Leadership: A recipe for success

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     CNM's or leaders are often given a chance to broaden their skills in management. Barbara Pyper's article on Leadership: a recipe for success,  expands not only on how to be an excellent leader but the opportunities that are available to leaders. During the Kent State internship The Leadership Challenge is a large part of the curriculum and it was very nice to see others in the Nutrition and Dietetics field using this book. Leaders have responsibility to their employees and an excellent leader can use these 3 principles to be an excellent leader: 1) 100% responsibility, 2) responsiveness to others and 3) clarity. It is very important for leaders to take responsibility to solve goals, respond well to others with respect and to make sure that you are clear in your goals. Pyper goes over the top 15 leadership characteristics: 1) Honesty 2) Competent 3) Inspirational 4) Intellectual 5) Fair-Minded 6) Broad-minded 7)Creative 8) Integrity 9) Harness and Enable Talent 10) Visionary 11) Concerned 12) Results-Based 13) Effective Communicator 14) Courageous 15) Self Leadership
        There are many tools that can be used especially the Academy's professional leadership training that provides dietitians with a checklist for success. There are multiple opportunities for a leader to assess themselves to better their knowledge and skills to be a better leader. These opportunities are not only beneficial to the leader but also it is important to the employees that the leader is over.




Pyper, B (2013). Leadership: A Recipe for Success. Future Dimensions in Clinical Nutrition Practice. 
This article was found on the Academy's Clinical Nutrition Manager listserv

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