Boundary Spanning Leadership

My top 3 results were self-sufficiency, responsibility, and achievement. I find that these are terms that I would use to describe myself both in relation to my work but also in regards to my personal character - I like to be able to take care of things on my own, take ownership of items that I work on regardless of the outcome, and also am always striving to achieve more. Additionally, after reviewing the feedback that I received from the 360 review, it is clear that I demonstrate these characteristics at work - I am seen as someone who is ambitious in my career, and someone who others can turn to if they need help as I am skillful at my job. I need to work on balancing my aspirations at work though with having a better work-life balance as I tend volunteer to take on more projects than for which I have time.

My top three values were Learning, Responsibility, and Passion (a write-in option for me). I said that for me, "Learning" is striving to know everything (all perspectives) about a topic or situation and using that inform your stance on it. I see "Responsibility" a little different that Amy, in that I think it is understanding all your innate responsibilities in a role and adapting to fulfill these (whether in your job or in your personal life). And then I see "Passion" as being deeply invested in the work you do and taking pride in it. This translates into being able to share what you do easily (and naturally) with others. 

I think Learning enables me to be an expert in my field. Responsibility allows me to be a leader and not just a manager. Passion keeps me in the field of public health.

My top three were learning, teamwork, responsibility as they are related to my work. I love to learn and encourage my team to keep learning and be the expert in the areas that they cover. The teamwork is important for me, I think because my leadership style tends to lean toward a democratic style, where I like to hear from others in the group and we make a decision together many times. Both of these also spill over into my personal life as well, when we refer our family as a team and try to support each other. I think the third top value is different for work vs. personal life (responsibility vs. happiness); both are important in the whole picture, but slightly different when only picking the top three!

 My top 3 values were freedom, creativity and fulfilling. Some of this is based on the reasons I switched from clinical medicine to public health. I found most of medicine to be very protocol driven. While the patient interactions were fulfilling, there was not a lot of creativity in medical decision making. And in the current era of managed care, there was not a lot of autonomy either. In public health, I found the freedom and creativity I was seeking when I first entered medicine by taking on large or difficult projects that didn't have clear answers. Since making the switch, I have loved every day of working in public health.