Reflection Paper (10%)
Understanding oneself and his or her capabilities as a leader and manager are an important component of development in today’s health care environment. For this assignment, students will complete an online leadership skills assessments (see link below), reflecting on personal strengths and areas for improvement. Based on current literature, the student will outline a personal plan for growth and development in leadership skills.
Student Leadership Competencies InventoryLinks to an external site.
Using the web link provided above, complete the following assessments:
- Self-awareness & development
- Interpersonal interaction
- Group dynamics
- Communication
- Strategic planning
The survey will ask you for your ethnicity from a very narrow list. Complete whichever one from the list that you feel you most closely identify with from a cultural perspective, just for purposes of getting through the assessment. My apologies for the lack of diversity & inclusivity on this American-based survey.
Save a copy of the results
of each of the skills assessments for submission as an appendix to your paper.
- Your reflection paper should be no more than 4-5 double-spaced typed pages (not including
- references) (12 point font, 2.54cm margins). The grading rubric can be found below.
Your reflection paper will include:
- Title page (APA format)
- Four to five-page brief where you will outline a personal plan for growth and development in leadership skills
- Reference Page(s)
- Appendix
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Reflection– Reflect on your personal strengths and areas for improvement.
Personal Growth Plan –Describe a personal plan for growth and development in leadership skills (based in the literature).
Appendix– Attach a copy of the resultsof each of the skills assessments
Prior to beginning this assignment, review the following links on how to write a reflective paper.
How to Write a Reflection Paper (Trent University)Links to an external site.
Reflection Papers (Cleveland State University)Links to an external site.
How Do I Write Reflectively? ((Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
UNSW SydneyLinks to an external site.
The paper should be written in complete APA formatting. However, you may use "first-person" language in the writing of your paper. As reflection assignments are generally quite personal in nature, it stands to reason that first-person language is used in such a document.