Leadership in Health Professions

I found this exercise to be quite interesting.  My Myers-Briggs Type Indicator revealed that I am Introverted, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging (ISTJ).  ISTJs are efficient and responsible.  On a team we work to clarify responsibilities and goals and are dependable in meeting commitments.  On the other hand, we may have issues with delegating and may be resistant to new ideas.  The Blake and Mouton Leadership assessment indicated that I am a team leader.  I do feel that I lead by example and a primary goal is that all of my team members will be successful.  My left brain and right brain are completely balanced and I would have guessed those results.  According to the Strength Finders Assessment, my strengths include intellect, harmony, significance, input, and being a relator.   It would seem that these characteristics could work harmoniously in a neonatal nurse and/or a nursing faculty.

According to the Jung Typology, I am an ENFJ: Extrovert (78%), Intuitive (88%), Feeling (62%) and Judging (33%).  The ” benevolent “pedagogues” of humanity. At first I thought, correctly described me as I see myself but when I refreshed my memory regarding the definition of “pedagogues” – I’m not sure. I agree with the “teacher” in a broad sense of the description but don’t like the definition of “especially a strict or pedantic one” according to Webster.

My strengths assessment indicated that my top five strengths are Arranger, Responsibility, Maximizer, Woo, Futuristic. In watching the videos, that go along with these descriptions, I was impressed how well they described how I approach my work.  These strengths also tracked with characteristics described in The Leadership Challenge – strengths of a leader.  Honesty in my mind is a characteristic of Responsibility. In order to be an Maximizer one needs to obtain Competency in identifying expertise needed. Woo (I love it!) is being genuine and developing a rapport which I think allows on to be be Inspiring and Futuristic is Forward Thinking.  On the Blake and Mouton Grid, I landed on the low left corner of Team Leader.  I am a balanced Right Brain – Left Brain.

I found it very helpful to take time to gain understanding regarding my personality and strengths.  I am particularly interested in learning what my boss of 15 years scores on these scales and gaining greater insight as to why we have worked so well together for years.

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