SurThriveLeadership: Discovering Your Leadership DNA
Presented by Linda M. Shell
Non-Financial: Linda M. Shell has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
“Leadership starts at the top” is a common theme heard particularly during challenging times, reflecting the critical role a leader plays in creating a positive work environment. To be effective, leaders must start with a realistic portraiture of their leadership style, including strengths, gaps, knowledge, and experience. This strengths-based approach helps leaders see themselves and others as they really are. Ancient wisdom tells us to love others as we love ourselves. This simply means that leaders must be able to embrace their own unique leadership DNA and learn to build on it. By maximizing one’s innate talent, a leader can have an impact through positive, powerful contributions. Last Reviewed: January 2024
Meet your instructor
Linda M. Shell
Dr. Linda Shell is an advanced practice nurse, consultant, and educator with a passion for developing leaders, delivering quality care, and challenging the status quo of long-term care. As principal of lindashell.com, she collaborates with organizations across the country on education, leadership development, post-COVID…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. What Leadership Is and Why It Matters
According to research, employees don’t leave their employer, they leave their supervisor. The working environment is key to employee satisfaction. This chapter will discuss the differences between leadership and management and why leadership is critical to employee satisfaction.
2. The Leader Within You
Leadership begins with an accurate self-assessment of one’s talent, knowledge, and strengths—your leadership DNA. This chapter will describe the strengths-based approach to leadership. Key actions for maximizing strengths and learning to overcome gaps using strengths will be discussed.
3. Three Common Leadership Styles: Which One When?
Successful leaders use various leadership styles. The key to successful leadership is being adaptable and knowing which style to use when. This chapter will discuss three specific styles important for leading today’s workforce and provide specific examples of how and when to use each.
4. Six Steps of Employee Engagement
Most leaders hold both leadership and management responsibilities. This chapter will discuss the Six Steps of Employee Engagement and provide case studies to demonstrate how they can be used to ensure employees are doing what they are supposed to do, and are engaged in their work.
5. The Path to Excellence
Leadership is not a path to perfection, but rather a journey in the pursuit of excellence. Each challenge faced can be a setback or an opportunity for growth. It is essential that leaders have personal and professional goals that frame their leadership journey. This chapter helps the leader assess challenges and opportunities and develop an action plan for leadership development.
More courses in this series
SurThriveLeadership: Becoming a SurTHRIVELeader
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SurThriveLeadership: Discovering Your Leadership DNA
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SurThriveLeadership: Increasing Emotional Intelligence
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SurThriveLeadership: Engaging and Inspiring Others
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SurThriveLeadership: Role of the Leader in Guiding Change
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