Reflection on Different Leadership Styles

The purpose of this assignment is to assist learners in developing effective communication by emphasizing the proper application of APA style. APA style is required for the graduate program.
Refer to the resources in the course materials and Student Success Center for assistance with APA. Use the APA Style Guide resource, located in the Student Success Center, to complete this assignment.
For this assignment, complete the following:
Self-Assessment
Self-awareness is essential for developing leadership skills. Recognizing your own strengths, weaknesses, and values, and understanding emotional intelligence and learning styles can help you to be a more effective nurse leader.
For this assignment, you have the opportunity to take a variety of self-assessments to learn more about yourself and identify your assets and weaknesses as a leader. This will assist you in discovering how you can improve your own self-leadership skills. You will be asked to think critically about your results and submit a reflection as directed below.
Refer to the study materials. Select and complete three self-assessments. Be sure to document the results of each assessment to assist you in completing the reflection portion of the assignment below.
Self-Assessment Reflection
three self assessments:
Big Five personality test 91/100 score results:
You are a total extrovert, and prefer being with people to spending time alone. In fact, you might even feel quite bored when denied the company of others. Chances are that when you're feeling bad, low on energy, or stressed, you turn to others for support. You are totally at ease interacting with others, and this makes it easy for you to deal with a variety of social settings. Although you would likely be able to work on individual tasks, you are likely at your best when working on group projects or with the public.
The VARK questionnaire results:
multimodal People with your preference like:
different formats, graphs, diagrams, maps, interesting layouts, space, listening, discussing, talking, questioning, practical exercises, experiences, examples, case studies, trial and error, things that are real
values assessment: results
The following is a summarized version of your results, categorized according to your Dominant Values (those that are most important to you) Influencing Values (those of moderate importance to you), and Minor Values (those of least importance to you).
Dominant Values
· Social Values
· Realistic Values
· Traditional Values
· Political Values
Influencing Values
· Theoretical Values
· Aesthetic Values
Minor Values
· None of the values fall into this category

Becoming self-aware is an ongoing process requiring introspection. The more often people practice self-reflection, the more opportunities they have to understand their own behaviors and adapt their approaches to working with other people, which can improve both your own and other's abilities to meet their professional goals.
In a 1,000-1,250 word reflective essay, address the following:
Provide a rationale and brief summary for selecting each self-assessment. Summarize the results you obtained on each assessment.
Identify the leadership style that closely aligns to your philosophy of care and explain what appeals to you about that style.
Reflect on how you might incorporate elements of that particular style as you exercise leadership in a practice or health care organization setting.
Discuss any particular areas for improvement the assessments helped you identify and some steps for improving your leadership capabilities.
Analyze the characteristics of an effective professional nurse leader, or individuals in nursing leadership. Discuss the characteristics and explain why they are effective for leadership in nursing.
Analyze different leadership theories and leadership styles. Select one theory and leadership style, different from your own, and explain how they each support a professional nurse leader or individual in nursing leadership. Consider how the theory shapes the nurse leader in such things as collaboration, conflict resolution, decision making, and negotiation.
You are required to cite three to five sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and nursing content.