Leadership Development for Staff Nurses: Creating a Strategy to Accelerate the Transition into a Leader- 4CH

Course overview

Audience This course is intended for staff nurses as they seek to enhance their leadership skills. Course overview According to Maxwell (2014), a leader does not need a title to strive to make things better. Each individual has the potential to be a leader with ingrained qualities that require development. What makes a person a successful leader is the ability to influence others. Effective leaders establish teams with a collaborative spirit directed toward a common purpose (Kouzes & Posner, 2017a). Leadership uses practices, behaviors, and skills to lead a group to achieve goals (Kouzes & Posner, 2017a). Challenges in the health-care field, such as the continued effort to improve quality and safety while providing efficient and cost-effective care, require staff nurses to take a leadership role. In doing so, they will help patients reach their goals as well as effect change within the work group and the organization. Individuals are not born leaders, but rather develop skills to become leaders. This course provides information on leadership and highlights strategies to enhance individual and group leadership skills. Learning objectives At the completion of this course, the learner should be able to: -Identify the characteristics of effective leaders. -Utilize the 10 commitments of leadership associated with the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership®. -Describe five leadership styles. -Determine personal leadership potential. -Discuss the components of leadership.