It is not mandatory for a leader to be a manager, but good leaders do make more valuable managers. Leadership is choice. You are who you are today as a result of many choices and decisions you have made throughout your life. Successful leaders visualize where they want to go. They set clear and defined goals that must be maintained in order to be reached and they work hard to achieve these goals.
Leaders face adversity just as everyone else does.
A leader is not a 'raft' that drifts aimlessly on the sea of life, allowing the waves of discouragement and mediocrity to change the course of direction. The leader is the battleship craft. There are several skills needed to become a nurse leader. This course will discuss 10 core skills related to Thinking and Action. Table 1 contains the thinking skills employed by leaders.