My MISSION is to provide INNOVATIVE, INDIVIDUALIZED, EVIDENCE-BASED

occupational therapy, inspire POSITIVE workplace culture, & effectively

COLLABORATE with others to help them reach their full potential.

CREATING: I provide an TANGIBLE: I provide CHANGE: I inspire

innovative approach to
optimize performance &
quality. I anticipate problems,
develop solutions, and
visualize possibilities.
skilled, hands-on
leadership to substantially
support others in reaching
their goals.
positive growth through
personalized leadership and
individualized OT. I am
compassionate & motivated
to impact lives.

Supporting Strengths: Supporting Strengths: Supporting Strength:

Ideation. Drive to make
thigs better. Connect what
is to what can be.
Learner. Pursue
knowledge and experience.
Excited by the learning
process and determined to
grow (Rath & Conchie,
2008).
Arranger. Position
people for success and
their just right challenge.
Highlight strengths and
maximize potential.
Strategic. Spot patterns
and issues, create solutions
(Rath & Conchie, 2008).
Individualization.
Problem solve how
individuals can best work
together. Intrigued by
the uniqueness of
individuals and treat
others according to need,
strength, and style (Rath
& Conchie, 2008).
My leadership style aligns with the Situational Leadership theory.
I evaluate situations to determine how best to lead and direction to follow. Leadership actions include
coaching, supporting, and delegating depending on the strengths of the individual and
directing,
demands of the task. Thus, focus is on both the relationship behavior and the task requirements
(Hershey, Blanchard & Johnson, 1996). My strengths of individualization and arranger allow me to
recognize the strengths of my cohort and understand how to support individuals to optimize
processes and outcomes. These leadership skills and my team-oriented mindset have been built
through my work experiences, life-long team sport involvement, academic group projects, and
extracurricular leadership positions. I will continue to build on these experiences to work toward
professional leadership development.

I will advance my education through Leading by Example:

certification in interest areas of Physical I exercise strengths through leadership roles
Rehabilitation or Gerontology by 10 years to grow personally and professionally
of practice. Further education will satisfy
my need to learn and enable me to provide
unique services to my clients and practice
setting. I hope to use this information As the Washington University Students
along with evidence-based resources to of Occupational Therapy Association
advise other OTs and host a journal club Community Service Chairperson,
in my setting. I coordinate volunteer events for our
club. I exhibit enthusiasm, empower
club members, enable altruism, and
delegate leadership tasks amongst our
My goal is to earn a leadership committee. I address each event
position as an OT practitioner after
individually and communicate with
10 years of practice, thus utilizing
partners including local senior centers
my arranger, ideation, and and charitable organizations to meet
individualization strengths to community needs. My individualization
promote innovative, collaborative
and arranger strengths have been
OT in my cohort. I first need to gain
fostered through this position.
clinical experience and learn from OTs
to lead my team with clinical expertise
and excellent leadership qualities.

In my case-based learning small group, I am a

source of problem solving and realistic
Planning for Development: creativity. I actively listen to others’ reasoning
I will continue learning and challenge as we approach novel situations. This has
myself to increase capabilities and utilized my ideation and strategic strengths in
experiences
devising creative, effective interventions and
helping lead group work.

References:
Hershey P., Blanchard K.H., Johnson D.E. 1996. Management of Organizational Behavior: Utilizing Human Resources. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Rath, T., & Conchie, B. (2008). Strengths based leadership. New York, NY : Gallup Press.