Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

How to Have that Crucial Conversation

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN  When I talk to nurse leaders about books that they would recommend to new leaders, one that is high on the list is the book Crucial Conversations.  I have noticed it on the bookshelves of so many leader office that I have visited.  One nurse leader  referred to the book as her leadership bible.  I just seem to be having many more of these … [Read more...]

When Leaders Don’t Model the Way

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Knowing that I spent 25 years in nursing leadership with the Department of Veterans Affairs, many of my colleagues are interested in my thoughts about the current scandals involving wait times, cover-ups and performance bonuses.  For a number of years now, I have heard my former colleagues talk about the challenges in meeting the growing … [Read more...]

Why Feedback Fails

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Good feedback is hard to come by.  It is difficult to give, difficult to elicit and difficult to receive".   Sylvia Ann Hewlitt If you ask any nursing leader about challenging parts of the role, the issue of having to give negative performance feedback is high on the list of least favorite leadership activities.  Too often, it gets put … [Read more...]

Nurse Leader Insight: Nurses Speak Out About their Profession

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Nate Silver in his 2012 book The Signal and the Noise wrote about the challenges of making predictions and distinguishing what is a true signal in a noisy environment.  It is therefore always interesting to review national studies on nursing and what nurses report about their profession.  The noise that we hear is often in our … [Read more...]

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Retirement

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I am always looking for interesting blog topics.  This week in California, I met a critical care nurse working for the Cottage Health System who encouraged me to share her story in this blog and even suggested the title.  After a long nursing career and 8 years in a nurse leader role, she knew that she wanted to slow down as she moved toward … [Read more...]