Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

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...]

Learning to Execute

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I was listening to a colleague talk about a professional goal that she had established for herself but never followed through with it.  Over the past five years, she has discussed it with me at least three times with no follow-up.  Lack of execution is an issue for many nurse leaders, some of whom are great at planning but lack … [Read more...]