By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “All great leaders communicate in the same way.  They always start with the Why”.  Simon Sinek I recently did a program with a group of nurse managers about managing an intergenerational workforce.  This managers commented that their young Generation Y staff want explanations for leadership decisions.  This is key to getting their buy … [Read more...]

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN My career is not moving in the direction I had hoped, a young leader told me .  Evidently, the senior leadership indicated that they hired a recruitment firm because there were no internal candidates for a position that she was very interested in.  I asked her to tell me how explicit she had been in expressing her career goals and possible … [Read more...]

"I don't do email" one of my graduate leadership students recently told me.  I asked her about the official form of communication in her organization, and it is email.  So you don't respond to messages, I asked.  Rarely, she told me.  I wondered what her staff and supervisors thought about this behavior.  What does this lack of responsiveness do to the  employee’s perspective … [Read more...]