Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Making Your Career Goals Known

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I was recently talking with a former student who expressed frustration because her organization was going to an outside recruitment firm to recruit for a position that she is interested in applying for.  Evidently, the senior leadership has indicated that there are no internal candidates.  I asked her to tell me how explicit she had been in … [Read more...]

Becoming More Savvy with Organizational Politics

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I recently had a conversation with a nurse leader who told me proudly that "she did not participate in organizational politics."  I was reminded of something a wise mentor told me at the beginning of my career which was that "the game you are watching in an organization is not always the game being played."  Her point to me at the time is … [Read more...]

New Roles for Nursing with Health Reform

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By Rose O.  Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN There are many changes happening in health care today.  I am often asked about the potential impact that health reform will have on nursing and how to do future career planning.  Although there are many unknowns with the Affordable Care Act, one clear direction is that health care will move from being "hospital centric" back into the … [Read more...]

The Dark Side of Succession Planning

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN A colleague recently talked with me about her career dilemma.  She was recruited into a large organization as part of a succession plan to move into the CNO position.  The CNO who recruited her had "a three year transitional plan" to retirement and wanted a smooth turnover in leadership.  Now three years later, the CNO has told her that she … [Read more...]

Nurse Leader Insight: Mastering Organizational Politics

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else."  Albert Einstein A colleague recently confided in me that she is tone deaf when it comes to organizational politics.  She was blindsided when an initiative that she had worked on for over a year suddenly was no longer an organizational … [Read more...]