Leadership, Self Awareness and Self Empowerment

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[pic] FACULTY OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE CPD/ FOHSC SUBMISSION COVER SHEET NAME: Melanie Soo STUDENT NO: 21829772 MODULE NO: HEA 4037 MODULE TITLE: Leadership, Self-Awareness & Self- Empowerment 2011 WORD COUNT: 4,761 DECLARATION STATEMENT: ‘I certify that this assessment is the result of my own work and has not been used previously for another award. Quotations and sources of information have been duly acknowledged in the text CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: ‘I certify that confidentiality has been maintained by the use of pseudonyms’ Personal Leadership Paradigm For my formative essay I began by exploring my initial Leadership Paradigm to see how I first viewed the role of a leader. Covey (2003) identifies that in order to make a change we must first look at how we view ourselves and the world around us. My paradigm showed that I perceive a leader to be someone who is supportive, innovative, empathetic, a good listener and challenging. A leader is also someone who can empower others as well as encouraging them to explore their own skills and limitations. A good leader should also be able to lead by example through turbulent times, and have the ability to influence change. The evidence for this has come from observing my own manager who I have perceived as being visionary and supportive in a time when our current climate within the health service is demanding constant change to achieve an improved service. On completion of this course I looked back and realised I’d perceived my manager’s leadership style to be democratic, believing him to able to guide his team, giving them all their own responsibilities in order to arrive at a shared vision. In actual fact I now believe his leadership style to be Laissez Faire. The reason being, I now realise that although he is visionary there is never

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