a The Global Healthcare Manager Exercises Exercise 1.- Reflection Reflection is an important competency that enables us to learn about ourselves and grow as leaders. It helps us think critically about personal and professional decisions, enhance personal achievement and career preparedness, and gain valuable insight into issues of global health and social justice. Dye (2017, 294) points out that \"valuerdriven leaders are selfrassessors" who \"study their own moves and thought processes\" and strive for personal and professional improvement. In addition, reflection is a key aspect of ethical decision mak- ing, particularly with regard to issues of fairness and equality. Jesuit colleges and universities have traditionally emphasized reflection, discernment, and engagement. For this exercise, reect on yourselfand your leadership. Engage in meaningful examination of your behavior, values, thinking processes, and feelings. Ask yourself the following questions: I What can I change? I What did I learn? I How will I change my behavior? I Are there new ideas I can use at work? I What competencies do I need to develop? You may want to develop a one or twopage document recording your key thoughts, ideas, and future plans. As you reflect, consider the Following quotations as they might apply to global healthcare management: \"Of those to whom much is given, much is expected.\" Luke 12:48 \"We become what we think about.\" Earl Nightingale \"You can't escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.\" Abraham Lincoln \"The best way to predict the future is to create it. \" Peter Drucker \"When he took time to help the man up the mountain, 10, he scaled it himself." 'l'ibetan proverb \"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I ltnox- ': the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.\" Albe1't Schweitzer \"A positive thinker does not refuse to recognize the negative; he refuses to dwell on it. Positive thinking is a form of thought which habitually looks for the best results from the worst conditions." Norman Vincent Peale Chapter 6: Principles of Effective Leadership 203 "You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself." -Harry Firestone "There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those." -Commonly attributed to Mother Teresa "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Commonly attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." -Viktor E. Frankl "We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation." -Viktor E. Frankl "Be the change you wish to see in the world." -Commonly attributed to Mahatma Gandhi "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead." -Nelson Mandela Sources: Success (2009); Forbes (2018); AZ Quotes (2018a, 2018b, 2018c); IZ Quotes (2018); Al- bert Schweitzer's Leadership for Life (2018); Quote Investigator (2014, 2017); Quotes.net (2018); Mother Teresa of Calcutta Center (2018); McGregor (2013). Exercise 2: Professional Assessment and Development Strategies In seeking to achieve meaningful growth, either personally or professionally, individuals must first spend some time assessing where they are at present. Self-awareness and self-understanding are essential for designing an appropri- ate course of action across the various interrelated areas of our lives. All too often, we fail to recognize how these areas affect our careers. This Professional Assessment and Development Strategies (PADS) exer- cise has been designed to help you in your self-assessment. It aims to increase your awareness of specific areas that you might have thought about but have probably never seriously analyzed with the intention of developing a meaning- ful strategy. This exercise is intended as a starting point around which you can design and implement changes in your life and career. It may also serve as a reference point that you can use to make comparisons over time and to map out future courses of action. Note: PADS is helpful only to the extent that you accurately and honestly assess yourself. The objectives of this exercise are as follows: Complete an assessment of your leadership potential and style. . Think about areas for change and growth (SWOT analysis). . Plan your continuing education. . Develop a realistic action plan for the next two to five years