Hello Dave....This was really good. Why don't you develop a leadership module
for sale?

Thanks.

"Great opportunities to help
others rarely come, but small
ones surround us everyday."

Carolyn Hamilton



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From: "bens_dad99" <dwoodruff@...>
Reply-To: mpoweryournurses@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:54:41 -0000

>According to Dr. Ernest of Ohio State University, leadership is not
>an innate characteristic. It can be developed through training. All
>nurses are leaders; so the choice is not whether to be a leader, but
>rather, whether to be a good leader or not.
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>We lead our patients, their families, and each other. It is
>important to recognize our leadership potential and to develop it.
>Daniel Goldman in his book "Primal Leadership Realizing The Power Of
>Emotional Intelligence" states that the individual's ability to
>recognize and regulate his emotions and emotions of others accounts
>for 80 percent of leadership success in organizations. As nurses we
>need to recognize the leadership potential in ourselves and in each
>other.
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>Dan Amos, the CEO of the insurance company Aflac, states if you treat
>your employees well, they will take care of your customers and your
>business. As a leader, it is important to develop an interest with
>those people you work with, whether they are your employees or
>whether they are your co workers. If you have a sincere interest in
>the people you work with, you express that interest by finding out
>more about them and by listening to their concerns. Developing a
>genuine and non-judgmental interest in other people will help you
>strengthen one of the most important leadership skills, the skill of
>relationship.
>
>The people you lead know whether you are genuinely interested in
>their well-being or not based on your relationship. Developing
>relationships is one of the most important things you can do as a
>leader. You need to know what makes your co workers, your employees,
>and other people tick. For example, if you have a competency that
>you need for your employees to understand and implement, you will be
>in a better position to gain their cooperation if you understand what
>their needs are and you shape the development of the program around
>their needs.
>
>The first step in developing leadership that works is developing the
>relationship; and if you are genuinely interested, you can find out
>what makes them tick. Then you have the opportunity to show them how
>what you are teaching can make their job easier and make their life
>better. Leadership takes time and it takes effort, but good leaders
>can change the entire culture of their organization leading to more
>cooperation and better patient care.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>David W. Woodruff, MSN, RN, CNS
>President, Ed4Nurses, Inc.
>www.Ed4Nurses.com
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