CLC - Leadership Styles and Nursing My Group Group Forum This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) assignment.  The purpose of this assignment is to assess leadership styles, traits, and practices as a nursing professional, establish the importance of effective interprofessional communication as a leader in nursing, and to explore the role of servant leadership in nursing practice. Read the study materials on leadership and complete the topic quiz activities to better understand your leadership qualities. Upon completion, summarize and share with your group what you learned about your specific leadership qualities, so you can become familiar with how you are similar and different from your peers when it comes to being a leader. As a group, review the study materials related to servant leadership. Using what you have learned about the tenets of servant leadership and traits and practices of successful leaders, create a 4 slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes. Add an additional slide for references at the end of your presentation.   Include the following in your presentation: Each group member: Create a slide that summarizes your leadership style, traits, and practices. Explain why it is important for nursing professionals to be aware of their personal leadership style, traits, and practices. You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and relevant to nursing practice.  Refer to the resource, "Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations," located in the Student Success Center, for additional guidance on completing this assignment in the appropriate style.  While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.  This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.  You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance. CLC-Leadership Styles and Nursing No of Criteria: 11 Achievement Levels: 5 CriteriaAchievement LevelsDescriptionPercentageUnsatisfactory0.00 %Less Than Satisfactory75.00 %Satisfactory79.00 %Good89.00 %Excellent100.00 %Content80.0     Individual Group Slides4.0Slides summarizing leadership styles, traits, and practices of each group member are omitted.N/AN/AN/ASlides summarizing leadership styles, traits, and practices of each group member are presented.Comparison of Leadership Styles4.0A comparison of the personal leadership styles of group members is omitted.A comparison of the personal leadership styles of group members is incomplete. The comparison is vague and fails t.

1. CLC - Leadership Styles and Nursing
My Group
Group Forum
This is a Collaborative Learning Community (CLC)
assignment.
The purpose of this assignment is to assess leadership styles,
traits, and practices as a nursing professional, establish the
importance of effective interprofessional communication as a
leader in nursing, and to explore the role of servant leadership
in nursing practice.
Read the study materials on leadership and complete the topic
quiz activities to better understand your leadership qualities.
Upon completion, summarize and share with your group what
you learned about your specific leadership qualities, so you can
become familiar with how you are similar and different from
your peers when it comes to being a leader.
As a group, review the study materials related to servant
leadership. Using what you have learned about the tenets of
servant leadership and traits and practices of successful leaders,
create a 4 slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes.
Add an additional slide for references at the end of your
presentation.

2. Include the following in your presentation:
Each group member: Create a slide that summarizes your
leadership style, traits, and practices.
Explain why it is important for nursing professionals to be
aware of their personal leadership style, traits, and practices.
You are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to
complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the
last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and
relevant to nursing practice.
Refer to the resource, "Creating Effective PowerPoint
Presentations," located in the Student Success Center, for
additional guidance on completing this assignment in the
appropriate style.
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment,
solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of
sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines,
which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the
Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to
beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Refer to the

3. LopesWrite Technical Support articles
for assistance.
CLC-Leadership Styles and Nursing
No of Criteria: 11 Achievement Levels: 5
CriteriaAchievement
LevelsDescriptionPercentageUnsatisfactory0.00 %Less Than
Satisfactory75.00 %Satisfactory79.00 %Good89.00
%Excellent100.00 %Content80.0
Individual Group Slides4.0Slides summarizing leadership
styles, traits, and practices of each group member are
omitted.N/AN/AN/ASlides summarizing leadership styles,
traits, and practices of each group member are
presented.Comparison of Leadership Styles4.0A comparison of
the personal leadership styles of group members is omitted.A
comparison of the personal leadership styles of group members
is incomplete. The comparison is vague and fails to illustrate
the various leadership styles of the group.A general comparison
of the personal leadership styles of group members is presented.
The comparison generally illustrates the various leadership
styles of the group. More information on the various strengths
and weaknesses is needed.A comparison of the personal
leadership styles of group members is presented. The
commonalities and various strengths and weaknesses among the
group members are generally presented.A concise and well-
developed comparison of the personal leadership styles of group
members is presented. The commonalities and various strengths
and weaknesses among the group members are clear and
insightful.Importance of Awareness of Leadership Styles,
Traits, and Practices for Nursing Professionals8.0An
explanation of why it is important for nursing professionals to

4. be aware of their personal leadership styles, traits, and practices
is omitted.The explanation of why it is important for nursing
professionals to be aware of their personal leadership styles,
traits, and practices is largely incomplete.A general explanation
of why it is important for nursing professionals to be aware of
their personal leadership styles, traits, and practices is
presented. The explanation requires more information, rationale,
or support.An explanation of why it is important for nursing
professionals to be aware of their personal leadership styles,
traits, and practices is presented. Some rationale or information
is needed for support.A well-supported explanation of why it is
important for nursing professionals to be aware of their personal
leadership styles, traits, and practices is is presented. An
understanding of the importance of personal awareness in
leadership professionals is evident.Leadership Traits and Styles
of Effective Communicators and Adapting Communication
Approaches When Working Interprofessionally8.0A discussion
on the leadership traits and styles of effective communicators,
and the importance of adapting communication approaches when
working interprofessionally, is omitted.An incomplete
discussion on the leadership traits and styles of effective
communicators, and the importance of adapting communication
approaches when working interprofessionally, is presented.A
summary on the leadership traits and styles of effective
communicators, and the importance of adapting communication
approaches when working interprofessionally, is presented.
There are some omissions or inaccuracies.A discussion on the
leadership traits and styles of effective communicators, and the
importance of adapting communication approaches when
working interprofessionally, is presented. Some detail or
rationale is needed for support.A well-supported and thorough
discussion on the leadership traits and styles of effective
communicators, and the importance of adapting communication
approaches when working interprofessionally, is
presented.Benefits of Integrating Tenets of Servant Leadership
to Empower and Influence8.0The benefits of integrating the

5. tenets of servant leadership to empower and influence as
nursing leaders are omitted.The benefits of integrating the
tenets of servant leadership to empower and influence as
nursing leaders are incomplete.General benefits of integrating
the tenets of servant leadership to empower and influence as
nursing leaders are summarized. Additional information or
rationale is needed for support.Key benefits of integrating the
tenets of servant leadership to empower and influence as
nursing leaders are discussed.The benefits of integrating the
tenets of servant leadership to empower and influence as
nursing leaders are thoroughly discussed. Strong support and
rationale are provided.The Understanding of Personal
Leadership Traits and Servant Leadership in Leading and
Navigating Challenges in Nursing and Health Care8.0A
discussion of how leaders who practice servant leadership and
understand personal leadership traits can lead and navigate
challenges of nursing and health care is omitted.An incomplete
discussion for how leaders who practice servant leadership and
understand personal leadership traits can lead and navigate
challenges of nursing and health care is presented.A summary
for how leaders who practice servant leadership and understand
personal leadership traits can lead and navigate challenges of
nursing and health care is presented. Additional information or
rationale is needed for support.A discussion for how leaders
who practice servant leadership and understand personal
leadership traits can lead and navigate challenges of nursing and
health care is presented. Some information or rationale is
needed for support or clarity.A well-supported discussion for
how leaders who practice servant leadership and understand
personal leadership traits can lead and navigate challenges of
nursing and health care is presented.Presentation of
Content40.0The content lacks a clear point of view and logical
sequence of information. Includes little persuasive information.
Sequencing of ideas is unclear.The content is vague in
conveying a point of view and does not create a strong sense of
purpose. Includes some persuasive information.The presentation

6. slides are generally competent, but ideas may show some
inconsistency in organization and/or in their relationships to
each other.The content is written with a logical progression of
ideas and supporting information exhibiting a unity, coherence,
and cohesiveness. Includes persuasive information from reliable
sources.The content is written clearly and concisely. Ideas
universally progress and relate to each other. The project
includes motivating questions and advanced organizers. The
project gives the audience a clear sense of the main idea.
Organization, Effectiveness, and Format20.0
Layout5.0The layout is cluttered, confusing, and does not
use spacing, headings, and subheadings to enhance the
readability. The text is extremely difficult to read with long
blocks of text, small point size for fonts, and inappropriate
contrasting colors. Poor use of headings, subheadings,
indentations, or bold formatting is evident.The layout shows
some structure but appears cluttered and busy or distracting
with large gaps of white space or a distracting background.
Overall readability is difficult due to lengthy paragraphs, too
many different fonts, dark or busy background, overuse of bold,
or lack of appropriate indentations of text.The layout uses
horizontal and vertical white space appropriately. Sometimes
the fonts are easy to read, but in a few places the use of fonts,
italics, bold, long paragraphs, color, or busy background
detracts and does not enhance readability.The layout
background and text complement each other and enable the
content to be easily read. The fonts are easy to read and point
size varies appropriately for headings and text.The layout is
visually pleasing and contributes to the overall message with
appropriate use of headings, subheadings, and white space. Text
is appropriate in length for the target audience and to the point.
The background and colors enhance the readability of the
text.Language Use and Audience Awareness (includes sentence
construction, word choice, etc.)5.0Inappropriate word choice
and lack of variety in language use are evident. Writer appears
to be unaware of audience. Use of primer prose indicates writer

7. either does not apply figures of speech or uses them
inappropriately.Some distracting inconsistencies in language
choice (register) or word choice are present. The writer exhibits
some lack of control in using figures of speech
appropriately.Language is appropriate to the targeted audience
for the most part.The writer is clearly aware of audience, uses a
variety of appropriate vocabulary for the target audience, and
uses figures of speech to communicate clearly.The writer uses a
variety of sentence constructions, figures of speech, and word
choice in distinctive and creative ways that are appropriate to
purpose, discipline, and scope.Mechanics of Writing (includes
spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)5.0Slide errors
are pervasive enough that they impede communication of
meaning.Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the
reader.Some mechanical errors or typos are present, but they are
not overly distracting to the reader.Slides are largely free of
mechanical errors, although a few may be present.Writer is
clearly in control of standard, written academic
English.Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes,
references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and
style)5.0Sources are not documented.Documentation of sources
is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and
style, with numerous formatting errors.Sources are documented,
as appropriate to assignment and style, although some
formatting errors may be present.Sources are documented, as
appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly
correct.Sources are completely and correctly documented, as
appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error.
Total Percentage 100