Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Why Timing Matters in Leadership

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Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Execution matters but timing may matter even more"   Bill Gross, President and CEO of Idea Lab Recently, I watched a new TED talk on The Single Biggest Reason Why Startups Succeed  The speaker was Bill Gross, the CEO of Idea Lab - an incubator for hundreds of startup companies over the past two decades.  He wondered why some startups … [Read more...]

Change Management – A Key Leadership Competency

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN The late Peter Drucker, an internationally known leadership thought leader, once observed that "culture eats strategy for breakfast".  This often repeated is important to consider when trying to implement any new change into a work culture.  Many nurse leaders today will readily admit that one of their most significant challenges is … [Read more...]

Supporting our Team Leaders and Charge Nurses

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A colleague who reads this blog recently sent me an article about why Team Leaders Make a Difference that captured the work of leadership expert - Marcus Buckingham.  This article makes so many important points about our informal leaders who are the glue that hold our units and departments together.  In the research that I have done with … [Read more...]

Choosing Your Leadership Battles

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN One of the most important lessons that I learned as a new leader (the hard way) was that not every battle in my work setting was worth fighting.  Each of us in our leadership role has only a finite amount of time.  While we may be tempted to battle through every conflict because we feel we are "right", battles can take an enormous amount of … [Read more...]

Thinking More Strategically

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN If you ask any healthcare executive recruiter today about key skills that they look for in candidates, the ability to think strategically will be high on the list.   That is a competency that everyone is looking for today.  Figuring out a winning strategy in today’s health care environment is challenging.  The pace of change is rapid.  It … [Read more...]