By Rose O. Sherman "Balancing optimism and realism, intuition and planning, faith and fact can be difficult. But that is what it takes to be effective in navigating leadership." John Maxwell Each year in our Introduction to Nursing Leadership graduate course, students select a chief nursing officer in a health care agency to interview. The students have a list of … [Read more...]
Resiliency – Rising Strong
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “When I see people stand fully in their truth, or when I see someone fall down, get back up, and say, “Damn. That really hurt, but this is important to me and I’m going in again”—my gut reaction is, “What a badass.” Brene Brown My mother always told me that whatever does not kill you makes you stronger. … [Read more...]
Become More Curious
I am currently reading an interesting new book A Curious Mind by Brian Grazer, a well known movie producer. Grazer attributes much of his success to his intentional development of his own curiosity by having what he calls curiosity conversations. He has developed the habit of asking people questions as a way of learning more about their world. I thought about this recently … [Read more...]
Can You Lead Successfully in Every Setting?
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I recently spoke with a professional colleague who had worked for many years in one organization and then moved to a completely different health system to take a promotion. At the time that we spoke, she had been in her new role for almost a year yet found herself struggling. She had been very successful in her previous job but it was in … [Read more...]
Do You Lead from Behind the Desk?
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I recently read comments from young nurses about their nurse managers on a social media site. One talked about having a leader who was choosing to lead from behind her desk, rarely if ever coming out on the unit. This young nurse reported that she had not had a conversation with her leader since the day she was hired. It was obvious that … [Read more...]
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