NHS FPX 5004 Assessment 1 Leadership and Group Collaboration KP NHS FPX 5004 Assessment 1 Leadership and Group Collaboration KP

As a healthcare professional, my passion for the well-being of others is of the utmost importance. Upon initiating my academic studies and entering the healthcare field as a trained professional, the Hippocratic Oath was of the utmost importance. While the Oath has been historically taken by physicians, the included principles of medical confidentiality and maleficence have served as my ethical compass throughout my career. If afforded the opportunity to serve, I intend on standing upon this fundamental ethical foundation as it relates to all duties and responsibilities.

My initial understanding is that our target community of Haitians are reluctant to utilize prescribed healthcare services as evidenced by significantly diminished utilization. Also, this apprehension is the result (real or perceived) of cultural values and norms not being understood and thus honored. Furthermore, an internal employee survey has revealed that 75% of employees directly or indirectly serving this target community have expressed “concerns” about not only diversity but also workplace incivility and poor work-life balance. 

While I have several questions to include survey methodologies, overall community engagement initiatives and resource allocation, I do feel confident that I have the training, experience and passion to effectively address these most pressing issues. Foremost, it’s imperative that you understand my approach to leadership and collaboration.

From childhood to date, I’ve always desired to be effective in all endeavors. Foremost to me is clearly defining goals and objectives while establishing a clear direction and subsequent means by which goals and objectives will be realized. This approach has served me well throughout my youth, periods of educational pursuit as well as during my entire professional career. 

During my time in undergraduate school, I recall studying Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Specifically, it’s been noted that “when a deficit need has been ‘more or less’ satisfied it will go away, and our activities become habitually directed towards meeting the next set of needs that we have yet to satisfy. These then become our salient needs. However, growth needs continue to be felt and may even become stronger once they have been engaged” (McLeod , 2007, p. 2). Applying this concept to business, I believe that continued growth, observation, collaboration and assessment is necessary. Furthermore, successful managers align their vision with that of the larger organization of which they are a part (Davis, Hellervik, Sheard, Skube, Gebelein, 1996,     p. 300).

In today’s workplace, project leadership is critical to success. All of mankind’s greatest accomplishments—from building the great pyramids to discovering a cure for polio to putting a man on the moon—began as a project (Larson, Erik W., Gray, Clifford F., 2018, p.3). While often thought of as a private sector tool used to ensure efficient productivity, project management is very useful (and often critical) to achieving desired societal outcomes. The successful project leader is someone who can achieve desired results by effectively using all available resources (including people).

For our purposes and discussion, the ideal project leader will be someone who values diversity. As an African-American female, I readily relate to the historical and ongoing challenges realized within “communities of color” as well as historically marginalized groups such as women. Someone who clearly reflected a true sense of purpose as it relates to diversity was Martin Luther King Jr (MLK). While I’m certainly not comparing myself (nor anyone else) to MLK, his overall methodology during the Civil Rights Movement reflects those of an outstanding project leader.