Julie leads by example, never condescending or intimidating to her educators or any staff. She is easily approachable and never judgmental. She has such a positive personality; you cannot walk by her without her giving you a genuine smile and a positive greeting no matter where or who you are. She takes the time to help staff and visitors feel welcome and goes out of her way to help if she notices someone in the hospital looking lost. She is a true team player and is always willing to assist other educators to implement or facilitate education.

Julie is a role model with a positive personality, quiet confidence, and reassurance both professionally and personally. She herself participates in some educational activities. Her teaching style is organized, and she demonstrates respect for a variety of diverse learners. Julie's enthusiasm for teaching and learning is obvious in her interactions with nursing staff and peers. She inspires and motivates. When her name is brought up in any training sessions, such as ACLS, I hear them saying that she is so supportive and helpful. Her interaction with staff while teaching puts them at ease, and she has a great spirit and sense of humor. I always look forward to working with Julie. It just makes my day brighter.

Julie creates an environment of trust, compassion, and mutual respect. She also encourages her staff to continue professional development on their own and shares ideas of how we can accomplish this. Her team consists of primarily master's prepared professionals with many different personalities and backgrounds, which can result in conflicts and differences of opinion. When one or more of her team members are struggling with their responsibilities or another team member, she listens intently, provides direction when needed, and encourages her staff to foster self-reflection so that we can work together to resolve conflicts and issues that arise. She respects and trusts her team when we share ideas and provides support from either herself or reaches out to other resources to assist us. She will bring in other team members and ask for advice and expertise if she is not able to resolve the issue. Her first and last words to her team as a group or individually for any interaction is, "What do you need from me?" This is not just a leadership tool; it is genuine, and she will do her best to support any member of her team when needed. Julie demonstrates sound moral and ethical principles she gives others the benefit of the doubt. She also puts others' needs above her own while highlighting her CNSs and educators' accomplishments in leadership.

Julie is not only a leader but also an educator in her role. As a learning facilitator, Julie identified gaps in professional practice and easily applied them to facilitate a needs-learning assessment to assist her team in identifying specific hospital staff learning needs for each of her CNSs and CNEs. This was such an amazing tool for her team. It made our job easier to have the data that our units have identified as their own learning needs so we can put a plan in place to educate staff. This promoted and enhanced the image of nursing within the organization, the community, and the profession. The staff felt supported and heard for their requests and when staff receive the education they requested, this created staff engagement and promoted a positive work environment to provide safe care to the patients within our organization.

Julie motivates her staff and shares her visions often in staff meetings, huddles, and 1:1 meetings. She approaches every project with enthusiasm and exhibits systems thinking throughout the planning process. She utilizes her team members fairly for each of our contributing attributes and facilitates a plan of action to accomplish the project. She is one of those people I look up to, and I am inspired when I work with her. I feel she gives 100% to her job and the SPHP vision.