Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Managing Nurses Who Are Serial Orientees

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I attended a conference this last week and an interesting question was posed by Jessica Thomas, an ED director.  In an environment where many nurses are switching jobs frequently, how do you manage nurses who are serial-orientees.  These are nurses who take full-time positions (not travel contracts) and spend a good portion of their … [Read more...]

The Imposter Nurse Manager

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN How many of you feel like imposters?  I asked this question at an ANA workshop for new nurse managers.  A surprisingly high number of the managers in attendance raised their hands.  Most were very young nurses with less than 2 years in a manager role.  Their reaction was not surprising and feelings about imposter syndrome are even felt by … [Read more...]

Avoid Self-Limiting Beliefs

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I recently spoke with a new nurse manager only six months in the role with feelings that she was not cut out to be a leader.  There is strong evidence that the first year of leadership is the most challenging and one in which we are likely to make many mistakes.  Yet aside from being new, I pointed out to this young nurse that her … [Read more...]

Passing the Leadership Torch

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 By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Recently several Generation X nurse leaders have told me that some Baby Boomer nurse leaders are having serious problems letting go in their leadership whether it be in the work setting or professional organizations. In their international best selling book The Leadership Challenge, James Kouzes and Barry Posner identify enabling … [Read more...]

Transparency in Leadership

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Rose O, Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC Our young Millennial graduate students often tell me that they have grown tired of working in environments where there is little transparency in decision making and they often cannot trust their leaders to provide them with accurate information.  The Gallup organization which has studied tens of thousands of employee over the past 30 years … [Read more...]