Rpd Personal Statement

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As a retired military veteran I have experience in personnel and program management. In 21 years of active military service I received formal training in management concepts. I attended and successfully completed a variety of U.S. Navy and Marine Corp leadership training programs, including the Franklin Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective People course. I served as a leader in a variety of challenging environments and operational theaters: Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia, throughout the United States and the Caribbean. I have managed personnel ranging in numbers from 2 to 300. I have a record of achievement, evidenced by my performance evaluations, unit and individual awards. I am most proud of my legacy of developing subordinates, many of whom…show more content…
I have limited the performance period to within the previous 6 years. I submit this leadership portfolio for consideration in determining my suitability for acceptance in your College’s Professional MBA program and to waive the GMAT/GRE entrance requirement. To illustrate my recent accomplishments as a leader I thought it best to focus on the period from 2008 to the present. Specifically I will focus on key performance indicators in my capacity as the Respiratory Therapy Program Director (RTPD). This is best demonstrated by the annual Report of Current Status (RCS). The RCS is the annual report is submitted to the the Commission on the Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).. The RCScontains thresholds required to maintain programmatic accreditation. the ability to maintain accreditation a key indicator of effective leadership. As the RTPD my staff and I maintained accreditation without incident. In January of 2012 we successfully sought and were awarded continuing accreditation status. The continuing accreditation process is a detailed review of the program’s outcomes and other pertinent data from the previous 5 years. Continuing accreditation includes a self-study followed by an on-site inspection by CoARC representatives. The self-study served to identify specific areas to be inspected by an on-site inspection team. The program was deemed deemed near flawless by the inspectors and we were subsequently granted the maximum achievable accreditation status of 10 years. I will also submit a copy of the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) Annual School Summary, which is a report that contains student credentialing outcomes for the years 2008 to
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