Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Becoming a Leader that Others will Follow

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Achieving a leadership position is an important career achievement but wise leaders soon realize that leadership is ultimately about influence. To be an effective nurse leader, you must have staff that respect you and are willing to be your followers. It is often said that all a leadership title buys you is time to establish your … [Read more...]

Happiness Traps at Work

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN There are times in ones career when there are issues in the work environment that make it impossible to be happy.  When this happens, the right choice may be to leave the position.  But sometimes when we are unhappy at work, it is because of our own behavior.  In a fascinating article in this month's Harvard Business Review, Anne … [Read more...]

5 Leadership Actions During Catastrophic Events

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The past two weeks have been a good reminder of how challenging it can be to lead during times of crisis.  Nurse leaders in Texas have worked hard to help staff and patients navigate the extremely challenging situations with Hurricane Harvey.  Now, nurse leaders in Florida are having the same experience this week with a second … [Read more...]

You Can’t Make Everyone Happy

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Many nurses who move into leadership have a natural tendency to be people pleasers and enjoy the approval of others.  A very tough lesson that leaders learn early is that they can't make everyone happy.  There will always be people who are upset with something you do or are disappointed in you because you can't grant a request.  You … [Read more...]

When Incivility is Normalized in a Culture

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Incivility in our culture has substantially increased and to an extent, it has been normalized in this social media era.  We don't think of incivility or bullying as the normalization of deviance but it is and once this has happened, it can be extremely difficult to make shift back. What is the Normalization of Deviance? The … [Read more...]