Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Positive Work Environments

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “All workplaces can be healthy if nurses and employers are resolute in their desire to address not only the physical environment, but also less tangible barriers to staff and patient safety”.  The American Association of Critical Care Nurses The necessity of creating a positive work culture can be easily lost In today’s turbulent … [Read more...]

Managing Conflict

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us”  Stephen Covey Managing conflict is a key skill that nurse leaders need to develop.  Like it or not, conflict is inevitable in organizational life.  It does not need to be as destructive as it sometimes it.  In today’s … [Read more...]

Avoiding 10 Common Leadership Mistakes

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“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”   John Maxwell It is always interesting to ask nurse leaders about the mistakes that they have made in their roles.  Most leadership mistakes are not big failures, but smaller mistakes that they often repeated early in their careers.  Experience is a good … [Read more...]

Capitalizing on Luck in Your Career

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Next month, I become the editor of Nurse Leader, the official journal of the American Organization of Nurse Executives.  When my colleagues ask how this all came to be - I can honestly answer that I didn't plan it all out.  To some extent, I was definitely in the right place at the right time with the right skill set and the right … [Read more...]

Pre-Selections for Nurse Leader Roles

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN One of our blog readers recently wrote about a situation where an outside candidate was hired for a leadership position that was not made available to other potential candidates in the organization.  The lack of transparency of selection in some job searches can be very challenging.  There are situations where you may in good faith apply for … [Read more...]