Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Nurse Leader Insights: Leadership Moments

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "To be courageous is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to all of us."    John F. Kennedy Last week, the world lost a truly great leader with the death of Nelson Mandela.  He died last week at 95 of a lung infection connected to the tuberculosis he contracted while serving 27 years as a  political prisoner.  What … [Read more...]

Nurse Leader Insight: The Importance of First Followers

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I was talking to a colleague at a recent conference about teaching leadership to nursing students.  He told me that he always points out to students the power in being a first follower.  In 2010, a TED talk video by Derek Silver illustrating the idea of first followers was posted and went viral with more than 3 million views to date.  The … [Read more...]

The Digital Professional Image of Nurses

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN This past week, I had an opportunity to do a TV satellite broadcast for the Voluntary Hospital Association.  The topic was on Professional Boundaries and Practice in a Facebook Age.  There were excellent questions posted by the nationwide audience of nurse leaders.  This topic is obviously a hot leadership issue and because it is such a new … [Read more...]

Nurse Leader Insight: Our Choice of Words

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN “You can't hammer in a nail with words...""No, but you can start a war with them.”    Ben Galley A nurse leader told me a story about a leadership development program that she had recently attended.  As part of a take home assignment, they were asked to track for one week how many times they used the word "no".  It turned out to be very … [Read more...]