Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

7 Principles of Life and Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN               What can nurse leaders learn from a legendary late basketball coach.  My answer would be a great deal.  John Wooden won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period as head coach at UCLA including a record seven in a row. No other team has won more than two in a … [Read more...]

Giving Yourself Space in Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN If you are like most nurse leaders in today's environment, you are maintaining a relentless pace yet may not feel like you are keeping up.  In her book, Janet Marturano (Director of the Institute for Mindful Leadership) describes strategies that leaders can use to slow down and move away from a constant state of partial attentiveness.  The … [Read more...]

Building Alignment to Support Initiatives

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I recently spoke with a nurse leader colleague who told me that she was having challenges in building alignment on her own team related to structural changes that her organization was pursuing.  She told me that she understood the anguish being experienced by both leaders and staff because it involved a change in patient … [Read more...]

Generation Y Nurses and Graduate School

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN This is the season when nurse leaders across the country select new graduates for residency programs and other clinical roles.  Many nurse leaders echo the sentiments of an email I recently received from a frustrated manager.  She wrote, "at best, this generation is eager to take on new tasks, learn new skills and have the … [Read more...]

Nursing and the Power of Leadership

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Guest Blog by Sue Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Adviser for Nursing What does it mean to be a leader? To me, being a leader means bringing something special and unique to the table. A leader influences people with not only words, but also with actions. A leader has the ability to transform the way people think and act. One example of … [Read more...]