2 Discussion Questions, 2 Student Reponses, 2 Small Assignment/Paper and 1 Journal Entry

JGR200: The Power of People

Week 9 Discussion

Part 1: Who Leads By Example?

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Never forget that the most important member of your team…is you. You must behave as a team player - in Joe's words, lead from ahead, not above. To foster collaboration and success within your team, you need to lead by example and be a member of your own team. Don't ask your team members to do things you wouldn't do yourself. This helps break down barriers between team members and leaders and creates a sense of teamwork. This week, you see examples of how other leaders apply these principles to their own teams. Identify someone in your professional work life (past or current) who leads by example. Describe their specific actions and the impact that those specific actions and their leadership has on others.

Part 2: Student Response (Respond Kindly to the below Student)

Elizabeth Farley 

RE: Who Leads By Example?

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Hello professor and classmates. This is an interesting and important discussion this week because to be a leader you must be a team player. Being able to work alongside your team members and get your hands dirty as the saying goes is key to being a good leader. One person that immediately comes to my mind is the RN and clinical director who began our three cc teams at work. Keep in mind that is our critical care unit that handles the very sensitive time at the end of life for patients and their families. So having quality leadership is vital to the teams overall success. Kelly has a knowledge and experience level that is unwaivering. She always maintains an approachable attitude, she's always on time, and she has no issues with meeting us at a patient's home to help us through a visit if the care is more difficult or time consuming. She did as we had to do in our project of developing the three teams that handled these cases. She found her three team leaders being myself and two others and after meeting with us on a few different occasions to discuss the new program and the work it would entail we began developing possible candidate lists of people we knew well enough to think they may be a good fit. After that she stuck with us each step of the way to be sure we each built a team that we were happy with. Even now three years later she does weekly phone meeting between all members to allow us to voice concerns, ask questions, and keep all of us in the loop on all patient issues. I take great pride in all she has taught me about being a great health care provider, leader, and person period. That is what a true leader does.

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