Emerging Nurse Leader

A leadership development blog

Working With Generation Z

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN I have been asked many questions recently about our newest generation in the workforce - Generation Z.   Born after 1995 (no official consensus yet on when this generation year will end but most think around 2010) , the oldest members are 24 and starting to enter the nursing workforce in large numbers. From their earliest youth, … [Read more...]

Developing Organizational Political Savvy

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN I should have saw it coming.  A leader recently told me a story about making a huge mistake in failing to properly read the politics in the organization that she had recently joined. She had made an assumption about the intent of her new employer to move quickly on an agenda item that she discussed during her interview.  She later learned … [Read more...]

Ways to Build Trust in Your Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In his book The Speed Of Trust, Stephen M.R. Covey points out that trust is the currency of leadership. When trust is high, things can happen quickly often at a much lower cost. When trust is low, things happen slowly and cost more. New managers are often frustrated that their staff doesn't trust them.  Yet why should they? Trust … [Read more...]

What am I not saying that needs to be said?

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN In a recent Smart Leader brief, author Jerry Colana discussed how conflict avoided is usually only conflict postponed.  His observation made me think about a situation recently presented to me by a nurse leader involving one of her staff nurses.  She was concerned about the abrupt approach that this preceptor was using with new … [Read more...]

Words Have Power in Leadership

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By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, FAAN Words have power in leadership.  During a recent leadership workshop, a manager was telling the class about her frustrations with her staff.  As I listened to her, I could not help but notice how many times she used the word "they".  I stopped her and asked who "they were".  I pointed out to her that the use of "they" instead of "we" … [Read more...]