Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Working for a Micromanager

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By Rose O Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN My new boss is a micromanager and it is awful, a frustrated colleague recently told me.  Up until three months ago, she worked with a transformational nurse leader who has now been replaced by a leader with a significantly different style.  She was looking for tips to work more successfully with the new leader, and to reduce her … [Read more...]

Helping Millennial Nurses Connect With Their Patients

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN During the past few years, some nurse leaders have talked with me about the difficulty that some young nurses have in establishing connections with the patients that they care for.  They wonder aloud if the fine art of conversation was still being taught in school. My faculty colleagues also comment on a different student … [Read more...]

Watch Your Digital Body Language

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN, NEA-BC Have you ever sent a text or email message that was completely misunderstood by the recipient?  Most leaders have had this experience. Our digital communication style and the signals we send through it have become a key part of leadership communication skills. Leaders are searching for ways to reduce the confusion and frustration … [Read more...]

Coaching Staff Who Are Chronically Late to Work

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Recently in a leadership development session, a manager presented the problem of a highly competent nurse who is often late to work. She told the group that she did counseling and when it worked - it was only for a short period of time. Her dilemma is that the employee involved is one of her best nurses who gives 100% of herself … [Read more...]

The High Cost of Lost Trust in Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN A manager recently asked me what she should do if she no longer trusted her CNO.  She had heard rumors that there was discussion about merging her unit with another unit in the hospital because of their volatile patient volumes.  The CNO told her that there were no such plans.  She soon learned otherwise.  The merger had been … [Read more...]