make a good leader.
- Building Community
- This is an important principle when being a positive leader in a work setting because it makes an employee feel important and as though they belong. It is key to having a productive and happy work setting.
- Awareness
- A leader always needs to know what is happening around them. If members of a team are struggling and need help, they need to know and if members of a team are excelling and doing a great job they need to know of that too.
- Growth
- Growth is important to any organization or group because you can't be successful without it. Leaders need to be focused on growth so that they can make progress and reach their potential.
There are so many important qualities in a leader but these are just some of the ones that I personally find to be important. For more on the 12 Principles of Servant Leadership see below.
http://library.nsuok.edu/admin/minutes/servantleadership.pdf
nice use of the class material.
ReplyDeleteHi Julia,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Evan Dressel, HMP graduate from 2014. I've worked in hospitals since I graduated and have been fortunate to have worked my way to a couple of leadership positions. I think you're spot on in terms of identifying key attributes of those leaders who you hold in high regards. I've tried to do the same in observing their behaviors, attitudes and approaches in work / meetings etc. I've learned that we often learn more by this observation, than by being the person who always speaks up at a meeting / class / event. Many of the leaders I emulate focus more on listening than speaking. As learners this can be kind of a backward concept because often times we ARE listening to those leaders and not observing them when they listen to the people they admire. I think another important aspect of leadership is congruence. I view congruence as "walking the walk". If your leader tells you one thing, and then goes and does the opposite, people are probably going to have a hard time getting behind that leader and showing them support. However, if the leader's actions reflect their words, the result can be powerful.
Looking forward to reading more of your posts this semester.
-Evan