Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Achieving Success as an Introverted Nurse Leader

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man’s world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are. Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we’ve turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform”   Susan Cain Years ago, I worked with … [Read more...]

Enabling Staff to Act

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A frequent complaint that I hear from staff nurses when I ask why shared governance is so hard to implement is that they don't feel empowered by their leaders.  James Kouzes and Barry Posner are well known leadership researchers and authors.  Their leadership framework The Leadership Challenge has been used for more than 30 years in … [Read more...]

Maximizing Your Leadership Strengths

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "The most effective leaders are always investing in their strengths."    Tom Rath & Barry Conchie  I am always interested in what aspects of their graduate education have been most valuable for our students.  About one year ago, I began having our students take an online Strengths-Based leadership assessment.  They now tell me that … [Read more...]

Why Explaining the “Why” Matters

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "All great leaders communicate in the same way.  They always start with the Why".  Simon Sinek I was recently talking with an applicant to our graduate program.  She is on steering committee in her hospital that is working on introducing new standards for their OB units.  She told me she never anticipated the level of resistance that her … [Read more...]

The Perils of Threatening to Quit Your Job

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit."  Morgan Freeman A colleague recently told me a story about a senior nursing leader who threatened to quit her job when she was asked to implement a change that she felt strongly was not in the best interest of her staff.  Not surprisingly, the situation was very emotionally charged.  She … [Read more...]