By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN An organization I am working with uses The Five Voices of Leadership as part of their leadership development to help their managers find their leadership voice and understand how others hear them. It was new to me but is proving to be a great foundational framework to use to coach these new leaders in areas like conflict management, … [Read more...]
Holding Nurses Accountable for Being Team Players
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN How do we hold professionals accountable for being team players? This is a challenging question that many nursing leaders ask during our rebuilding teams workshop. One manager shared her story: I have some nurses who have no interest in being team players. Everything seems to be me - me and more me. I told one nurse, "You seem … [Read more...]
Be More Yoda and Less Superman
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A nurse manager tells the following story. I manage a small unit and often take patient care assignments. This means I take work home and do it on the weekends - never fully recharging my batteries. I just took a two-week vacation over Christmas and things imploded. My staff was on the phone nonstop with the leader who covered my … [Read more...]
Fostering Emotional Intelligence on Teams
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Over the past three decades, the importance of leader emotional intelligence has been widely recognized. It was popularized in 1995 by Daniel Goleman with the publication of his best-selling book Emotional Intelligence. Emotional intelligence (EQ) is usually defined as self-mastery or the ability to understand and control what we … [Read more...]
Upskilling Your Leaders in 2023
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN When executive nurse leaders ask me about key priorities for 2023, the upskilling of frontline nurse leaders is high on my list. The seismic demographic shifts in the nursing workforce and changes in how nurses view their work post-pandemic have significantly impacted the role of frontline leaders. When I ask groups of leaders today … [Read more...]
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