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[Excerpt From] The Road To Leadership, Carol J. Huston

Sigma Publications: Book Excerpts

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About this book: The Road to Leadership presents nine valuable leadership lessons from award-winning author and international nurse leader Carol Huston. This full-color handbook packs big wisdom from a leader who learned her lessons the hard way and now guides others to their own paths as confident, successful leaders. From finding a mentor to learning the art of communication, this engaging book will help you break free of professional limits and define your own effective leadership skills.

Accelerating Patient Experience Performance: Collaboration And Engagement As Drivers For Success, Sidney Klajner

Patient Experience Journal

The efforts at Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil have been focused on principles of excellence for many years as realized in engagement in and commitment to some of the leading global healthcare practices over the last decade. In reinforcing a commitment to excellence and continuous improvement, the patient experience efforts at Einstein have evolved from an operating structure for patient experience efforts to a truly integrated program for action in address all elements in the organization impacting and ultimately driving patient experience outcomes. By grounded efforts in core evidence-based practice, while engaging the hearts and minds of …

Creating Meaning In Work, Eunyce Yap, Joanna Lam

Research Collection Institute of Service Excellence (2007-2024)

Eunyce Yap and Joanna Lam, Founders of fashion label, Love & Bravery, tell us why there should always be more to business than just the bottom line.

2017 The Role Of Books And Reading In Stem: An Overview Of The Benefits For Children And The Opportunities To Enhance The Field, Vitaliy Popov, Tessa Tinkler

Youth, Education, and Literacy

In April 2017, STEM Next, in partnership with the Hoag Foundation and the Molina Foundation, commissioned the Institute for Entrepreneurship in Education (IEE) and the Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research at the University of San Diego to provide an overview of literacy learning within the disciplinary context of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). This overview includes (1) a literature review on the benefits of integrating literacy and STEM for elementary and middle-school-aged children, (2) an environmental scan of reading programs, organizations, and materials that focus on Literacy in STEM, and (3) a set of criteria for …

Women In Leadership And Decision-Making: Understanding Different Styles Of Leading, Remi Alapo

Publications and Research

Women in leadership and decision-making roles influence the policies and directions of organizations (Ahuja, 2002). Women in leadership value supports from their organizations. Pro-social outcomes of relationship competence are mediated by the development of empathy, collaborative approaches to conflict, self-disclosure, and social interest (Jogulu & Wood, 2006). Decision-making perspectives have uncertainty as the sole reason for organizational leaders to search for additional relevant information to solidify or clarify the information at the leader’s disposal. A phenomenological qualitative research study which explored the preferred style of leadership based on three leadership and decision-making styles is presented in this paper1. The researcher …

An Exploration Of The Influence Of Childhood Experiences On Servant Leadership Behaviors, Eva Marie Ahlquist Cooper

Theses and Dissertations

A long standing debate among leadership scholars is whether leadership can be taught and learned. The researcher’s experience, recognition that it is difficult to change behavior in adults, and limited leadership development research on early influences led the researcher to explore the influences of childhood experiences on servant leadership behaviors. A narrative research design was used, exploring the childhood experiences of participants through semi-structured interviews, followed by an interview of a family member. Two research questions guided the study:

Research Question 1: What are participants’ perceptions of how specific childhood experiences have influenced their servant leadership behaviors?

Research Question 2: …

A Quantitative Examination Of The Relationship Between Leadership And Organizational Commitment In Employees Of Faith-Based Organizations, Kimberly Ann Maiocco

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The objective of this research was to examine the relationship between leadership practice and organizational commitment in employees in faith-based organizations. The research utilized Bass and Avolio's Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) Leader Form and Meyer and Allen’s Three-Component Model (TCM) Employee Commitment Survey. The purpose of the research was to determine whether there was a relationship between leadership style and organizational commitment. Attributed idealized influence (IIA), behavioral idealized influence (IIB), inspirational motivation (IM), and contingent reward (CR) predicted affective commitment. Attributed idealized influence (IIA), inspirational motivation (IM), intellectual stimulation (IS), individual consideration (IC), active management-by-exception (MBEA), and transactional leadership predicted …

Institutional Investment In Teaching Excellence, Steven C. Taylor, Catherine Haras, Emily Daniell Magruder, Eva Fernández, Margery Ginsberg, Jake Glover

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Application Of Complex Adaptive Leadership Approach In Multinational Construction Company In Albania, Blerta Vula Rizvanolli

UBT International Conference

The vivid non-linear business environment of nowadays, enhances companies to embrace the complexity leadership approach, in order to remain competitive in a globalized industry. Maintaining their adaptive system is found to be the main challenge. This paper aims to analyze the up-to-date literature based on Complex Adaptive Leadership approach, focusing on Chaos Theory and Complexity Science. In addition a real-life case of a German company investing in real-estate sector in Albania is introduced. The highly dynamic environment of construction project depends on the information flow and interaction between project stakeholders, which is proved to impose high unpredictability, continuous disequilibrium and …

Person-Centered Care And Leadership In Long-Term Care, Santhiny Rajamohan

Biennial Convention (CONV)

A person-centered care leader with a dedicated workforce will transform the long-term care industry. By inspiring the workforce to provide the best quality care enhances the lives of the older adults. Leaders' role-modeling and providing ongoing support for staff have been identified as crucial for keeping the PCC philosophy alive.

Leadership And The American Military, Crystal Trotter

The Eastern Illinois University Political Science Review

The author takes a look at the interplay between leadership and the American military. The author examines and considers views from many great American military minds on how leadership plays an absolutely vital role in the effectiveness of the American military.

Measuring And Disseminating Organizational Leadership Through Impact, Sarah Baumer, Alfredo Karduss

Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement

Our service learning experience as teaching assistants for Professor Brett Crawford’s Foundations of Organizational Leadership course (TLI112) included collaborating with community partners such as the Wabash River Enhancement Corporation, successfully acquiring grant funding as principal investigators, inventorying needs for native plants to replace weeds and invasive species, and disseminating our experiences through various measures of impact. Our efforts fit within a transformation of a large lecture course, moving away from passive learning and toward experiential activities that included 1,340 hours of community service during a single semester. Community service impacts were measured, including links between the Global Reporting Initiatives and …

The Growth Mindset School Community, Christina A. Hild

Theses and Dissertations

Traditional school models perpetuate limited notions of ability. Established in systems designed to label and sort, educators must examine their beliefs about ability and the ways culture and power structures impact expectations and student achievement. By adopting a growth mindset lens and applying distributed leadership to systems within a school, educational leaders can enhance opportunities for all children. The Growth Mindset School Community describes an organization committed to growth and reflective processes intended to monitor thinking and procedures impacting learning and growth. Teacher expectations, feedback, assessment, and grading practices, behavior management, special education, teacher evaluation, and leadership models are all …

Leading The Profession: The Centrality Of Scholarship And Community Within Academe, Lanell M. Bellury, Carol E. Winters, Kathleen K. Shannon Dorcy

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Nursing academe, facing both a faculty shortage and unprecedented changes within healthcare, requires innovative, capable leaders to propel our science and educational practice forward. Enacting leadership development through the NFLA domains provides a model to transform scholarship and community within the nursing academic enterprise.

Gerontological Nursing Leadership Academy: A Nurses' Leadership Journey To Improve Care For Older Adults, Emily Simmons, Kellie L. Flood, Deborah F. Cleeter Bailey

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Describe the impact that participating in a GNLA fellowship has on the following 3 domains: Individual Leadership Development, expanded scope of influence at the state and national level, and leading an interprofessional team project to expand the Hospital Elder Life Program to 2 units.

Gerontological Nursing Leadership Journey: Passion For Advancing Professionalism, Excellence, And Transitional Care For Older Adults, Rogers Maria A., Mona L. Hohman, Nelma B. Crawford Shearer

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose of this poster is to convey the leadership development journey of a GNLA Cohort V Fellow. The experience consists of three comprehensive domains: Individual Leadership Development (ILDP), Advancing Practice through an Interprofessional Team Leadership Project, and Expanding Scope of Influence: Organization, Community, and Profession.

A Mentorship Program To Enhance Leadership Skills In Early Career Nurses, Larry Z. Slater, Billy A. Caceres, Fidelindo Lim, Mary M. Brennan, Betty Boyle-Duke

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Learners will be informed of the process of developing and implementing a mentorship program to enhance leadership skills among nursing students and early career nurses.

Culturally Responsive Educational Leadership: A Qualitative Study Of Indigenous Innovations, Bert Klunder

Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative study of culturally responsive educational leadership (CREL) explores noteworthy cases of system-wide innovation spanning decades through interviews with seven education professionals active within Indigenous movements and organizations driving Native Hawaiian education and the revitalization of Hawaiian language and culture. The research focus includes the Na Honua Mauli Ola Guidelines (and Pathways) for Culturally Healthy and Responsive Learning Environments, along with the preceding Kumu Honua Mauli Ola Philosophy Statement. Interviewees, all with direct connections to these innovations, illuminate their local and global significance through personal accounts of their development and implementation. The study’s uniquely situated methodology yields rich data …

Standardized Patient Promotes Knowledge Through Portrayal Of A Patient With Autism Spectrum Disorder (Asd), Constance E. Mcintosh, Cynthia M. Thomas

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This presentation will explain how a standardized patient assuming the role of an autistic child was positively transformed through the simulation experience. He personally learned about nursing while imparting valuable knowledge about autism to nursing students resulting in a decision to change careers and enroll in a BSN program.

Academic Leadership Development: The Experienced Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy (Enfla), Carol J. Huston

Biennial Convention (CONV)

This session provides an opportunity for the seven 2016/2017 Experienced Nurse Faculty Leadership Academy Scholars to present outcomes from their individualized leadership projects as well as leadership development goals. Additional information about applying for the 2018/2019 ENFLA cohort will be made available to attendees.

Advancing Nursing Informatics To Improve Healthcare Quality And Outcomes, Joyce E. Sensmeier

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Nurses must work with our informatics colleagues and apply technology and innovation to transform the way we deliver care. This session will describe how collaboration, knowledge, innovation and leadership can advance the use of health IT systems and devices that improve healthcare quality and outcomes for individuals and populations.

Developing Global Leaders: Perspectives Of Mentees, Eline De Kok, Theresa A. Koleck, Dorette Sugg Welk, Kathleen Flores Eviza, Joanne Ramsbotham, Tamar Avedissian, Ming Yi Hsu, Yeow Chye Ng, Sylvia Muthoni Waweru

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The purpose of this panel presentation is to describe the experiences of mentees in the Global Leadership Mentoring Community in terms of benefits, challenges, and potential contributions to global nursing. Mentees will give their unique perspectives on the community and its impact on their development.

Global Perspectives On Leadership: Mentors' Experiences, Thora B. Hafsteinsdottir-Houten, Elizabeth Anne Rosser, Debra Jane Anderson, Dorette Sugg Welk, Misae Ito, Mary M. Hays, Maria Elisa Moreno-Fergusson

Biennial Convention (CONV)

An online STTI Community of Interest was begun to create opportunities for mentoring emerging global nurse leaders. Twelve mentor-mentee pairs were recruited with every STTI Global Region represented and connected through The Circle. This panel presentation by mentors describes their experiences in developing future leaders with global perspectives.

Working With A Leadership Coach To Enhance Your Success, Marjorie Maurer

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Leadership coaching is flexible and individualized, ensures a mutual understanding of goals and uses objective statements in order to measure performance. The coach invites exploration and supports discovery, rather than giving advice. The coach helps the individual to grow a capacity for new options, instead of relying on past approaches.

Encouraging Virtual Leadership And Member Collaboration, Carole D. Liske

Biennial Convention (CONV)

The primary goal of Phi Gamma Chapter is making a difference worldwide through creation of a global community of nurses and places importance on encouraging nurse leaders from all over the world. Phi Gamma Chapter communicates with members and those interested in chapter activities through a variety of electronic media.

The Phases Of Leadership And Your Leadership Brand, Beth A. Brooks

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Leaders pass through six phases of leadership from managing self to managing others to managing an enterprise. The leader must know themselves, their values, competencies and areas for improvement. Clearly identifying innate strengths is an important part of defining a leadership brand. Leadership brands are assets requiring management.

Gold & Blue, Fall 2017, St. Mary's University- San Antonio, Texas

Gold & Blue

This is the Fall 2017 edition of Gold & Blue which is St. Mary's University's official school publication.

Lead Like A Pirate: Fostering Leadership Development In Kindergarten Through Third Grade Girls, Jennifer Endres

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

The research question addressed in this project was, how can a summer day camp foster leadership development in kindergarten through third grade girls? It documents the author’s creation of a two­week summer day camp as an innovative and fun way to begin leadership development in young girls. The “Lead like a Pirate” camp includes a variety of activities to expose young girls to skills that most highly resonate with leadership and overall future success, including: self­esteem and confidence, grit and growth mindset, communication, vulnerability, self­reflection and creativity. The girls will be encouraged to take risks and step out of their …

Educator Reaction To Secondary Students Having Leadership Roles, Noel R. Cronin

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

The research question addressed in this project was, how do a diverse group of educators react to the idea of assigning secondary students leadership roles in teaching their peers and communicating information in the classroom environment? This capstone used a qualitative research design. An anonymous electronic survey was sent out via Survey Monkey to eighty participants. A total of forty were included in the analyses. The survey gathered information from five groups of educators. These included secondary teachers, military officers, flight instructors, coaches, and corporate trainers. Data analyses calculated the mean, median, and mode for each survey question. The mean …

Creativity And Innovation Through The Job Demands-Resources Model, Nathan Haugejorde Bjornberg

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

Organizational innovation is key to organizations’ financial performance and long-term success (Anderson, Potočnik, & Zhou, 2014; Bowen, Rostami, & Steel, 2010). Employees drive organizational innovation through their creativity and innovation, making the understanding of how to influence these behaviors especially important. Previous research has stressed the importance of the work environment and individual differences in supporting creativity and innovation (Byron & Khazanchi, 2011; Hammond, Neff, Farr, Schwall, & Zhao, 2011; Hülsheger, Anderson, & Salgado, 2009; Hunter, Bedell, & Mumford, 2007), but results have been unclear about how this occurs (Hennessey & Amabile, 2010). This study used the job-demands resources model …