Create an 8-10-page personal leadership portrait that reflects an in-depth assessment of your leadershipskills and abilities.
Leadership may be one of the defining factors in influencing organizational culture. Leadership
impacts quality of care and addresses the well-being and development of employees and those served.
In health care, successful leadership is aligned with ensuring access to care, safety and quality of care,
affordability, ethical practice, and creating a culture of inclusion that honors diversity.
The research reports a link between type of leadership and outcomes such as patient satisfaction,
organizational performance, staff well-being, engagement, longevity in the field, and quality of care
(West, Armit, Loewenthal, Eckert, West, & Lee, 2015). Effective leaders and their organizations deliver
high quality and compassionate care that meets the needs of the population served.
The health care environment is complex, requiring leadership that is collaborative and embraces
interprofessional communication and ethical practices. Leaders in the field must have a good
understanding of the emerging health care market, be passionate about meeting the needs of the
population served, and act as change agents, inspiring and motivating others in an organization that
provides quality services at an affordable cost.
It is essential for leaders to be well versed in a range of areas (practice, research, education) as a means
of effective engagement with interprofessional communities. Effective leaders have heightened
awareness of self and leadership styles, leading to professional growth, career advancement, and the
ability to develop ethical leaders for the future across fields of practice (nursing, health administration,
public health).
This assessment provides an opportunity for you to create a portrait of the effective health care
professional and leader you aspire to be.
Reference
West, M., Armit, K., Loewenthal, L., Eckert, R., West, T., & Lee, A. (2015). Leadership and leadership
development in healthcare: The evidence base.
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/default/files/field/field_publication_file/leadership-leadershipdevelopment-health-care-feb-2015.pdf
Instructions
Create a personal leadership portrait.
Writing in the third person is customary in academic writing. However, for this assessment, you may
write in the first person.
Document Format and Length
Format your leadership portrait using APA style.
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A title page and references page. An abstract is not required.
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Appropriate topic section headings.
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Your leadership portrait should be 8–10 pages in length, not including the title page and
references page.
Supporting Evidence
Cite 4–5 credible sources published within the last five years from peer-reviewed journals, other
scholarly resources, professional industry publications, and assigned readings to support your leadership
portrait. You will cite sources when you refer to the characteristics of leadership styles, best practices
for interprofessional communication, diversity and inclusion, and ethical standards for your discipline.
Assessment Grading
The assessment requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide, so
be sure to address each of the five main tasks. Read the performance-level descriptions for each
criterion to see how your work will be evaluated.
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Evaluate your personal approach to health care leadership.
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Identify the leadership and emotional intelligence characteristics you already possess.
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Analyze your strengths and limitations (areas for development).
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Analyze your ability to apply emotional intelligence in your personal approach to health
care leadership.
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Compare your leadership characteristics with a predominant leadership style and its
application to professional practice.
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Assess other leadership styles you might integrate into your skills repertoire to enhance
your effectiveness as a leader and manage change in health care.
Explain how your personal approach to health care leadership facilitates interprofessional
relationships, community engagement, and change management.
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Consider interprofessional relationships with staff, community agencies, organizations,
and other stakeholders.
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Identify your strengths and weaknesses related to interprofessional relationships,
community engagement, and change management.
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Evaluate best practices for interprofessional communications, and compare your
communication skills and attributes to those best practices.
Explain how ethical leadership principles can be applied to professional practice.
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Identify the relevant ethical leadership principles for your discipline (public health,
health administration, or nursing).
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Evaluate best practices for developing an ethical culture in the workplace.
Explain how health care leaders can address diversity and inclusion.
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What do diversity and inclusion mean to you within the context of population health?
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Explain the importance of diversity and inclusion to effective leadership.
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How does an effective leader develop a diverse and inclusive workplace (strategies, best
practices)?
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How do diversity and inclusion contribute to health care quality and service to the
community?
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What best practices would you recommend to address issues of diversity and inclusion?
Explain how scholar-practitioners contribute to leadership and professional development in the
field of health care.
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Define scholar-practitioner, in your own words.
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Explain the importance of critical thinking to scholar-practitioners.
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Evaluate the influence of scholar-practitioners on health care leadership and
professional development.
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Explain the importance of scholar-practitioners to professional practice. Consider their
value in:
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Expanding the knowledge base.
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Applying new and existing knowledge, research, and scholarship to solve realworld problems.
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Improving health care quality and safety.
Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
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For example, cultivating good employee and community relations.
Proofread your writing to avoid errors that could distract readers and make it more
difficult for them to focus on the substance of your evaluation.
Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
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Apply correct APA formatting to your document, including headers, headings, spacing,
and margins.
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Apply correct APA formatting to all source citations.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following
course competencies and assessment criteria:
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Competency 1: Apply interprofessional collaboration, communication, and leadership best
practices to advance population health.
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Evaluate one’s personal approach to health care leadership.
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Competency 2: Apply professional ethics and the principles of diversity and inclusion to advance
population health.
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Explain how ethical leadership principles can be applied to professional practice.
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Explain how health care leaders can address diversity and inclusion.
Competency 3: Explain how scholar-practitioners function as leaders in the field of health care.
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Explain how a personal approach to health care leadership facilitates interprofessional
relationships, community engagement, and change management.
Explain how scholar-practitioners contribute to leadership and professional
development in the field of health care.
Competency 4: Produce written work that demonstrates critical thinking and application of
knowledge, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards.
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Organize content so ideas flow logically with smooth transitions.
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Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.
Personal Leadership Portrait Scoring Guide
CRITERIA
Evaluate one’s
personal
approach to
health care
leadership.
NONPERFORMANCE
Does not
describe one’s
personal
approach to
health care
leadership.
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
Describes one’s
personal
approach to
health care
leadership.
Evaluates one’s
personal
approach to
health care
leadership.
Evaluates one’s
personal
approach to
health care
leadership.
Draws insightful
conclusions from
a critical,
impartial analysis
of personal
leadership
characteristics,
strengths,
weaknesses, and
leadership styles.
CRITERIA
NONPERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
Explain how a
personal
approach to
health care
leadership
facilitates
interprofessiona
l relationships,
community
engagement,
and change
management.
Does not
explain how a
personal
approach to
health care
leadership
facilitates
interprofessiona
l relationships,
community
engagement,
and change
management.
Provides a
unsubstantiated
or ambiguous
explanation of
how a personal
approach to
health care
leadership
facilitates
interprofessiona
l relationships,
community
engagement,
and change
management.
Explains how a
personal
approach to
health care
leadership
facilitates
interprofessiona
l relationships,
community
engagement,
and change
management.
Explains how a
personal
approach to
health care
leadership
facilitates
interprofessional
relationships,
community
engagement, and
change
management.
Explicitly
identifies
relevant
leadership and
communication
strengths and
weaknesses.
Applies clear,
relevant criteria
to the evaluation
of
interprofessional
communication
best practices,
and makes valid
inferences based
on credible
evidence.
Explain how
ethical
leadership
principles can
be applied to
professional
practice.
Does not
describe ethical
leadership
principles that
can be applied
in professional
practice.
Describes
ethical
leadership
principles that
can be applied
to professional
practice.
Explains how
ethical
leadership
principles can
be applied to
professional
practice.
Explains how
ethical leadership
principles can be
applied to
professional
practice.
Inferences and
CRITERIA
NONPERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
conclusions
about best
practices for
developing an
ethical workplace
culture are based
on a perceptive
analysis and
interpretation of
relevant ethical
codes and
credible
evidence.
Explain how
health care
leaders can
address
diversity and
inclusion.
Does not
explain how
health care
leaders can
address
diversity and
inclusion.
Outlines vague,
unsubstantiated
leadership
strategies for
addressing
diversity and
inclusion, or
draws
conclusions that
are logically
inconsistent
with the
evidence.
Explains how
health care
leaders can
address
diversity and
inclusion.
Explains how
health care
leaders can
address diversity
and inclusion.
Clearly
articulates the
implications and
consequences for
leaders of
addressing these
issues from
multiple
perspectives.
Conclusions and
recommendation
s reflect best
practices distilled
from an astute
synthesis of the
evidence.
CRITERIA
NONPERFORMANCE
BASIC
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
Explain how
scholarpractitioners
contribute to
leadership and
professional
development in
the field of
health care.
Does not
explain how
scholarpractitioners
contribute to
leadership and
professional
development in
the field of
health care.
Provides an
explanation of
how scholarpractitioners
contribute to
leadership and
professional
development
that reflects a
limited view of
the scholarpractitioner’s
role and
potential
contributions to
the field of
health care.
Explains how
scholarpractitioners
contribute to
leadership and
professional
development in
the field of
health care.
Explains how
scholarpractitioners
contribute to
leadership and
professional
development in
the field of health
care. Provides a
cogent argument
for the value of
scholarpractitioners to
the field of health
care and notes
clear implications
for the field of
health care hat
extend beyond a
single issue.
Organize
content so ideas
flow logically
with smooth
transitions.
Does not
organize
content so ideas
flow logically
with smooth
transitions.
Organizes
content with
some logical
flow and
smooth
transitions.
Organizes
content so ideas
flow logically
with smooth
transitions.
Organizes
content so clarity
is enhanced and
all ideas flow
logically with
smooth
transitions.
Apply APA style
and formatting
to scholarly
writing.
Does not apply
APA style and
formatting to
scholarly
writing.
Applies APA
style and
formatting to
scholarly writing
incorrectly
and/or
inconsistently,
detracting
Applies APA
style and
formatting to
scholarly
writing.
Applies APA style
and formatting to
scholarly writing.
Exhibits virtually
error-free
adherence to
stylistic
conventions,
CRITERIA
NONPERFORMANCE
BASIC
noticeably from
good
scholarship.
PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
document
structure, and
source
attributions.
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