Your Leadership Journey
You probably were not able to answer yes to each of the above questions. Leadership is a journey of self-development. It is important to turn your areas of weakness around using these statements in situations to ask yourself for example – am I being attentive to the needs and concerns of my team members? An even stronger test would be to ask members of your team how they would rate you on each of the eight statements.
Every nurse who assumes leadership (CNO, nurse manager, charge nurse, preceptor) can and should practice transformational leadership. You will find that most of your followers are visionary, passionate and committed. They have great innovative ideas about how to transform health care that need to be unleashed through transformational leadership.