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Reply to another student’s discussion post. Topic :  Do you believe you have the traits to be an effective leader? Perhaps you are already in a supervisory role, but as has been discussed previously, appointment does not guarantee leadership skills. How can you evaluate your own leadership skills and behaviors? You can start by analyzing your performance in specific areas of leadership. In this Discussion, you will complete Gallup’s StrengthsFinder assessment. This assessment will identify your personal strengths, which have been shown to improve motivation, engagement, and academic self-conference. Through this assessment, you will discover your top five themes—which you can reflect upon and use to leverage your talents for optimal success and examine how the results relate to your leadership traits. To Prepare: Complete the StrengthsFinder assessment instrument, per the instructions found in this Module’s Learning Resources. Please Note: This Assessment will take roughly 30 minutes to complete. Once you have completed your assessment, you will receive your “Top 5 Signature Themes of Talent” on your screen. Click the Download button below Signature Theme Report, and then print and save the report. We also encourage you to select the Apply tab to review action items. Reflect on the results of your Assessment, and consider how the results relate to your leadership traits. Download your Signature Theme Report to submit for this Discussion. Post a brief description of your results from the StrengthsFinder assessment. Then, briefly describe two core values, two strengths, and two characteristics that you would like to strengthen based on the results of your StrengthsFinder assessment. Be specific. Note: Be sure to attach your Signature Theme Report to your Discussion post. Respond to  your colleagues by making recommendations for how they might strengthen the leadership behaviors profiled in their StrengthsFinder assessment, or by commenting on lessons to be learned from the results that can be applied to personal leadership philosophies and behaviors. Post: In taking the Gallup Strength Finder assessment, this author realized a couple of strengths that she was too aware of. This author’s utmost leadership goal is to become an authentic leader. This type of leadership is rooted in humanistic values , which are at the core of the nursing profession (Puni & Hilton, 2020). This author’s strengths, according to the Gallup self-assessment, are as follows: 1. Harmony; 2. Context; 3. Futuristic; 4. Analytical; 5. Individualization (Gallup Strength finder,2020). This author does not wish to be a manager in the traditional sense of the word but aims to lead others. Traditionally managers were thought to maintain process with a focus on the short term, relying on their authority rather than their ability to influence. In contrast, leaders were thought of as insightful, influential, and visionary (Marshall & Broome, 2021).  This author has been around for more than a few years and is pretty self-aware. The Futurist trait was one that caught this author off guard simply because of its name. However, upon reading more about this trait, it became clear that the result was correct. This author likes to look far into the future to weigh every possible option before making decisions and plan for all the “what ifs.” By planning and looking into the future, one can minimize disruptions to the workflow and patient care. The Context trait is one this author is very proud of. With the apparent increase in racism and intolerance in the world today, this author enjoys meeting and getting to know people from every corner of the globe and getting to know them individually. This helps to make cultural awareness with patient care somewhat easier. This author would rather see nurse Jin, rather than the “Chinese nurse.” This makes for mutual respect, which in turn can improve teamwork. The two characteristics this author would like to improve upon are Woo and Focus. Wooing is difficult for this author because of a lack of patience. This is a character flaw that this author is already aware of and is making an honest attempt to improve. This author does not have the patience to sway people to see things her way, which would be beneficial for a leader. The next characteristic that needs improving is Focus. This author struggles with taking directions and making changes while staying on track. Following directions is usually not a problem when there are no glitches along the way. However, when there is a glitch along the way, this author sometimes struggles with meeting deadlines. This is a work in progress for this author.                                                                                                References Marshall, E. S., & Broome, M. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: from expert clinician to influential leader. Springer Publishing Company, LLC. Puni, A., & Hilton, S. K. (2020, August 17). Dimensions of authentic leadership and patient care quality. Leadership in Health Services. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/LHS-11-2019-0071/full/html. StrengthsFinder 2.0 (e-book): en-us – Gallup. Gallup Store. (2020). https://store.gallup.com/p/en-us/10386/strengthsfinder-2.0-(e-book).