Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Taking a Courageous Nursing Leadership Stand

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face."  Eleanor Roosevelt When your values are in conflict with decisions that you are being asked to make - what do you do?  This is not easy question to answer until we confront the situation.  One of my nursing colleagues recently told … [Read more...]

Transformational Nurse Leaders are Multipliers

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Last week, I attend the American Organization of Nurse Executives Meeting in Denver, Colorado.  One of the keynote speakers was Liz Wiseman, co-author of the book Multipliers.   Wiseman proposed that there are two types of leaders which she describes as multipliers and diminishers.   The diminisher drains intelligence, energy, and capability … [Read more...]

Six Key Nursing Leadership Competencies

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By Rose O. Sherman,  RN, EdD, FAAN Health care environments today challenge the skills of even the best nursing leaders.  Whether it is issues of retaining staff, concern about patient safety, meeting the budget or complying with regulatory rules, more demands are being made of professionals in nursing leadership positions.  In 2002, I was part of a research team … [Read more...]

Are You Addicted to Meetings?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting.” — William Goldman, screenwriter, novelist. Managing time is very challenging for nurse leaders in today's environment.  A colleague recently told me that she had little time to … [Read more...]

The “Selling” Aspect of the Nurse Leader Role

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "We're All in Sales Now - Some 1 in 9 workers still earn a living in traditional sales. The other 8 in 9 are engaged in "non-sales selling." We devote upward of 40 percent of our time on the job to moving others."   Daniel Pink Most nurse leaders would probably not consider themselves to be in sales.  Daniel Pink in his new highly … [Read more...]