Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

What You Can Learn from Failure

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."   Winston Churchill Every successful nurse leader has had the experience of not being selected for a coveted position, failing to achieve a goal, making a bad judgement call or possibly being fired or asked to step down from a position.  Sometimes … [Read more...]

Revisiting Years of Experience Needed for Nurse Leader Roles

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN How many years of clinical experience should I have before I seek a leadership position?  This is a question that I am frequently asked by nurses beginning their careers who are considering a career as a nurse leader.  My response is that there is no one right answer to this.  It would be easy to make a recommendation if a certain amount of … [Read more...]

When Your Nurse Leader Does Not Support Your Career Goals

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "No one can make us feel inferior without our consent"  Eleanor Roosevelt One of our young, rising star nurse leader graduate students came to talk with me about a dilemma she was having at work.  She was feeling discouraged because her direct supervisor was clearly blocking her career advancement.  My student will soon be finished with … [Read more...]

Negotiating Salary for a Nurse Leader Role

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "The most difficult thing in any negotiation, almost, is making sure that you strip it of the emotion and deal with the facts."-Howard Baker This week, one of our emerging nurse leader graduate students described an interesting dilemma.  She had recently been offered a nurse manager role in her hospital.  This student is young with … [Read more...]

The Power of Pausing

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN "We create the future and optimize leadership potential in the silence and potency of pausing."   Kevin Cashman Nursing leaders today find themselves trying to straddle two worlds.....the world of the now and the world of what is ahead with health reform.  There are no clear answers about the right strategies to embrace or initiatives to … [Read more...]