Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Learning to Reflect

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I am often asked by leaders what they can do to improve their leadership.  There are of course many answers to this question.  If I had to pick just one - it would be to learn to reflect more on your leadership behaviors and actions. One of the interesting things that I have learned from my work with nurse leaders is that they leave little … [Read more...]

Nurse Leader as Influencer

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "The most important capacity we possess is our ability to influence ourselves and others.  Learn to see every important challenge you face as an influence challenge".  The Influencer: The Power to Change Anything Several months ago, one of my nurse leader students talked with me about an ongoing frustration that she had not been able … [Read more...]

Rethinking Feedback

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A nurse manager recently told me that her favorite book was Radical Candor by Kim Scott.  The author of the book recommends a very direct and candid approach to giving feedback.  But not experts agree that this results in improved performance. An article in the March/April 2019 edition of the Harvard Business Review titled The … [Read more...]

Promote Critical Thinking Skills

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN An experienced nurse was bemoaning the lack of critical thinking skills demonstrated by novice nurses.  So what are you doing about this I asked?  The ability to be an astute critical thinker does not happen over night.  It is a skill that grows when novices receive good coaching.  This has become very challenging recently as there are fewer … [Read more...]

Expanding Your Mental Models

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I recently had a discussion with a CEO about the span of control of nurse managers.  I have growing concerns about what we are asking of these frontline leaders to do and wanted to elicit his viewpoints on the topic. It soon became clear to me that his mental model of the manager is not grounded in the reality of day to day clinical … [Read more...]